2021-22 Sacramento Bee Kings articles

[The Sacramento Bee]

Milwaukee Bucks Last season: 46-26 The reigning NBA champions open the season at No. but how long will they stay in the top spot with the likes of the Lakers and Nets coming for their crown? Will the additions of George Hill and Rodney Hood offset the loss of P.J. Tucker?

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[The Sacramento Bee]

The have-not Kings find themselves in what should be called explorative purgatory entering the new season, which tips off Wednesday in Portland. They’re certainly not good enough to be penciled in as a playoff contender (they could get there if they improve defensively, stay healthy and add to the roster midseason), but they’re not one of the worst teams in the NBA, either. At least, they shouldn’t be.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings at Portland Trail Blazers When: 7 p.m. Where: Moda Center TV: NBC Sports California Radio: Sports 1140 KHTK Odds: Blazers -5.0 Over/under: 232.5 Morning injury report Kings: None. Blazers: OUT — Tony Snell (foot).

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Utah Jazz (1-0, first in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (1-0, sixth in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Friday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Sacramento Kings square off against the Utah Jazz. Sacramento finished 18-24 in Western Conference play and 16-20 at home during the 2020-21 season.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Kings coach Luke Walton said his team will not be distracted by “outside issues” after Marvin Bagley III’s agent blasted the organization for its handling of his client. Walton said the Kings were focused on trying to pick up a tough road win over the Portland Trail Blazers in Wednesday’s season opener. That’s exactly what they did, holding on for a 124-121 victory at Moda Center after the Blazers stormed back from a big deficit.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Kings: QUESTIONABLE — Maurice Harkless (hip). What if Harkless is out? Kings coach Luke Walton will have to come up with a new starting lineup if Maurice Harkless is unable to play in Friday’s home opener against the Utah Jazz at Golden 1 Center.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell tried crossing over Kings rookie Davion Mitchell in the second quarter of Friday night’s game. The veteran got down to the right block on his drive from the wing, and the rookie patiently beat him to the spot. No reaching, no fouling.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Kings rookie Davion Mitchell didn’t think Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles should have been ejected for the foul that sent him crashing to the floor late in the first quarter Friday night at Golden 1 Center, but the officials ruled otherwise. After reviewing the play, officials determined Ingles committed a Flagrant Foul Penalty 2. The call resulted in an automatic ejection, sending Ingles to the locker room with 1:36 to play in the opening quarter.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings (1-2, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (1-2, 10th in the Western Conference) Phoenix; Wednesday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Phoenix Suns square off against the Sacramento Kings. Phoenix went 51-20 overall and 7-5 in Pacific Division play last season.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Suns: OUT — Cameron Payne (hamstring); Dario Saric (ACL). Lead by example’ Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul befriended Davion Mitchell when the Kings rookie signed with CAA sports management agency after winning a national championship at Baylor. Paul soon discovered their agent wasn’t all they had in common.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes nailed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Kings a dramatic 110-107 victory over the Phoenix Suns and then got drenched in water by teammates for his heroics. Barnes took an inbound pass from guard De’Aaron Fox with 1.4 seconds left on the clock, turned and launched over the outstretched arm of Suns guard Devin Booker. Man, it felt good,” Barnes said in a post-game interview..

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings at New Orleans Pelicans When: 5 p.m. Where: Smoothie King Center TV: NBC Sports California Radio: Sports 1140 KHTK Odds: Kings -1.5 Over/under: 220 Morning injury report Kings: OUT — Louis King (G League); Neemias Queta (G League); Jahmi’us Ramsey (G League); Robert Woodard II (G League). Pelicans: QUESTIONABLE — Josh Hart (quadriceps).

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings (3-2, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (3-2, fourth in the Western Conference) Dallas; Sunday, 3:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento will try to keep its three-game road win streak alive when the Kings take on Dallas. Dallas finished 42-30 overall and 21-21 in Western Conference play a season ago.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

De'Aaron Fox and a productive supporting cast have Sacramento Kings ruling the road early this season. Fox scored 23 points, Richaun Holmes added 21 and the Kings beat the New Orleans Pelicans 113-109 on Friday night to win their second straight away from home and remain unbeaten away from Sacramento. We didn't get rattled.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Matchup with the Mavs The Kings will try to remain unbeaten on the road when they get their first look at Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in a matinee affair Sunday at American Airlines Arena. The Kings (3-2) and Mavericks (3-2) come in with identical records, but Doncic has struggled and Dallas, under first-year coach Jason Kidd, has been blown out in both of its games against playoff-caliber opponents.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings (3-3, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Utah Jazz (5-1, first in the Western Conference) Salt Lake City; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Utah plays Sacramento in a matchup of Western Conference teams. Utah went 28-14 in Western Conference play and 31-5 at home during the 2020-21 season.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

