Zach LaVine, however, found a way to get into the paint with the shot clock dwindling and made a layup to push the lead to seven. It did look as though LaVine failed to beat the shot clock buzzer ...

That makes him the easy matchup of the game choice, going against Zach LaVine, who is coming off arguably his best game in a Kings uniform. Zach LaVine: 23.0 PTS, 4.4 REB, 4.1 AST, 0.8 STL ...

Last season, Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan finished in ninth place with the Chicago Bulls. After a comeback win Monday night, they've almost clinched ninth again for the Sacramento Kings.

It's not often that a 37-point DeMar DeRozan performance gets overshadowed, but in a game in which the Sacramento Kings took down the Pistons 127-117, Zach LaVine's 43-piece led the way in Detroit.