Sacramento Kings

The Golden 1 Center hosts a battle of resilience tonight as the Sacramento Kings welcome the Utah Jazz. With both teams navigating heavy injury reports and playing for pride and lottery positioning, tonight's game is a showcase for the league's next generation of talent. The Sacramento Kings (17-51) enter tonight looking to build on a high-scoring victory over the Clippers. Despite being officially eliminated from playoff contention and missing stars like Domantas Sabonis and Zach LaVine for ...

The Los Angeles Clippers somehow blew their chance to earn an important victory over the Sacramento Kings despite 31 points from Kawhi Leonard.

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard set a new franchise record on Saturday vs. Sacramento by scoring at least 20 points for a 45th consecutive game, eclipsing the mark Bob McAdoo set during the 1974/75 season when the team was known as the Buffalo Braves, per an Associated Press report. However, there was little to celebrate for […]

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Los Angeles Clippers guard Darius Garland acknowledged the team’s sluggish start in Saturday’s 118-109 loss to the Sacramento Kings at the Intuit Dome. “Sluggish back to back… didn’t come out with that fire like we usually do,” he said, adding that defensive intensity was lacking in the first half. Garland highlighted the importance of having […] The post Darius Garland on Clippers’ loss to Kings: “We didn’t come out with that fire” appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue acknowledged Sacramento’s dominance following their 118-109 win on Saturday at the Intuit Dome. “They played better than we did. And we’ve never really caught a good rhythm offensively,” Lue said. The coach pointed to Sacramento’s early speed and pressure as decisive factors. “I thought they started off the […] The post Tyronn Lue reacts to Clippers’ loss to Kings appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Russell Westbrook recorded 12 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists for his 209th career triple-double as the Sacramento Kings defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 118-109 on Saturday at the Intuit Dome. DeMar DeRozan led the Kings with 27 points, while Precious Achiuwa added 25 points and 13 rebounds. Maxime Raynaud contributed 23 points, and Daeqwon […] The post Kings rally past Clippers as Westbrook records triple-double appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

The LA Clippers are set to host the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night in what is the second game of a tough, five-in-seven stretch for the Clippers. Two-time NBA All-Star Darius Garland was on the Clippers injury report for Friday night’s game against the Chicago Bulls and did not play with what the team called, […] The post Is Darius Garland playing tonight? Clippers vs. Kings injury report appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Looking to build on the momentum of two wins in their last three games, the Sacramento Kings return to the road for the first time in two weeks to take on the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night. After playing without him on Wednesday, the Kings are in danger of missing Malik Monk, who is […] The post Is Malik Monk playing tonight? Kings vs. Clippers injury report appeared first on ClutchPoints .

While Keegan Murray is making progress in his recovery from a left ankle sprain, he’ll be out at least two more weeks, which is the next time he’ll be reevaluated, the Kings announced in a press release (Twitter link via James Ham of TheKingsBeat.com). After appearing in 80, 77, and 76 regular season games over […]

The Los Angeles Clippers host the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, as both come to play with very different realities at this point in the season.

It has been a challenging season for Kings forward DeMar DeRozan, who made it clear at the end of January that he’d prefer to be playing more meaningful games this late in his career. The 36-year-old erupted for a season-high 39 points (on 17-of-22 shooting) in Wednesday’s loss to Charlotte and was humbled to learn […]

Charlotte’s victory at Sacramento on Wednesday night formally eliminated both the Kings and Wizards from postseason contention. Sacramento and Washington are the second and third NBA teams ruled out of postseason contention, joining the Pacers, who were eliminated on Tuesday with a loss to the Kings. The loss dropped Sacramento to 16-51, the worst record […]

Meanwhile, the Celtics look like the East's most dangerous team -- even after back-to-back losses

Let’s be clear about something right off the top — the Cavaliers just made two pretty big moves. They landed James Harden from the Clippers and added a couple of helpful guards from the Kings last month. So this is hardly a panic post. It is more of a “Hey, it’s an off night and […] The post Three random names if Cavs go summer shopping appeared first on Hoops Wire .

With Jimmy Butler out for the season due to an ACL tear and Stephen Curry sidelined by a knee injury, Warriors coach Steve Kerr feels the need to send a positive message to his team, Matt Leland of NBCSportsBayArea.com relays. Kerr made his comments during an interview on the 95.7 The Game’s “Willard and Dibs” […]

Sacramento Kings vet DeMar DeRozan is not just one of the greatest bucket-getters of his generation. He is one of the best of all time, and the numbers speak for themselves. On Wednesday night, DeRozan climbed up a notch again on the NBA’s all-time scoring list, passing former San Antonio Spurs superstar big man Tim […] The post Watch DeMar DeRozan’s sweet bucket that pushed him past Tim Duncan appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Pacers became the first NBA team formally eliminated from postseason contention after they lost at Sacramento on Tuesday night and Charlotte picked up a victory in Portland, tweets Tony East of Circle City Spin. Indiana has lost 10 straight games and is currently 15-50, the worst record in the league (Sacramento improved to 16-50 […]

New Los Angeles Lakers president of business operations Lon Rosen is no stranger to this franchise. Despite having worked with the Los Angeles Dodgers since 2012, Rosen actually began his career with the Los Angeles Lakers back in 1980. Rosen originally started as an intern with the Lakers and Los Angeles Kings, both of which […]