He’s out there playing hard for us every night, and some shots that he normally makes just aren’t going right now,” Kings center Richaun Holmes said. That happens throughout the course of the season. As his teammates, we got his back, and we know nobody’s as hard on him as he is going to be on himself, so he’ll get himself right.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings at Utah Jazz When: 6 p.m. Where: Vivint Arena TV: NBC Sports California Radio: Sports 1140 KHTK Odds: Jazz -9 Over/under: 219 Morning injury report Kings: OUT — Louis King (G League); Neemias Queta (G League); Jahmi’us Ramsey (G League); Robert Woodrd II (G League). Jazz: OUT — Udoka Azubuike (G League); Rudy Gay (heel).

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[The Sacramento Bee]

New Orleans Pelicans at Sacramento Kings When: 7 p.m. Where: Golden 1 Center TV: NBC Sports California Radio: Sports 1140 KHTK Odds: TBD Over/under: TBD Morning injury report Pelicans: DOUBTFUL — Brandon Ingram (hip). OUT — Daulton Hommes (fibula); Zion Williamson (foot).

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento finished 30-41 overall and 18-24 in Western Conference action last season. The Kings averaged 113.8 points per game while shooting 48.1% from the field and 36.6% from 3-point range last season. New Orleans went 31-41 overall and 18-24 in Western Conference play during the 2020-21 season.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Charlotte Hornets (5-4, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (4-4, seventh in the Western Conference) Sacramento, California; Friday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento and Charlotte face off in non-conference action. Sacramento went 30-41 overall a season ago while going 16-20 at home.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox said he “felt better to play a better game” after scoring 19 points to help lead his team to a win over the New Orleans Pelicans, 112-99, on Wednesday night. It’s still a lot to go,” he said in post-game remarks, adding “it’s probably the worst stretch I’ve had in the league as far as putting the ball in the basket. Tyrese Haliburton scored 20 points and Harrison Barnes added 23 points and eight rebounds to help the Kings stop a two-game skid.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings (5-6, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. San Antonio Spurs (3-7, 13th in the Western Conference) San Antonio; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: San Antonio aims to stop its three-game home slide with a win over Sacramento. San Antonio went 17-25 in Western Conference action and 14-22 at home during the 2020-21 season.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Fox is averaging 18.1 points per game on 39% shooting from the field and 18.8% shooting from 3-point range. Over the last three games, Fox has made 22 of 48 field-goal attempts and 3 of 9 from 3-point range, shooting 45.8% from the field and 33.3% from beyond the arc. He has also made 10 of 11 (.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

The Kings lost the game after staging a huge comeback against the Phoenix Suns on Monday night at Golden 1 Center, but they might have found the real De’Aaron Fox. Much of the crowd had already departed after watching the Kings fall all over themselves in the third quarter, but they missed an important show of fourth-quarter resiliency from Fox and friends in a 109-104 loss to the Suns.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Durant is averaging 29.5 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists while shooting 56.7% from the field and 38.2% from 3-point range. James Harden is averaging 18.3 points, 7.7 rebounds and 8.5 assists. Phoenix Suns (7-3) Last week: 18 The Suns went 1-3 to start the season.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

In his words: How Kings coach answered whether Marvin Bagley III refused to play Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton was asked about Marvin Bagley III on November 11, 2021, after the 22-year-old power forward apparently refused to play against Phoenix.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin and Kings assistant coach Alvin Gentry reportedly had to be physically separated during an altercation following a game in New Orleans last month. According to Bleacher Report, Griffin and Gentry were involved in a heated exchange following Sacramento’s 113-99 victory over the Pelicans on Oct. 29 at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

OUT — Louis King (G League); Neemias Queta (G League); Robert Woodard II (G League). Thunder: OUT — Vit Krejci (G League); Theo Maledon (G League); Isaiah Roby (G League); Paul Watson (G League); Aaron Wiggins (G League). Fox watch Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox picked up his production over the past two games with Tyrese Haliburton out of the lineup, but Fox was already turning a corner before Haliburton started experiencing back tightness.

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[The Sacramento Bee]

Sacramento Kings (5-8, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (3-9, 14th in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Monday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Detroit plays Sacramento looking to stop its three-game home losing streak. The Pistons are 1-4 on their home court.

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