With just a few seconds left to go in Thursday’s matchup between the Sacramento Kings and the Detroit Pistons, Jaden Ivey had a chance to become a hero. Detroit trailed by three points, climbing back from a 19-point deficit. They closed in on the Kings ...
Sacramento should have closed out this game. The Kings led the Pistons by 16 early in the fourth quarter but Sacramento’s lack of defense came back to bite them. Again. Yet after a couple of Kevin Huerter free throws had the Kings up 113-110 with 10.8 seconds left, it took a couple of mistakes by the Kings to lead to this:
Jaden Ivey converted a four-point play with 3.1 seconds remaining, capping a huge comeback as the Detroit Pistons rallied for a 114-113 victory over the Kings on Thursday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. De’Aaron Fox scored 26 points for the Kings (13-18), who lost their fifth in a row after leading by as many as 19 in the third quarter.
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The Detroit Pistons delivered another thrilling late-game victory by taking down the Sacramento Kings 114-113.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Jaden Ivey converted a four-point play with 3 seconds left and the Detroit Pistons rallied past the struggling Sacramento Kings 114-113 on Thursday night. With the Pistons ...
Jaden Ivey converted a four-point play with 3 seconds left and the Detroit Pistons rallied past the struggling Sacramento Kings 114-113.
Mike Brown led the upstart Kings to a shocking No. 3 seed in the West. Six months ago, he received a $26M extension. On Friday, he was fired.
No one in the Kings' front office has answered questions about their decision to fire head coach Mike Brown. Therefore, the questions are going to De'Aaron Fox instead.
The killer setback for Brown came Thursday against the visiting Detroit Pistons. The Kings led by 10 with less than three minutes to go but eventually lost 114-113. Detroit's Jaden Ivey converted a game-winning four-point play stemming from a foul on De'Aaron Fox with three seconds left in the game.
Malik Beasley and Ausar Thompson could see their roles increase. Detroit also could look to add at the trade deadline.
The 22-year-old is on pace for career highs in points, rebounds, steals, field goal percentage, 3-point percentage and 3-point attempts.