109 - 111

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse (16341), Clock: Final

Officials: Matt Boland, Zach Zarba, and Kevin Cutler

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Sacramento Kings	28	32	26	23	109
Indiana Pacers	27	27	27	30	111

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Sacramento Kings	109	43-92	46.7%	12-27	44.4%	11-17	64.7%	6	55	22	18	7	11	3
Indiana Pacers	111	42-90	46.7%	14-41	34.1%	13-13	100.0%	6	48	28	14	6	12	5

PLAYER STATS


Sacramento Kings	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
DeMar DeRozan^SF	42:20	31	12-24	2-6	5-7	0	3	3	8	1	1	0	2	0
Keegan Murray^PF	35:41	12	5-11	2-5	0-0	0	7	7	0	1	2	0	5	6
Domantas Sabonis^C	39:51	25	11-19	0-0	3-6	4	12	16	0	1	0	1	4	-6
Keon Ellis^SG	27:05	9	3-4	2-3	1-2	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	2	-4
Zach LaVine^PG	37:47	20	7-15	4-8	2-2	0	5	5	2	1	0	4	4	-13
Malik Monk	28:38	5	2-14	1-3	0-0	1	6	7	7	0	0	5	1	7
Trey Lyles	15:16	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-4
Jonas Valančiūnas	08:09	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	4
Markelle Fultz	05:12	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Crawford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jae Crowder	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug McDermott	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devin Carter	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake LaRavia	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Indiana Pacers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Aaron Nesmith^SF	34:45	24	7-16	1-8	9-9	0	6	6	0	1	2	1	3	13
Pascal Siakam^PF	31:32	11	4-15	1-4	2-2	2	1	3	6	0	0	1	0	0
Thomas Bryant^C	21:52	7	3-7	1-3	0-0	1	6	7	1	0	1	0	1	-6
Andrew Nembhard^SG	31:25	5	2-8	1-5	0-0	0	7	7	2	1	1	1	3	-4
Tyrese Haliburton^PG	33:24	18	7-13	2-4	2-2	1	1	2	11	0	0	5	1	-5
Obi Toppin	21:41	19	7-11	5-8	0-0	1	6	7	0	0	0	1	3	10
Tony Bradley	07:46	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	-10
Jarace Walker	21:49	15	6-10	3-7	0-0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	-1
T.J. McConnell	21:17	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	4	1	0	1	0	9
Ben Sheppard	14:26	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	0	4
RayJ Dennis	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enrique Freeman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Furphy	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quenton Jackson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Johnson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Jackson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bennedict Mathurin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Myles Turner	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Obvious_Parsley3238

68 | 3 days ago

With 30 seconds left and the pacers up 5, Lavine misses an open lay in, then the kings hit 3 meaningless 3s to make the final margin 2 points. If that doesn’t just sum up lavine’s career

quann256 | Pacers

34 | 3 days ago

not only that but those last three 3’s were their only FG’s outside of a DeRozan middy since the 9:05 mark, they had 0 FG’s from 9:05 till 2:50, our defense looked good.

Dontsaveme | Pacers

15 | 3 days ago

He airballed it too

BlizzardThunder | Pacers

12 | 3 days ago

he was trying to draw the foul the whole time.

Wasnaf1 | Pacers

52 | 3 days ago

Demar hates us so much for no reason omg, but whew that no call on Nesmith layup where Keegan smacked him in the head was brutal by Zarba and his crew lol

mightyducks2wasokay | Pacers

15 | 3 days ago

They were at least pretty consistently terrible. We got a lot of hard no calls, but also got a some soft calls on the other end. Tough night for the crew all around

HeyItsChase | Pacers

1 | 17 hours ago

It’s Zarba. He’s fuckin hates us. It’s so clear. Just horrible time and time again.

quann256 | Pacers

45 | 3 days ago

this team is CLUTCH, especially Haliburton, we have to lead the league in double digit second half comebacks because we’re a much better team in the clutch than we were in the ECF’s last season.

Jarace is looking like that star role player that we drafted in the lottery, so glad he’s in the rotation now, can’t wait to see what he does in the playoffs.

