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Sacramento Kings: Game 48 Preview at Philadelphia 76ers

By Tyler Watts

Feb 10, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins (15) drives past Philadelphia 76ers center Jahlil Okafor (8) during the second half at Wells Fargo Center. The Sacramento Kings won 114-110. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 10, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins (15) drives past Philadelphia 76ers center Jahlil Okafor (8) during the second half at Wells Fargo Center. The Sacramento Kings won 114-110. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 26, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) and Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi (18) fight for possession of the ball during the second quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 26, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) and Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi (18) fight for possession of the ball during the second quarter at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports /

Injuries

Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento should be without three players again tonight.  Rudy Gay and Omri Casspi are both listed as out for tonight’s game.  Omri Casspi should be returning in relatively short order, but no update has been given since January 17th when the Kings announced he would miss one to two weeks.

Georgios Papagiannis is still in the D-League and is expected to be recalled after Monday and Tuesday’s back-to-back set.  Since being sent down, Papagiannis has shown out in his three D-League games.  He is averaging 16.7 points, 13.0 rebounds, 0.7 assists, and 2.3 blocks per game in 35.1 minutes.  A great showing for the seven-footer so far and hopefully, it is a sign of good things to come for the Kings.

Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers have three players listed on their injury report as of this writing.  Joel Embiid is listed as questionable with a knee injury and Ersan Ilyasova is listed as probable with a right shoulder contusion.  Philly played on Sunday, so their injury report could change rapidly so be warned.

The number one overall draft pick last summer, Ben Simmons, remains out with a foot injury.  It was just reported that Simmons remains a “ways away” from playing, so it is possible he missed the entire season with his injury.

Stay Alert

Be sure to check twitter or tune into the pregame show to get the late breaking news you will want to know before tipoff tonight.

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