Schröder’s Detroit Return Ends in Loss | NBA News

Schröder himself played very inconsistently with 15 points and seven assists, but also seven turnovers. For Sacramento it was the 35th defeat in the 47th game of the season, Detroit (33:11) consolidated first place in the Western Conference.

Only on his return after his three-game ban for a physical altercation with Lakers top star Luka Doncic did Schröder win with the Kings against the weak Washington Wizards. Without the Braunschweiger, the Californians, who had been disappointing this season, had surprisingly won in a row against the top teams of the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks.

In Detroit, where Schröder played until the summer of 2025 and was now playing for the first time since then, the Kings showed a very weak defensive performance and had already conceded 78 points by halftime. In particular, the Kings rarely got a handle on star guard Cade Cunningham (29 points, 11 assists).

(SID)