The Sacramento Kings visit the Utah Jazz Friday at 9:30 PM ET at the Delta Center, both teams grappling with injury and roster challenges.
Sacramento (5–14) is on a two-game losing streak after falling 112–100 to the Phoenix Suns, while Utah (5–12) also comes off consecutive losses, most recently 134–117 to the Golden State Warriors.
The Kings will be without Domantas Sabonis (left knee partial meniscus tear), Dylan Cardwell, Daeqwon Plowden, and Isaiah Stevens (all two-way assignments), with Dennis Schroder listed as questionable (right hip soreness).
Sacramento will rely on Zach LaVine (20.1 PPG, 3.2 RPG), Keegan Murray (18.8 PPG, 7.5 RPG), and DeMar DeRozan (18.3 PPG, 3.1 RPG) to anchor scoring and leadership.
Utah faces key absences including Walker Kessler (left shoulder injury), Georges Niang (left foot stress reaction), Elijah Harkless, Taylor Hendricks, John Tonje, Oscar Tshiebwe, and Cody Williams due to G League assignments or injury recovery.
Lauri Markkanen (28.5 PPG, 6.1 RPG) and Keyonte George (23.4 PPG, 7.2 APG) remain the team’s primary scoring threats, supported by Svi Mykhailiuk (9.3 PPG) and Jusuf Nurkic (7.5 PPG, 9.6 RPG).
This matchup marks the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
