Sacramento enters a matchup with Detroit as losers of eight straight road games. Sunday’s meeting will be the second of the season between the two teams. Detroit…<\/p>\n
Sacramento Kings (12-34, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (32-11, first in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n
Detroit; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento will try to end its eight-game road skid when the Kings face Detroit.<\/p>\n
The Pistons are 18-5 in home games. Detroit scores 116.9 points while outscoring opponents by 6.9 points per game.<\/p>\n
The Kings have gone 3-18 away from home. Sacramento is 5-22 in games decided by 10 points or more.<\/p>\n
The Pistons average 11.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.4 fewer makes per game than the Kings give up (12.6). The Kings are shooting 46.7% from the field, 2.7% higher than the 44.0% the Pistons’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n
The teams play for the second time this season. The Pistons won the last meeting 136-127 on Dec. 24. Tobias Harris scored 24 points to help lead the Pistons to the victory.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Cade Cunningham is averaging 25.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 9.7 assists and 1.5 steals for the Pistons. Duncan Robinson is averaging 13.6 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Russell Westbrook is scoring 15.5 points per game and averaging 6.1 rebounds for the Kings. Zach LaVine is averaging 2.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Pistons: 7-3, averaging 109.6 points, 44.3 rebounds, 26.0 assists, 11.7 steals and 8.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 101.0 points per game.<\/p>\n
Kings: 4-6, averaging 113.0 points, 42.1 rebounds, 26.0 assists, 6.1 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 49.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.5 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Pistons: Caris LeVert: out (illness).<\/p>\n
Kings: Keegan Murray: out (ankle).<\/p>\n
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