Cory Joseph’s basket with 25.9 seconds left capped an 11-0 run that gave the Detroit Pistons a 133-131 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. Saddiq Bey had 30 points and seven rebounds to help the Pistons (11-33) to their fourth win in seven games. Kelly Olynyk had a season-high 22 points and nine rebounds.
Joseph, a former Kings shooting guard who was sold to the Pistons at the close of the market last year, had 19 points and nine assists. Terence Davis had a career-high 14 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter for the Kings, who lost for the seventh time in nine games. De’Aaron Fox had 27 points, eight assists and six rebounds but missed a 14-foot jumper that bounced off the buzzer.
The Kings led 131-122 with 2:34 remaining, but didn’t score again for the rest of the game and the Pistons took the lead. Bey and Olynyk had back-to-back 3-pointers, and Bey then had a three-point play to level the score at 131. Following Fox’s miss on a short shot, Joseph hit the go-ahead basket that silenced the crowd.