The Tyrese Haliburton-less Sacramento Kings, losers of nine in a row after a 12-11 start, defeated the Detroit Pistons 110-107.
The Kings, fresh off a drubbing at the hands of the New York Knicks the night earlier in which they gave up 140 points, used some of the energy they failed to exert in that game and came out swinging in Detroit, scoring 35 to the Pistons’ 25 at the end of one. Sacramento led by many as 17 in the first quarter.
Detroit matched Sacramento’s intensity in the second quarter and met them on the boards in large part to Isaiah Stewart’s tenacity.