The Sacramento Kings shall be with out star participant Domantas Sabonis for no less than 10 days after he sustained a reasonable sprain to his proper ankle. Sabonis was injured through the third quarter of the Kings’ 132-122 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday, additionally struggling a minimize to his left eye after going face to face with Luke Kennard. An MRI confirmed the sprain, and the Kings plan to reevaluate Sabonis in 10 days. Monk acknowledged, “I’m all the time involved when my teammate’s not on the court docket, I actually didn’t see the play till I appeared up. It appeared fairly dangerous. However Doman is powerful. He’ll most likely be again earlier than we predict,” he advised reporters. This damage follows his current return from a left hamstring situation that precipitated him to overlook 5 video games earlier in March. Sacramento is 3-6 this season with out him within the lineup.
Sabonis, who’s main the NBA with a powerful 13.9 rebounds per sport, has additionally been averaging 19.2 factors and 6.2 assists. Together with his absence, Jonas Valanciunas is anticipated to step into the beginning lineup. Whereas Sabonis is in restoration, the Kings have signed ahead Terry Taylor to a 10-day contract, who has been performing effectively within the G League.
At the moment holding a 34-33 file, Sacramento sits in ninth place within the Western Convention, two video games forward of the Dallas Mavericks. They are going to kick off a six-game homestand on 3/19, however the schedule will conclude with six of their final 9 video games on the highway as they purpose to stay aggressive within the Play-In Event race.
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