[Game] 61/82: Kings @ Mavericks 26 FEB 2026, 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Sacramento Kings 13-47 (4-27 Away) @ Dallas Mavericks 21-36 (14-16 Home)
26 February 2026, 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET
American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

Last 5:
Mavericks 2-3 Kings 1-4

Series:
Tied 1-1​

Game Preview:
Mavericks contend with Kings in contest between ailing teams (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):
Mavericks:
Khris Middleton - PROBABLE (shoulder)
Daniel Gafford - DOUBTFUL (ankle)
Cooper Flagg - OUT (foot)
PJ Washington - OUT (ankle)
Kyrie Irving - OUT FOR SEASON (knee)


Kings:
Malik Monk - QUESTIONABLE
Dylan Cardwell - OUT (ankle)
Keegan Murray - OUT (ankle)
De'Andre Hunter - OUT FOR SEASON (eye)
Zach LaVine - OUT FOR SEASON (finger)
Domantas Sabonis - OUT FOR SEASON (knee)




Referee Assignments:
Nick Buchert (#3 - Crew Chief), Jason Goldenberg (#35 - Referee), Brandon Schwab (#86 - Umpire). Thirty years combined experience.



Mister Slim Says: Twenty-two more games of this.

I won't deign to call this a tank-off, since I don't think that the Mavericks can catch the Kings, anyway, but it definitely doesn't look like either team is putting its best foot forward tonight... Actually, I've still got some stuff to do this afternoon, so I'm keeping this short.

Get well soon, Keegan.

Keep playing the kids.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Mister Slim Says: Twenty-two more games of this.

And if you ask many around here, they fear that they may not be able to survive...
To all of them....I mean, y'all survived the first 60. I think you can safely, and relatively easily, handle the next 22...

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Damn it, Slim, you left off Beauty and the Beast - specifically the 1946 Cocteau film version.

 

[Caccia]

I love the Grimm brothers' fairy tales. You might have included "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen. If you added ballets, my favorite by far would be Swan Lake by Tchiakowsky.

 

[Tetsujin]

Russ also out for tonight’s game and Malik is questionable so the Kings may actually be down to a healthy eight/nine man roster

 

[macadocious]

Russ also out for tonight’s game and Malik is questionable so the Kings may actually be down to a healthy eight/nine man roster

Is his right shoulder sore? maybe his tricep?

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Russ also out for tonight’s game and Malik is questionable so the Kings may actually be down to a healthy eight/nine man roster

Hayes
DeRozan
Clifford
Achiuwa
Raynaud

Plowden
McDermott
Baldwin
Eubanks

Carter DNP-CD

 

[Sluggah]

No real feelings towards the poll options so went with Pied Piper as a shoutout to Silicon Valley, even though I’m pretty sure the story is about luring children.