Sacramento Kings star large man Domantas Sabonis injured his proper ankle throughout Monday night time’s victory over the Memphis Grizzlies and could possibly be in jeopardy of lacking some video games.
At a minimal, the Kings will listing Sabonis’ availability for Wednesday’s dwelling sport in opposition to the Cleveland Cavaliers in some unspecified time in the future on Tuesday.
Sabonis not too long ago missed six video games with a hamstring damage. The 132-122 victory over Memphis was his second sport again.
Monday wasn’t a simple night time for Sabonis as he initially exited lower than three minutes into the sport with blood spilling down his face and a lower over his left eye. He suffered the lower slamming into the again of Grizzlies ahead Luke Kennard’s head.
Sabonis returned within the third quarter however rolled the ankle and departed for good. He performed simply 12 minutes and had six factors and 4 assists.
“I am all the time involved when my teammate’s not on the court docket, man,” Kings guard Malik Monk mentioned. “I actually did not see the play until I regarded up, however it regarded fairly unhealthy. However Doman is powerful; he’ll most likely be again before we expect.”
One probably telling connection is that the Kings signed ahead Terry Taylor to a 10-day contract on Tuesday. Taylor was taking part in for the staff’s G League membership in Stockton and averaged 17.5 factors, 8.4 rebounds and three.4 assists in 28 video games.
Taylor performed in 95 video games over the earlier three seasons with the Indiana Pacers (2021-23) and Chicago Bulls (2023-24). He owns profession averages of 4.8 factors and a pair of.7 rebounds.
Sacramento (34-33) resides in ninth place within the Western Convention and at the moment holds a play-in place.
–Area Stage Media
