News Category: Sacramento Kings

Kings hobble into matchup vs. surging Magic

The Sacramento Kings look to bounce back from one of their most surprising losses of the season when they visit the Orlando Magic on Saturday. Orlando (42-28) enters on a five-game winning streak and has won 18 of its last 23 to move into fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 12 games to play. The Magic continue their season-long, eight-game homestand against a Sacramento team that lost 109-102 on Thursday to the host Washington

Kings ride Malik Monk’s big game into road matchup with Raptors

Malik Monk took charge in overtime Monday as the Sacramento Kings completed a 4-2 homestand before starting a three-game road Wednesday night against the Toronto Raptors. Monk scored 12 points in overtime Monday to help the Kings to a 121-111 victory over the undermanned Memphis Grizzlies. “Don’t lose,” Monk said when asked about his attitude entering overtime. “However I could make that happen, definitely don’t lose.” Monk had 28 points, six rebounds and six assists

Kings’ Domantas Sabonis aims for double-double milestone vs. Grizzlies

Domantas Sabonis’ consistency level has been pretty impressive. The Sacramento star seeks his 50th consecutive double-double when the Kings host the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday. Sabonis last missed out on a double-double in Sacramento’s final game in November. He has 62 overall on the campaign, three shy of last season’s career-high total. Sabonis also has accumulated a career-best 23 triple-doubles. But with the Kings (38-28) having just 16 regular-season games remaining, Sabonis is more interested

Kings bid for season sweep of Lakers

One week after the Kings put on an offensive show against the Los Angeles Lakers, they will seek to try it again when the teams meet Wednesday night, this time at Sacramento. The Lakers strutted out to an early 19-point lead last week before the Kings roared back in a dominating second quarter and scored 72 points by halftime. De’Aaron Fox ended up matching his career high with 44 points, and Domantas Sabonis added another

Stars set to take center stage when Kings host Bucks

Talented big men and rival guards will be the featured matchups when the Milwaukee Bucks conclude a four-game tour of California with a duel against the host Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night. The Bucks rebounded from consecutive road defeats to the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers with a 124-117 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday afternoon. Damian Lillard scored 35 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 34 in the win. A few

Kings looking for consistency, Rockets energized by latest showing

The Sacramento Kings have been unable to recapture the magic from last season when they snapped a lengthy postseason drought by riding the top-ranked offense in the NBA to the third seed in the Western Conference. This campaign has been a topsy-turvy one for the Kings, who needed a closing 7-0 run to fend off the San Antonio Spurs — who were without rookie standout Victor Wembanyama — 131-129 at home on Thursday. Sacramento will

Kings look to avoid misstep vs. undermanned Spurs

The Sacramento Kings know that every game remaining in the season is an important one for playoff seeding. That makes their clash at home against the struggling San Antonio Spurs on Thursday just as important as any contest versus one of the league’s upper-echelon teams. If anything, defeating the Spurs is a must. San Antonio rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama will miss the game with a sprained right ankle. It’s the second of a road-home back-to-back

Lakers carry momentum into matchup with Kings

The Los Angeles Lakers and visiting Sacramento Kings meet Wednesday, each with a chance to improve their playoff standing following recent success against some of the top teams in the Western Conference. The Lakers are coming off a 116-104 victory on Monday against the Oklahoma City Thunder, who entered the week as the top team in the West. The Kings earned a 124-120 overtime victory on Friday in Minneapolis over the Minnesota Timberwolves, who slid

Kings, Bulls collide eager to improve playoff stock

Two teams trying to avoid play-in status in the rapidly approaching NBA playoffs go head-to-head on Monday night when the Chicago Bulls visit the Sacramento Kings. Both teams enter the finale of their two-game regular-season series occupying a play-in spot in their respective conferences following lackluster play as of late, with the Bulls having lost four of six and the Kings dropping six of their past 11. Neither team has played since Friday, when Chicago