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Sacramento
Kings
guard
Buddy
Hield
(24)
fouls
Detroit
Pistons'
Bruce
Brown
during
the
first
half of
an NBA
basketball
game in
Detroit,
Saturday,
Jan. 19,
2019.
(AP
Photo/Paul
Sancya) |
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Kings’
Buddy
Hield
sinks
buzzer
beater
that end
Pistons’
win
streak
103-101
By
Abriana
Walton
Tell Us
Detroit
Sports
DETROIT
– Blake
Griffin
wiped
his face
in
disappointment
– or
disbelief
– when
Buddy
Hield’s
3-point
buzzer
beater
glided
through
the net
as the
final
game
buzzer
rang
through
the
stadium.
Hield
and the
rest of
the
Sacramento
Kings
ran off
the
court in
excitement
for
their
103-101
victory
against
the
Detroit
Pistons
Saturday
night at
Little
Caesars
Arena.
The
Pistons
led
through
most of
the game
until
the
fourth
quarter
when the
Kings
hit an
11-0 run
and used
Hield’s
(35
points,
9
rebounds,
3
assists)
lethal
3-pointers
to shake
off the
Piston’s
defense.
Several
of the
Piston’s
bench-mob
played
in
todays
game
including
Zaza
Pachulia
who
filled-in
for an
injured
Andre
Drummond.
Pachulia
had 7
points
and 3
assists
in his
season-high
35
minutes
of game
time but
cost the
team an
opportunity
to score
when he
delivered
two bad
passes
in the
end of
the
third
quarter
resulting
in 2
turnovers.
Luke
Kennard
limped
off the
court in
the
third
quarter
after he
dinged
his knee
but not
before
scoring
key
3-pointers
that
helped
the
Pistons
hold
onto
their
lead and
end the
period
up 8
points.
Kennard
scored
half of
his
total
game
points
(19)
before
halftime.
Pistons
head
coach
Dwane
Casey
said
Kennards
energy
in the
first
half is
what
cushioned
their
lead.
“Luke
(Kennard)
was
playing
so well
and was
giving
such a
punch in
the arm
because
he was
being
aggressive
in the
first
half,”
said
Casey.
“but we
got to
continue
when
it’s
crunch
time.”
In
the
first
half of
the game
the
Pistons
were
able to
stop
many of
the
small
and
quick
Kings
players
efforts
to
fastbreak.
But
Pachulia
said the
back to
back
drives
up and
down the
court
eventually
got to
them and
that
cost
them a
victory.
Griffin,
who
totaled
38
points,
was
wiped
out by
the 4th
quarter
and with
being
one foul
away
from
getting
ejected
may have
played
it a
little
too safe
in the
end. But
it was
ultimately
the
absence
of
Drummond
and Ish
Smith
that
hurt the
Pistons
the most
as an
unguarded
Hield
put up
two
3-pointers
and
stole
the
game.
Next,
the
Pistons
play the
Washington
Wizards
on
Monday
at 2pm
in
Little
Caesars
Arena.
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