Jaden Ivey scored a career-high 37 points, including 19 in the fourth quarter to power the Detroit Pistons past the Sacramento Kings 133-120 in front of a stunned crowd at the Golden One Center.
It was a physical game that had explosive runs from both teams, with the teams combining for 32 three-pointers and 106 points in the paint. But it was the Pistons, led by Ivey, that seemed to outmuscle, outrun, and outwill the Kings in the end.
On a night when the Pistons were without three starters (Cade Cunningham, Isaiah Stewart, Bojan Bogdanovic) and two key bench players (Kevin Knox, Monte Morris) because of injury and pending trades, the Pistons found a way to win, and the lion’s share of the credit goes to Ivey.