Austin Reaves pours in career-high 51 points
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The Sacramento Kings suffered a play-in tournament loss for the second consecutive year last season, as they have failed to make the playoffs since ending their
The Kings' affiliate, the Stockton Kings, used the No. 29 overall pick on Jabri Abdur-Rahim. He's the son of former NBA All Star Shareef Abdur-Rahim. Shareef ended his career with the Kings after also playing for the Vancouver Grizzlies, Atlanta Hawks and Portland Trail Blazers. Shareef averaged 18.1 points per game in his career with 7.5 rebounds.
Austin Reaves may be able to keep the Los Angeles Lakers afloat with LeBron James and Luka Dončić out. The fifth-year player posted a career-high 51 points in a 127-120 win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, adding 11 rebounds and nine assists.
Ziller’s Substack, Good Morning It’s Basketball, is always a great read, and he covered his 13 Fearless Predictions for the 2025-26 NBA season on Tuesday. To clarify, Ziller definitely doesn’t mean that the Kings have won 40 straight games, and is pointing to the three 40+ win seasons the team has had over the last three seasons.
The LA Lakers and Sacramento Kings crossed swords in a regular-season game at the Golden 1 Center on Sunday. The Lakers took to the court without their talisman, Luka Doncic, who was ruled out for at least a week with a couple of injuries. Meanwhile, both teams entered the contest on the back of confidence-boosting wins in their previous outing.
Lauri Markkanen and the Utah Jazz will face DeMar DeRozan and the Sacramento Kings in this NBA matchup on Friday night at the Golden 1 Center.
DeMar DeRozan explained why he believes rookie guard Nique Clifford will be a star in the NBA as the Kings gear up for the 2025-26 season.
Meanwhile, the Kings, who were just 14-25-3 ATS at home last year, have a lot of mouths to feed offensively, starting with Zach LaVine (questionable) and DeMar DeRozan, and barely edged past the Jazz on Friday.
Since spending the first 11 years of his career with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Russell Westbrook has been jumping around the NBA. In the seven years since leav