By HoopsHype | April 7, 2025
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Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC Kings “big 3” over the 3-game win streak: @ Charlotte LaVine: 25 pts, 10 rebs DeRozan: 22 pts Sabonis: 24 pts, 11 rebs @ Cleveland LaVine: 37 pts DeRozan: 28 pts, 7 asts Sabonis: 27 pts, 9 rebs @ Detroit LaVine: 43 pts DeRozan: 37 pts
Sabonis: 19 pts, 15 rebs, 10 asts – 9:42 PM
Sam Amick @sam_amick Zach LaVine picked a lovely time to go en fuego for the Kings. Sunday: 37 points in a win over Cleveland (15-21 shooting; 7-of-11 from three) Monday: 43 points in a win over Detroit (16-of-28; 8-of-11)
Sacramento (39-40) strengthens its ninth spot in the West. – 9:38 PM
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham Kings close out the 6-game trip in grand fashion, sweeping the back-to-back against the Cavs and Pistons with tonight’s 127-117 victory in Detroit.
Zach LaVine a season-high 43 points, DeMar DeRozan 37 and Domantas Sabonis 19pts, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. – 9:37 PM
Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC Zach LaVine & DeMar DeRozan’s offense in the 2nd half will get all the attention, but the Sacramento Kings defense held the Pistons to just 45 points in the 2nd half after a 72-point 1st half.
Three straight victories. A 1 game lead over Dallas for 9th in the West. 3 games to – 9:36 PM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson Kings beat the Pistons. LaVine (43) and DeRozan (37) combined for 80 points. 19-14-10 for Sabonis.
One more Suns loss (35-43) or Kings win (39-40) will clinch a play-in spot for Sacramento and only leave Phoenix with a shot at the 10 seed. – 9:35 PM
Eric Nehm @eric_nehm Man, that Zach LaVine heater was something to behold tonight. Ends the game with 43 points (8-of-11 3pt) on the second night of a back-to-back to lead the Kings to a win in Detroit.
Bucks now lead the Pistons by 1.5 games for the fifth spot in the East. – 9:35 PM
LaVine carves up the Pistons defense for the And-1. Kings still hanging around. It’s 91-88 with a freebie coming. – 8:52 PM
Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC DeMar DeRozan’s time in Sacramento hasn’t worked out. But if he isn’t a King next season, I will miss his ability to just get a bucket when the offense is struggling.
It’s easy to take for granted. – 8:39 PM
Kings trail 72-62 at the half, but it could have been much worse. DeRozan leads with 22 points. Zach LaVine has 13 points and Domantas Sabonis has 12 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Malik Monk is out for the remainder of the game. – 8:14 PM
Kings lead 38-37 after 1Q. Zach LaVine leads the Kings with 11 points. DeMar DeRozan has 10 points and Trey Lyles has 5 starting in place of Keegan Murray. Jonas Valanciunas has 6 points and 9 rebounds off the bench. – 7:41 PM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype Rough night for Stephen Curry, but he still passed Reggie Miller on the scoring list for No. 24 in NBA history.
There was also this: DeMar DeRozan moved ahead of JERRY WEST for No. 26 all-time. – 4:11 AM
James Ham @James_HamNBA From Kings:
With his free throw at the 5:03 mark of Q3 tonight at CLE, DeMar DeRozan has passed Jerry West (25,192) for 26th on the NBA’s all-time scoring leaders list. DeRozan currently has 25,193 career points in the regular season. – 7:37 PM
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