[Game] 75/82: Kings @ Hawks 28 MAR 2026, 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET

Your favorite thing that happened on this date in history?

  • Vince Vaughn born (1970)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Jesse Owens posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal (1990)

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • Stanford beat Dartmouth 53-38 to win 1st (and only) NCAA D1 Men's Basketball Championship (1942)

    Votes: 2 13.3%

  • "Distance" by Hikaru Utada released (2001)

    Votes: 3 20.0%

  • The Undertaker beats Shawn Michaels in a Career Versus Streak match at WrestleMania XXVI (2010)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • LSU beats Cheney 76-82 to win the first-ever NCAA Women's Basketball Championship (1982)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Stefani "Lady Gaga" Germanotta born (1986)

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • "Houses of the Holy" by Led Zeppelin released (1973)

    Votes: 3 20.0%

  • "Rocky" wins Best Picture Oscar (1977)

    Votes: 5 33.3%

  • Damn it, Slim, you left off _______________!

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
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Sacramento Kings 19-55 (6-30 Away) @ Atlanta Hawks 41-33 (21-16 Home)
28 March 2026, 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Georgia


Last 5:
Hawks 3-2 Kings 1-4

Series:
Hawks lead 1-0​


Game Preview:
Hawks eager to continue torrid play at home vs. reeling Kings (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 3pm ET):
Hawks:
Dyson Daniels - QUESTIONABLE (toe)
Jock Landale - QUESTIONABLE (shoulder)
Jonathan Kuminga - OUT (knee)
Onyeka Okongwu - OUT (finger)

Kings:
Isaiah Stevens - OUT (ankle)
Keegan Murray - OUT (ankle)
Russell Westbrook - OUT (foot)
Drew Eubanks - OUT FOR SEASON (thumb)
De'Andre Hunter - OUT FOR SEASON (eye)
Zach LaVine - OUT FOR SEASON (finger)
Domantas Sabonis - OUT FOR SEASON (knee)


Referee Assignments:
Ben Taylor (#46 - Crew Chief), Mark Lindsay (#29 - Referee), Nate Green (#41 - Umpire). Thirty-three years combined experience.


Mister Slim Says:

HERE WE GO AGAIN! (Here we go again!)

SAME OLD SONG AGAIN! (Same old song again!)

MARCHING DOWN THE AVENUE! (Marching down the avenue!)

EIGHT MORE GAMES, AND WE'LL BE THROUGH! (Eight more games, and we'll be through!)

Two of the three most fun-to-watch teams in the NBA this season, in my Personal Record Book™, play in the Southeast Division. The Kings played one of them to start this road trip, and they'll play the second tonight. The Hawks managed to pull off the rare double "addition by subtraction" move this season, somehow improving by trading a 4x All-Star and a Unicorn. They appear to play a faster pace, and the ball seems to move a lot better without Trae Young's ball dominance. They also no longer have a Young-sized hole in their defense at the guard position, so that's bound to help.

Sacramento continues to maintain it's commitment to "ethical tanking" while teams like Indiana and Utah brazenly throw games in front of everybody. I don't believe in things like karma but, if it exists, one would hope that the Pacers and Jazz get their comeuppance.

On the plus side, this is one of the handful of Hawks games this season that's being broadcast on the other local channel (WANF which, unlike FanDuel Sports Network, is broadcast over-the-air), which means I'll actually get to watch it

Play the kids.
 
So growing up, I never actually saw the original Rocky. Rocky II? Yep. Rocky III? Yep. Rocky IV? I WILL BREAK YOU. But the original? Just was never on the menu. And so, seeing that the sequels were basically garbage popcorn movies, I figured Rocky was probably the same sort of stuff. Much later I learned it won Best Picture at the Oscars, and I was very confused. Why would they do that? Even then, it took me maybe another two decades to finally watch the film, and I was not prepared for it all. Not at all what I expected, not the ending I expected, incredibly good and I totally understand why it won Best Picture now.

So obviously I voted for Houses of the Holy. Wasn't particularly close.
 
Bob Rathbun is tickled pink about the origin of Nique Clifford's name. Figures the Kings would be in town when Dominique has the night off.
 
Scott Perry accidentally finding good role players that you probably don’t need for a rebuild off the scrap heap is all sorts of bad timing. We really could’ve used Precious and Plowden two years ago haha
 
Tetsujin said:
Scott Perry accidentally finding good role players that you probably don’t need for a rebuild off the scrap heap is all sorts of bad timing. We really could’ve used Precious and Plowden two years ago haha
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It’s a hard sell around here, but if you look at the full drafting spectrum for the kings over the last several seasons, they’re actually pretty good at spotting talent. In fact, the problem with the roster really wasn’t the talent level. It was talent that didn’t compliment each other. It’s one of the reasons to believe that even if the kings don’t pull off a top three draft pick, they will probably do very well in the draft.
 
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