The Sacramento Kings will visit the Portland Trail Blazers tonight, with the game tipping off at 7 PM PT. But both sides will be without several notable names, making the Kings third preseason game a little less of a must-watch affair. The game will be on NBA League Pass. There’s no word yet if the game will be available locally, but keep an eye on Twitter and people will generally share if a local channel picks it up or if the team of NBC Sports is streaming it.
The Kings will be without Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield, Tristan Thompson and Marvin Bagley. Bagley is dealing with a sore knee, while the other three are listed as being out for “rest”.
Our resident troublemaker Tim Maxwell has a theory on the absences:
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— SactownBabyGiraffe (@TimMaxwell22) October 11, 2021
Personally, I find it best to ignore Tim, but you can react if you choose.
As for Bagley, James Ham notes that Bagley’s knee isn’t a serious concern at this point:
I continue to hear that there is nothing serious going on with Marvin Bagley's sore knee. If it was a regular season game, he would likely be able to play. But with an 82 game schedule looming, there is no reason to risk it in preseason. He is still doubtful on the injury report.
— James Ham (@James_HamNBA) October 11, 2021
The Blazers will be without Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Norm Powell, Robert Covington, Cody Zeller, Nassir Little, Ben McLemore, and Tony Snell. In short, the Kings will not be facing a top-tier opponent tonight.
This thread will also serve as the Open Thread for tonight’s game.
Go Kings!
Update: We have TV info for those in the Sacramento area (if you have Xfinity)! Hopefully this works for you.
Looks like local XFINITY customers can find the Kings game on ch 3058 at 7pm tonight, and the NBA League pass free preview is still working for me. pic.twitter.com/d0BQXN3BYK
— Kevin Fippin (@kfippin) October 12, 2021
The Blazers won’t be a good test;
They’re holding out most of their best.
The lineups aren’t set,
Have to see what we get—
As Dame ducks that Off Night pest!
*Trade speculation intensifies*
Marvin “Operation” Bagley is red-nosing it early this year!
Are there no preseason Kings games televised?
The Laker game will be televised.
I’m able to watch it on League Pass.
(I’m watching from LA)
It is only Blazers broadcast feed, though. No Sac broadcast.
I got spoiled being able to watch the games on Dish
Now that they aren’t with NBC I am bummed.
Ben McLemore is in the building!
Davis could be a real steal..
Davis said that this year he intends to focus on going to the basket with murderous intent. (That’s not literally what he said, but that’s how I heard him.)
I’m pretty sure that the first time I ever saw TD play was after he got here. His athleticism stood out to me, in that he has, for lack of a better way of putting it, a real glide to his game. He’s just very smooth, and makes difficult things look effortless, and I mean that in comparison to NBA players, and not just mere mortals such as myself. It’s as if he’s skipping instead of running.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN.
He’s going to end up being the steal of that trade, and a real asset here, or as part of a trade.
Mitchell with five threes and a great drive for two. 17 points and numerous stops. Man what do we have here?
More than a Marcus Smart.
Wouldn’t that be sweet..
Davion dagger is deadly
Is Robert Woodard injured?
Walton is clearing the bottom of the bench, but no Woodard.
Coleman, Steward, Terry…..
There he is…coming in along with Queta
The only team in the NBA returning more than the 13 players the Kings have from last season is the Denver Nuggets, with 14 returning players:
https://www.nba.com/news/continuity-rankings-2021-22-season
There are three teams returning 12 players, and 25 other teams returned fewer than 12. 29 other teams in the NBA managed to make deals with each other in an effort to improve their rosters, but somehow the Kings just couldn’t manage to get much done.
Let’s hope the Simmons trade goes through any minute now, because doing nothing with a bad team has been and continues to be a bad look.
Kings are 8-0 since returning these players…why are you worried?
They may never lose again. ????
82-0 on the way!
That’s more like it! A fully confident Carl in tow is unbeatable.
Blazer’s broadcast crew is one of the better ones.
Fox has to be kidding me with his shooting two out of three games
So after missing the majority of last year, Bags has a sore knee after 2 preseason games?
Man… that dude has about a .0000000001% chance of ever playing more than 50 games in a year.
I just cannot believe Barnes having “Coke Machine” stat this game……
22 minutes….0 rebound, 0 assist, 0 steal, 0 block…
It’s pretty clear you didn’t watch the game. Barnes played well, and is still improving his game, including two impressive off the dribble 3’s.
I did watch the whole game……..as always……….
I love Barnes, such a pro….he is helping the team in all other ways, but I just surprised by his zero rebound and zero assist in this game.
Badge Legend