[Game] 02/82: Kings vs. Jazz 24 OCT 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Utah Jazz 1-0 (0-0 Away) @ Sacramento Kings 0-1 (0-0 Home)
24 October 2025, 7pm PT/10pm ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California

Last 5:
Jazz 1-0 Kings 0-1

Series:
Tied 0-0​

Game Preview:
Jazz out to build on strong opener, ruin Kings' home opener (NBA.com)

Availability:
Broadcast: NBA League Pass, NBC Sports California
Radio: Sactown Sports 1140 AM

Box Score (via ESPN.com)

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Injury Report (as of 4pm ET):
Jazz:
Isaiah Collier - OUT (hamstring)
Georges Niang - OUT (foot)

Kings:
Domantas Sabonis - GAME-TIME DECISION (hamstring)
Nique Clifford - OUT (hamstring)
Keegan Murray - OUT (thumb)



Referee Assignments:
John Goble (#10 - Crew Chief), Justin Van Duyne (#64 - Referee), Jonathan Sterling (#17 - Umpire). Forty years combined experience.



Mister Slim Says: Welp, Kings lost on Wednesday in part because they gave up too many offensive rebounds, and tonight they are playing a team with five seven-footers in their regular rotation so, good luck with that! Sabonis is currently listed as GTD, so he'd help, but unless Christie intends to make more defensive-conscious substitutions, Kings Fans can likely expect more of the same. Utah is coming off an impressive home win versus the Clippers, whom they smashed on the boards, and that team is rather bigger than the team they're playing tonight. Oh, what fun!.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Gotta keep that spirit up...

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[Caccia]

Sabonis is off the injured list. Let's hope he stays that way. Isaac Jones is ready, too.

Keep in mind that the coaches are kind of learning on the fly how best to deploy their forces. But the head coach does not have much experience in that role. No high expectations for tonight, especially after the Jazz demolished the Clippers in the first game of the season.

Go Kings!

 

[bball_nomad]

Domas will play? That changes some things. DDR will play too? Well, that's then L number 2 for the Kings.

 

[Dime Dropper]

Kessler is one of my favourite young bigs in the league. Expect him to take advantage of our lack of size.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

I saw a stat that the team has only won one home opener at G1C and it was to an empty house during COVID. Let's change that tonight.

 

[The_Jamal]

Domas back keeps us competitive but now removing our best defender from game 1 (nique), no Keegan and probably Keon in a similar role. Let's see if they can hold up defensively

 

[gunks]

Shout out to my fellow tripeheads!

 

[Tetsujin]

Domas back keeps us competitive but now removing our best defender from game 1 (nique), no Keegan and probably Keon in a similar role. Let's see if they can hold up defensively

On the plus side, IJ being back will hopefully keep Doug from employing the Saric/Eubanks double traffic cone lineup.

 

[Caccia]

On the plus side, IJ being back will hopefully keep Doug from employing the Saric/Eubanks double traffic cone lineup.

That is my hope, as well.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1981878341889392743

 

[sono]

tonight they are playing a team with five seven-footers in their regular rotation ...

In other words, tall trees vs shrubs .
Can they outrun them with the aging guards?

 

[Caccia]

In other words, tall trees vs shrubs .
Can they outrun them with the aging guards?

Not sure, but Davion Mitchell is starting for the Heat. He has six assists in 17 minutes. They are wiping the floor with the poor Grizzlies.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1981896274916855985

 

[Capt. Factorial]

I see that the Dario Saric experiment is over

 

[Caccia]

Isaac Jones! He is an exciting player to watch. What will he look like alongside Sabonis?

Both Jones and Cardwell are the types to get after it and never back down.

 

[NiNetNiNe]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1981896274916855985

Thank god it’s not Saric lol. Hopefully we play Reynard, Cardwell, and Jones a lot

 

[Tetsujin]

I see that the Dario Saric experiment is over

At this point, I’m really not sure why he’s ahead of McBuckets in the rotation aside from the fact he’s making more money than him.

 

[DynaPamm]

I’m so excited to be here for opening night! I wish my hubby JKBiker was here but unfortunately he’s still not able to attend but I’m hoping and believing that we can light the beam tonight cause it’s his birthday!! Happy birthday my Mr Wonderful
#Hear the roar
#I believe
#Light the beam

 

[ESP47]

At this point, I’m really not sure why he’s ahead of McBuckets in the rotation aside from the fact he’s making more money than him.

He's two years younger than McBuckets. I think they're looking to inject some youth into the lineup.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Peterson from Kansas has 24 at half sit sabonis

 

[Tetsujin]

Peterson from Kansas has 24 at half sit sabonis

Peterson lowkey the best player in that draft. Some people on here would be angry about us taking another guard but I’m fine picking D-Wade but able to shoot.

 

[Caccia]

At this point, I’m really not sure why he’s ahead of McBuckets in the rotation aside from the fact he’s making more money than him.

I was thinking today that they should give Doug some run, say late in the third quarter, to see if he can catch fire. He hit 20 straight threes on a timed practice this week.

 

[Caccia]

I was thinking today that they should give Doug some run, say late in the third quarter, to see if he can catch fire. He hit 20 straight threes on a timed practice this week.

Do you think he could teach Dylan Cardwell how to shoot?

 

[TheMobb]

Keon has to play at least 20 minutes with Keegan and Nique out

 

[Caccia]

Their point guard looks like a midget compared to the four other starters. Golly. And he's listed at 6' 4".

 

[Sluggah]

Not sure this intro is properly representing a lion’s habitat.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Peterson lowkey the best player in that draft. Some people on here would be angry about us taking another guard but I’m fine picking D-Wade but able to shoot.

6’5 guard no complaints especially at one which means star potential vs the role playing guards we have

 

[The_Jamal]

At least we're smart enough to start IJ over Saric

 

[The_Jamal]

Also Filipowski going where he went never made sense to me. He was a lotto talent that fell for really no reason. Maybe the story with his babysitter? But the skill was always so apparent