BoogerSugarSovereign | IND

13 | 3 days ago

If Mathurin is back I’d be surprised to see Jarace in the playoff rotation. Pleasantly surprised to be clear but I just don’t think that’s what Rick is going to do

fuzzynavel34 | IND

22 | 3 days ago

He gets whatever minutes we’re going to Shep before. So like 8-10 a game probably. Shep has just forgotten how to shoot the ball unfortunately.

Dirigible_Plums | Pacers

11 | 3 days ago

I love Sheppard and his intensity, I hope he can get it together. Even his defense has fallen off.

quann256 | Pacers

7 | 3 days ago

if Sheppard gets back to the 40% 3PT shooter that he was in the playoffs and in the first half of the season then we could go 11 deep at any time in the playoffs but I see his and Bryant minutes regressing once the playoffs start.

Dirigible_Plums | Pacers

1 | 3 days ago

I don’t believe that Shep has ever been a 40% shooter, unless it was a very specific stretch of time. The goal is that he can be, but his energy is what we play him for.

ImJeeezus | Kings

36 | 3 days ago

That 4th was genuinely painful to watch

Adventurous-Put5718 | Pacers

14 | 3 days ago

For fans of both teams. That was a root canal

Tyler_DLMG_14 | Kings

28 | 3 days ago

Please get Zach off this team. Anyone can have him for free. Please free us from him

Salty_Watermelon | Clippers

29 | 3 days ago

The Kings really did a speed run on the Chicago Bulls experience.

born-ready | Charlotte Bobcats

11 | 3 days ago

I was truly shocked by the positive discourse at the trade deadline around Lavine. I felt like I was taking crazy pills because all I could remember were the Bulls trying to dump him / his contract for literally anything for like 2 seasons and their fans saying exactly this but at the deadline a switch was seemingly flipped temporarily

RyenRussilloBurner | Kings

2 | 3 days ago

I felt like I was taking crazy pills

Most people on this sub either A) don’t watch full games ever, or B) only watch their team and/or national TV games like TNT. The comments you’re seeing on here 95% of the time are not from people who can actually analyze players who aren’t on their favorite team or teams that regularly go deep in the playoffs.

In other words, people got excited for LaVine because he puts up volume numbers in the box score and has highlight reel plays. They didn’t realize he’s actually empty stats.

armandocalvinisius | Mavericks

7 | 3 days ago

question, if he plays for us, do you see the fit?

lets say he takes kyrie role

jakeisstoned | SAC

3 | 3 days ago

I’ll take that trade sir

armandocalvinisius | Mavericks

2 | 3 days ago

its should be on the table, if you plan to tank and sell everyone though

kai wont be play until February + expiring

no FRP included fine? :)

Tyler_DLMG_14 | Kings

3 | 3 days ago

Sold where do we sign?

armandocalvinisius | Mavericks

2 | 3 days ago

Lemme wire this to nico harrison

jakeisstoned | SAC

1 | a day ago

No takebacksies backsies! Triple stamp. NO ERASIES!

armandocalvinisius | Mavericks

1 | a day ago

it will happen imo, maybe 80% (ofc, if you plan to semi tank/retool)

if no picks included though (you already got yours in Fox trade anyway)

no way “win now” mode includes waiting your 6’2 32yo star with expiring contract rehab from torn ACL. not a chance

if lavine not work, we can replace him again with booker the next season

Warthog9198 | Raptors

21 | 3 days ago

Pascal had a rough shooting night. That and Rese turning the rock over 5 times made this closer than it otherwise would have been.

XxTheTrueOnexX | IND

17 | 3 days ago

Ty singlehandedly won us the game in the 4th lol but yeah the early turnovers were rough and out of the norm for him for sure, and P hit the dagger three to put us up 6 so he redeemed himself imo

Warthog9198 | Raptors

12 | 3 days ago

Both guys redeemed themselves in the clutch.

Dirigible_Plums | Pacers

14 | 3 days ago

Siakam has been having a rough month tbh. Hoping he gets it together by playoffs because we need the first half of the season Siakam paired with the second half of the season Hali. They have not both played at their peaks together yet lmao.

