[Game] 82/82: Kings vs. "Suns" 13 APR 2025, 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Phoenix "Suns" 36-45 (12-28 Away) @ Sacramento Kings 39-42 (19-21 Home)
13 April 2025, 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California

Last 5:
Suns 1-4 Kings 3-2

Series:
Kings lead 2-1​

Game Preview:
Kings Can Earn Home Play-In Game With Win Over Suns (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 11am ET):
Suns:
Bradley Beal - OUT (said '**** it')
Devin Booker - OUT ('calf' - allegedly)
Kevin Durant - OUT ('ankle' - allegedly)
Nick Richards - OUT ('elbow' - allegedly)

Kings:
Jake LaRavia - OUT (thumb)
Malik Monk - OUT (calf)



Referee Assignments:
Ed Malloy (#14 - Crew Chief), Brent Barnaky (#36), Nate Green (#41). Forty-four years combined experience.



Mister Slim Says: I don't know what jackass decided to schedule eight games with a 3:30 tipoff, but I'd like to give them a piece of my mind.

Kings control their own destiny for hosting the 9/10 play-in. It's as simple as: win, and they host. The Suns, of course, are playing without four starters, so you know what that means...

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[Jdbraver137]

Phoenix "Suns" 36-45 (12-28 Away) @ Sacramento Kings 39-42 (19-21 Home)
13 April 2025, 12:30pm PT/3:30pm ET
Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California

Last 5:
Suns 1-4 Kings 3-2

Series:
Kings lead 2-1​

Game Preview:
Kings Can Earn Home Play-In Game With Win Over Suns (NBA.com)

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

Box Score (via ESPN.com)

Team Homepage
Twitter
Instagram
YouTube


Injury Report (as of 11am ET):
Suns:
Bradley Beal - OUT (said '**** it')
Devin Booker - OUT ('calf' - allegedly)
Kevin Durant - OUT ('ankle' - allegedly)
Nick Richards - OUT ('elbow' - allegedly)

Kings:
Jake LaRavia - OUT (thumb)
Malik Monk - OUT (calf)



Referee Assignments:
Ed Malloy (#14 - Crew Chief), Brent Barnaky (#36), Nate Green (#41). Forty-four years combined experience.



Mister Slim Says: I don't know what jackass decided to schedule eight games with a 3:30 tipoff, but I'd like to give them a piece of my mind.

Kings control their own destiny for hosting the 9/10 play-in. It's as simple as: win, and they host. The Suns, of course, are playing without four starters, so you know what that means...

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It’s a trap

 

[iowamcnabb]

Double whammy- 4 starters out and it’s a matinee. Bol Bol for 50?

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

...so you know what that means...

Yes. We're finishing this season with a 39-43 record, the 10th seed, AND a play-in date with the Mavs, in Dallas.

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

Oh yeah, before I forget...
Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Light IT!!!

 

[SacTownKid]

Interesting starting lineup for the Suns. Total guard ball, so the Kings either get mismatched or mismatch. DeMar can beast on this Suns unit.

 

[DynaPamm]

Made it in time to see Malik receive sixth man award!!!

 

[Caccia]

Made it in time to see Malik receive sixth man award!!!

For the Kings?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Made it in time to see Malik receive sixth man award!!!

I don't think they're even allowed to submit votes for that yet until tomorrow? Could that have been the Oscar Robertson award?

EDIT - Also, Monk started 45 games this season, which I'm pretty sure means he's not eligible for 6MOY.

 

[Tetsujin]

Devin got the ‘address the fans’ role foisted upon him lol.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Devin got the ‘address the fans’ role foisted upon him lol.

Keegan hardest hit (not)

 

[HndsmCelt]

With the Sun all that giving up the kings kinda have to perform tonight to keep momentum going and confidence going into playing. Although honestly, I think we’re just as well off playing on the road as at home given our records better when we’re away from Golden one.

 

[Caccia]

Two Dukies starting for the Suns today. Pound them into the dust!

One of them, Plumlee, just randomly leveled a Kings player last time they met.

 

[Tetsujin]

Domas is not moving right. Just get him out for the rest of the game.

 

[SacTownKid]

LaVine gets crap for not setting guys up, but it's been pretty easy to see, lately he's set up Domas a ton and Domas just doesn't shoot. Domas immediately looks for the pass.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Looks like we outsourced that rebound to ChatGPT or something

 

[Caccia]

Kings look confident, relaxed. This is good.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Zach shooting like he's going for 60 this afternoon

 

[Tetsujin]

Just let Zach go for Wilt’s record today lmao

 

[Capt. Factorial]

And we remain the worst fast break team in the league

 

[Kingz19]

Zach trying to land a first round KO so the starters can sit early lol

 

[Tetsujin]

Bud might get fired before halftime at this rate lol

 

[SacTownKid]

There we go. Domas is the odd man out for the Suns defensively, keep shooting.

 

[Caccia]

Hot, hot, hot! Keep the ball moving.

 

[Section 101]

Domas is not moving right. Just get him out for the rest of the game.

Took a bad step on a drive

 

[Caccia]

Now they are too relaxed...and sloppy. Good timeout.

 

[SacTownKid]

Too early in the day for JV, lol. Also, if they are going to keep Keon on POA, the big needs to come up and help. The bigs the Suns have are very effective screeners. I liked the switching they were doing earlier.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

How silly of me, I saw Valančiūnas and Lyles coming in and thought that the Kings were going to try a balanced lineup for a change, so of course Lyles is coming in for Murray instead of DeRozan.

 

[Remi]

JV looks bad

 

[Tetsujin]

Carter getting more comfortable on offense with every game.