The Sacramento Kings took a huge risk at the NBA trade deadline by sending De'Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs and bringing in Zach LaVine from the Chicago Bulls to replace him, but they could have put themselves in an incredible spot.
Zach LaVine scored 36 points and the Kings beat the San Antonio Spurs 127-109 on Friday night in De'Aaron Fox's first game as a visitor in Sacramento.
Here’s the latest on Malik Monk’s injury as the Sacramento Kings prepare to face De’Aaron Fox and the San Antonio Spurs.
LaVine has quickly cemented himself as one of the most talented scorers to ever come through Sacramento, scoring 20+ points in 10 of his 13 games thus far, three 30+ point games,
Zach LaVine led the way with 36 points while DeMar DeRozan followed suit with 22. No bench player for the Kings scored more than 10 points, and it ended up being more than enough to down the Spurs without Victor Wembanyama,
The Kings will be without Malik Monk for at least one more game, Sacramento announced Thursday. MRI imaging confirmed Monk sustained a right toe sprain in the second quarter of Sacramento’s win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday,
The Sacramento Kings will look to get back on the winning track and move closer to solidifying a spot in the postseason when they host the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night in a late-season Western Conference matchup.
The former All-Star went more than a month without playing a true home game. On Friday, he'll visit a setting he knows well.
A little more than a month after the Kings traded De'Aaron Fox to the Spurs amid his reported request, Fox returns to Sacramento.