RogueID | Pacers

10 | 3 days ago

I actually think it was our backup centers that were killing us. They could not stop Sabonis. Bryant did a bit better than Bradley, but they were a liability on defense and couldn’t space the floor at all. Going small ball was the first key. The second was Tyrese and Nembhard taking care of the ball in the second half.

standish1605 | IND

20 | 3 days ago

Sabonis with 0 assists and Haliburton with 5 turnovers is not something I would have guessed going into the game. Monk looked bad, DeRozan didn’t turn into his monster clutch self against us for once.

Good win for the Pacers, hopefully all these close games gives them more confidence and experience in the clutch in this year’s playoffs.

Feel bad for Kings fans, I’ve always considered them our West bros (sorry Jazz fans, I liked and still do like some of your players, but could never vibe with anything Mormon), ever since we couldn’t keep Brad Miller and gave him away for peanuts even though I still thought we should have kept Hedo in the trade and my hatred for Shaq and the Lakers at the time and seeing Bibby get elbowed by Kobe live was a travesty, and felt the bond even more since the Ty/Sabonis trade. Was so happy and rooting for you guys during the beam season, but seems like it’s been downhill since, here’s hoping for a quick turnaround and retool (rebuild.) I’ll be rooting for you in the play-in if you make it this year too

BoogerSugarSovereign | IND

20 | 3 days ago

This team loves loves loves playing clutch minutes but since they seem to win almost all of them, and it lets Tyrese aura farm, I’ll begrudgingly allow it.

RandorMan12 | Bulls

16 | 3 days ago

I don’t get this version of the Kings or last seasons variant either, with Sabonis at the hub they were a genuinely great team, and now they’ve got even more shooting than ever and they refuse to go back to that system. Sabonis should never have 0 assists after being a daily triple double threat for a whole season, they had a great thing going and just abandoned it for seemingly no reason.

SmokimNoah | Bulls

14 | 3 days ago

I say this every PGT but the Kings offense is laughably bad. How a team is letting DeRozan dominate their offense in 2025 in beyond me. It’s not on him it’s on the coaching staff.

Sabonis, Murray, LaVine, and Ellis have NO role in the 4th quarters of games while Monk and DeRozan take turns trying to be a hero. No ones moving around. I seriously wonder what they’re being told in the huddles

RyenRussilloBurner | Kings

3 | 3 days ago

Domas is afraid to shoot jumpers and Keegan can’t get his own shot. I’d love to see Monk (not tonight though, he was terrible) and Ellis get more chances.

SmokimNoah | Bulls

0 | 3 days ago

This “afraid” bs kings fans keep parroting is so dumb no offense. LaVine and Sabonis are not “afraid” to shoot. The kings need to actually generate looks for guys. Murray doesn’t need to be Kawhi to get a shot in the 4th quarter. No one is getting anything ran for them, Demar does his thing then LaVine and Sabonis are expected to do that exact same thing and that’s not their games

Ellis LaVine Murray are all very capable off ball players but none of them fight to get open because they know they’re not getting the ball off Demar or monk regardless

GunsmokeIV | Kings

8 | 3 days ago

There was actually a play in the clutch, where Monk was expecting Zach to run the DHO with him, but Zach just sat in the corner with Monk signalling him to run over. Then Monk improvised with a brick.

SmokimNoah | Bulls

1 | 3 days ago

The only thing that tells me is that no one is on the same page. I’ve watched LaVine put up shots in the 4th for 8 years I don’t think the pressure of the Sacramento Kings is making him fold. Saying Sabonis is scared is even dumber. He’s just looking for a better shot

jteta12 | Pacers

10 | 3 days ago

Nice win.

And Lavine! 😉💰

JurgenFlippers | Nets

8 | 3 days ago

Hey kings fans. Why does Lavine not touch the ball in the clutch? He just sits in the corner while Demar and Monk run poor ISOs/pnrs with Sabonis.

BlizzardThunder | Pacers

22 | 3 days ago

Derozan well regarded as a clutch player. Lavine basically threw away any chance of a Kings win with a clutch time flop, which is all you need to know.

SpringyAlloy73 | Kings

8 | 3 days ago

lavine is afraid of shooting especially in big situations. his handles and playmaking are pretty bad too so when he gets the ball he usually either passes or panic-isos into a turnover. i don’t know what’s up with him but he’s been pretty bad for the kings so far except for the one week he averaged 30; he should probably sit if he has personal stuff because it’s obviously impacting him on the court

JurgenFlippers | Nets

5 | 3 days ago

I think all your points make sense. It just seems weird to not even put him in motion you know?

