Kings can finally breathe…

January 16, December 6, 2025 and 16. These two dates and this number perfectly illustrate the descent into hell Kings. Sacramento thus remained at 16 losses in a row, which is a new franchise record. The last win dates back to January 16, against the Wizards.

in the end, having Grizzlies On Monday night, with good performances from Russell Westbrook and Maxime Reynaud in particular, Doug Christie’s men were finally able to end their black streak.

“We needed it”, reacts Precious Achiuva. “It’s been tough for us these last few matches. We’ve been playing well in a lot of these matches. We’ve just been unlucky not to win, but here we’re happy. It feels good to win.”

It’s good for morale

What about the above 6 December 2025? It was the date of the Kings’ last road win, and that was in Miami. So, almost three months ago…

“Obviously we don’t want to have that on our backs”describes Doug Christie, talking about a tough losing streak. “No one wants to lose, especially a streak like that. It feels good to get rid of that.”DeMar DeRozan believes. “It gives us good momentum and also boosts morale a bit”adds Maxime Raynaud. “I’m happy to break the streak and hopefully we can get off to a winning start.”

It is not certain that this success will lead to others, especially since the next match is in Houston. Still, after more than five weeks without the slightest success and after recent packages of Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis or even De’Andre Hunter until the end of the season, the Kings coach will not hold back his pleasure.

We suffered, that’s clear. There are ups and downs, injuries, but I’m very proud of my players who keep on giving and fighting.”concludes Doug Christie. “It’s never perfect, but when I look at the stats I see 30 assists, which means the ball is moving and guys are sharing the ball.”

			Shots			Rebounds
Players	MJ	Min	Shots	3pts	LF	Off	Def	That	Pd	Bp	Int	Ct	Ft	Pts
Zach Lavine	39	31:23	47.9	39.0	88.0	0.2	2.6	2.8	2.3	1.9	0.7	0.3	2.1	19.2
DeMar DeRozan	58	32:11	48.9	33.3	86.8	0.5	2.6	3.1	3.8	1.1	1.2	0.3	2.0	18.6
Domantas Sabonis	19	29:41	54.3	18.5	72.7	3.4	8.0	11.4	4.1	2.7	0.9	0.2	3.5	15.8
Russell Westbrook	54	28:52	42.7	34.1	69.7	1.3	4.2	5.5	6.4	3.4	1.3	0.2	2.4	15.0
Keegan Murray	21	35:43	43.1	28.0	79.1	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.6	1.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	14.9
Dennis Schroder	40	26:24	40.8	34.3	82.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.3	2.0	0.8	0.2	1.7	12.8
Malik Monk	45	22:15	44.1	42.4	85.5	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.6	1.4	0.6	0.4	1.6	12.6
Maxime Raynaud	50	23:52	55.0	25.6	76.7	1.9	5.0	6.9	1.1	1.0	0.5	0.5	2.4	10.1
Second Hunter	2	25:30	21.1	22.2	83.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	7.5
Precious Achiuva	50	20:32	50.8	30.4	52.6	1.8	3.6	5.5	1.2	0.7	0.9	0.6	1.7	7.4
Nickue Clifford	54	21:37	39.1	31.5	72.1	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.7	1.3	0.7	0.3	1.9	6.6
Devin Carter	22	13:44	37.4	17.0	82.1	0.6	1.6	2.3	2.0	1.0	0.7	0.2	1.1	6.0
Keon Ellis	43	17:38	39.7	36.8	62.5	0.3	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.5	1.6	5.6
Dylan Cardwell	29	21:14	59.8	0.0	55.0	3.1	4.6	7.7	1.2	0.8	0.8	1.6	3.7	5.4
Daekwon Plowden	9	20:53	33.3	18.2	100.0	1.6	1.3	2.9	1.3	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.6	5.1
Drew Eubanks	34	13:25	59.0	16.7	55.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.4	5.0
Doug McDermott	12	9:40 am	41.5	40.0	100.0	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.6	4.3
Isaiah Stevens	3	14:20	42.9	0.0	100.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	3.3	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.7	3.3
Dario Šarić	5	8:12	16.7	33.3	100.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.0
Isaac Jones	3	5:40	50.0	0.0	50.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.0