After spending seven straight games at home, the Sacramento Kings now tip off a six-game road trip with a game against the Orlando Magic. The team didn't take advantage of their extended stay at Golden 1 Center (only going 3-4 in that span). So, this road trip becomes even more important as they desperately try to maintain their spot in the play-in tournament.
But who will the Kings have available for this game? What about the Magic? Here is the full injury report ahead of this game.
Sacramento Kings Injury Report
Outside of a few brief rough patches, the Kings have been a pretty healthy team for most of the season. On the year, they have the third-fewest dollars lost from player injuries of any team in the NBA (per Spotrac). Lately, though, their luck hasn't been so great, as the team has been regularly had two or three rotation-level players listed on their injury report.
Fortunately, for this game, they only have one, and that player is recently-acquired wing Jake LaRavia. LaRavia suffered a bone contusion in his left thumb in their loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. He didn't play in their Thursday night win over the Portland Trail Blazers, and yesterday, it was announced that he would be "out" for at least the next 7-10 days.
Outside of LaRavia, Mason Jones is also listed as "out" due to his G-League assignment.
Orlando Magic Injury Report
The Magic haven't had the Kings' health this year, which has caused them to take a step back as a team. Their star trio of Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, and Jalen Suggs has only played six games together because of the various injuries each of them has incurred this season.
For this game, they have five players on their injury report – three players who are hurt and two on their G-League assignment. The two players on G-League assignment are three-time Dunk Contest Champion Mac McClung and Ethan Thompson.
As for the hurt players, Suggs (knee) and Moritz Wagner (knee) both had season-ending surgeries. So, they will obviously not be playing in this game. Meanwhile, Cole Anthony (toe) is listed as "doubtful." In general, that means that the player has a roughly 25% chance of playing in that game.
After this game, the Kings travel to Indiana to play the Pacers on Monday, March 31.