Tag: Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings lost 105-98 against the New Orleans Pelicans in Friday night’s play-in tournament, ending the regular season with 46 wins, the most by an NBA team to miss the playoffs since the Denver Nuggets in 2018. De’Aaron Fox scored a game-high 35 points on 12-of-29 (41.4%) shooting from the floor. Domantas Sabonis had […]
Key Highlights Keegan Murray scored a game-high 32 points, including eight threes, in the Sacramento Kings‘ 118-94 rout of the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday He also helped contain sharpshooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, and Sacramento posted a 97.8 defensive rating in the win, its fifth-lowest mark of the season Murray was 2 of […]
Key Highlights: Despite losing, the Sacramento Kings may have stumbled upon a lineup configuration that could cause the Oklahoma City Thunder some issues Chet Holmgren’s unique skillset creates a lot of problems for most NBA teams Small-ball isn’t completely dead. In fact, when done properly, could be a way to neutralize Holmgren’s impact On the […]
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis is just the second NBA player in history to finish a season with at least 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, and 600 assists — joining Wilt Chamberlain. In the 1967-68 season, Chamberlain logged 1,992 points, 1,952 rebounds, and 702 assists. The NBA Hall of Famer also recorded 1,956 points, 1,957 boards, […]
Sacramento Kings guard Kevin Huerter (dislocated left shoulder) remains out for Thursday night’s road game against the Washington Wizards. The six-year veteran suffered the shoulder injury in Monday’s 121-111 overtime win versus the Memphis Grizzlies. Huerter was diagnosed with a dislocated left shoulder after being fouled by Desmond Bane in the first quarter. The 6-foot-7 […]
Key Highlights The Sacramento Kings are 7-2 with the NBA’s fifth-ranked defense since Keon Ellis rejoined their rotation According to Cleaning the Glass, Ellis ranks in the 99th percentile in block rate and 88th percentile in steal rate among combo guards Ellis is shooting 39.4 percent beyond the arc Last season, the Sacramento Kings’ identity […]
Domantas Sabonis registered his 47th straight double-double in the Sacramento Kings’ 129-94 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night, breaking Jerry Lucas’ record for the most consecutive double-doubles in a single season in franchise history. Lucas set the single-season mark with 46 straight double-doubles in 1967-68. Sabonis, 27, ended his outing with 22 points, […]
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis posted his sixth career 20-rebound triple-double, tying him with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the seventh most in NBA history, in Wednesday night’s 130-120 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. It was his 57th double-double and league-leading 22nd triple-double of the season. Wilt Chamberlain is the NBA’s all-time leader with 59 career […]
De’Aaron Fox is one of the craftiest point guards in the league and has blossomed into Sacramento’s foundational piece. He and his co-star, Domantas Sabonis, have formed one of the more underappreciated duos in the NBA. Many also feel as if Fox was snubbed from this year’s All-Star Game and for good reason. His current […]
Former NBA player Scot Pollard found a heart transplant donor at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was admitted Feb. 7. His wife, Dawn Pollard, broke the news on Friday. “Scot wanted me to let everyone know that the pre-heart transplant hair is gone, it’s go time!” Pollard’s wife Dawn posted […]