SmokimNoah | Bulls

-1 | 3 days ago

Then he’s expected to play flawless ball when he does have the ball. He’s been bad, there’s no denying that, but he has no role on this team

Keegan Murray is so involved early in games and just slowly fades every game until being invisible in the 4th. Sabonis dominating down low all night, drawing fouls and then in the 4th is allowed to do nothing but handoffs

km912 | SAC

1 | 3 days ago

Demar is a good player but he really does make everyone around him worse. Really think he’s best off at this point in a 6th man role.

SmokimNoah | Bulls

4 | 3 days ago

I don’t think he makes guys worse i personally don’t believe in that but how the kings are set up right now how can anyone else shine?

Sabonis LaVine Murray etc need a system to play in. Demar has perfected his play style and will get his regardless, but it’s not including anyone else in it

GunsmokeIV | Kings

3 | 3 days ago

The system fell apart once Mike Brown got fired and Fox got traded, both Sabonis and Monk have been pretty awful since too. Our defensive assistant coach also left too, skeleton coaching crew and a FO getting ready to be fired. Dysfunction is back baby.

SmokimNoah | Bulls

1 | 3 days ago

It’s clear dysfunction because everyone looks bad. Pick the player you like the least and run agenda because it’s open season

km912 | SAC

1 | 3 days ago

The offense just stops when he gets the ball unfortunately. Like I can’t imagine a single player in the league who would be helped by playing with Demar. When he’s off the court the ball moves and the offense looks so much better.

Ok_Possible_5702

10 | 3 days ago

When is Sabonis going to get a normal whistle? I watched like 5 minutes and I saw:

- one offensive foul (going to the basket with his elbow raised)

- two times he had to commit at least 2 fouls before getting called

As usual, he should have fouled out by halftime

Pumpk35 | Pacers

9 | 3 days ago

Kings 4Q offense makes no sense

GunsmokeIV | Kings

4 | 3 days ago

Our offence in general doesn’t make sense.

mightyducks2wasokay | Pacers

1 | 2 days ago

Idk for 3 quarters running it through Domas worked. I’m still not sure if he touched the ball on offense in the 4th, which I’m pretty sure was the problem

GunsmokeIV | Kings

1 | 2 days ago

It’s all DeRozan ISOs or whatever the fuck Malik is doing.

GunsmokeIV | Kings

7 | 3 days ago

Doug has to be tanking for us, no fucking way he kept Lavine in during the 4th who was dead weight for us. Kept running the same obvious play, DeRozan switch and ISO. Brain dead play from Monk.

This dog shit excuse of a franchise can’t seem to save itself, but we’re fucking great at helping other franchises. Look up Suns, we’re getting that Beal contract off you.

ekray | Spurs

8 | 3 days ago

Sadly I feel like the Suns will manage to keep you guys in the play-in and you wont get your pick. We pray though.

PM_me_datSmile | Kings

6 | 3 days ago

Malik Monk legacy game

lambopanda | Rockets

4 | 3 days ago

Damn it Sacramento. Need you to win to keep Phoenix away from play-in.

doganjr

2 | 3 days ago

full game highlights

https://youtu.be/ST5LE-SYOGI?si=iRg2_YDwB-3Dasp8

armandocalvinisius | Mavericks

0 | 3 days ago

derozan always at crime scene last 8 years

Motor_Ad6763 | Trail Blazers

-15 | 3 days ago

Haliburton the starter -5

quann256 | Pacers

20 | 3 days ago

Haliburton the starter - ¹⁸⁄₁₁ and the game winning 3.

WooPigEsquire | Pacers

18 | 3 days ago

I agree. Another illustration as to why +/- is a dumb stat.

RogueID | Pacers

2 | 2 days ago

He was very solid this game other than some turnovers in the first half. His plus minus was bad bc he shared a lot of time with our backup centers in the first half who were getting killed by sabonis

The Indiana Pacers (44-31) defeat the Sacramento Kings (36-39), 111-109.