Excellent Live News: On February 27th, , the 2020-21 season NBA regular season continued.
vs. the Sacramento Kings at home.
In the end, the Kings beat the Pistons 110-107.
In the first quarter, the Kings took the lead in the away game. The team’s shooter Hilde felt hot and scored three consecutive three-pointers to stop the Pistons.
The adjustment of the timeout did not change the poor defense of the Pistons. Fox and Holmes hit the inside consecutively, and Barnes also hit a three-pointer from the outside. The point difference was also opened by the Kings to 11 points.
And Holmes sent big caps on the defensive end, which also made the King’s counterattack as fierce as a tide. On the other hand, the Pistons couldn’t find the rhythm of the game for a long time, and the point difference was also expanded to 16 points.
In times of crisis, Grant and Josh Jackson stood up and made consecutive inside kills to help the Pistons stop losses.
At the end of the first quarter, the Kings, who bottomed out, led the Pistons by 10 points 35-25.
In the second quarter, the two teams continued the tug-of-war, and the point difference remained at around 10 points.
In the middle of this section, the Pistons blossomed internally and externally, narrowing the point difference to single digits many times. After Ellington hit a three-pointer, the point difference was directly reduced to 5 points.
After that, Fox used free throws to help the Kings stop the bleeding.
After that, the two teams had offense and defense against each other, and Sadiq Bay once helped the Pistons narrow the point difference to only 2 points.
At the end of this section, the Kings temporarily led the Pistons 55-52.
After changing sides to fight again, the Pistons made it clear that the focus of the attack was to create a dislocation for Grant’s singles against Holmes. Grant also felt hot and scored five points in a row. Holmes, who was brave in the first half, quickly got his fourth personal foul on the defensive end.
, making the already unreplaceable inside precarious, Grant overwhelmed the King’s inside, and the Pistons finally overtook the score under the leadership of Dennis Smith with 12 points in a single quarter.
The Kings were exhausted in this quarter, while the Pistons were fully fired on the offensive end.
After three quarters, the Pistons overtook the Kings by 5 points 80-75.
In the final quarter, Josh Jackson made a breakthrough to pick the basket to give the Pistons the lead. Fox made consecutive fast-break layups. Mikhailuk made every shot from outside. The Pistons continued to maintain the initiative on the court.
In the middle and latter part of this quarter, the king woke up like a dream, Belica scored 5 points in a row from outside shots, Hilde and Holmes frequently broke through the inside to make kills, as Barnes dunked one minute before the end of the game
Score, the king overtook 2 points.
Then Barnes made another three-pointer, Josh Jackson dunked in an air cut, and the Kings still led by 2 points.
At the decisive moment, the two teams started a free throw battle. Barnes made two free throws in the last 7 seconds, leaving the Pistons with the last chance to attack. As a result, Grant missed a three-pointer. In the end, the Kings narrowly beat the Pistons 110-107, ending their nine-game losing streak.
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Kings vs Pistons full game replay
Kings vs Pistons full game replay
Scores and statistics of the two sides: Scores in a single quarter: 35-25, 20-27, 20-28, 35-27 (Kings first) Kings (13-20): Fox 27 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Hilde 14 points and 3
Rebounds and 3 assists, Barnes 21 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Bagley 19 points and 8 rebounds, Holmes 19 points and 17 rebounds, Belica 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Jeffries 2 points.
Pistons (9-24): Grant 30 points and 7 rebounds, Josh Jackson 14 points and 5 rebounds, Sadiq Bay 17 points and 6 rebounds, Saben Lee 8 points and 4 rebounds, Dennis Smith 16 points and 6 assists, Stewart 6
Points and 11 rebounds, Mikhailiuk 6 points.
Both sides start: Kings: Fox, Hield, Barnes, Bagley, Holmes Pistons: Dennis Smith, Ellington, Sadiq Bay, Grant, Plumlee