{"id":196502,"date":"2026-02-27T14:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/196502\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:05:21","slug":"kings-vs-mavericks-preview-with-odds-and-injury-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/196502\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings vs. Mavericks preview with odds and injury updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks could assemble a playoff team from the players listed on the injury report for Thursday\u2019s game at American Airlines Center.<\/p>\n

Russell Westbrook, Zach LaVine, Keegan Murray, De\u2019Andre Hunter, Domantas Sabonis and Dylan Cardwell have been ruled out for Sacramento. Malik Monk is questionable.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks have ruled out rookie sensation Cooper Flagg along with Kyrie Irving, Dereck Lively II and P.J. Washington. Khris Middleton is probable. Daniel Gafford is doubtful.<\/p>\n

The Kings (13-47) have the worst record in the NBA. They suffered a 128-97 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday after beating the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday to snap a franchise-record 16-game losing streak.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks (21-36) are coming off back-to-back wins over the Indiana Pacers and Brooklyn Nets. They are 12th in the Western Conference, six games behind the Los Angeles Clippers for the final play-in spot.<\/p>\n

Murray has been ruled out due to a left ankle sprain after reinjuring the ankle in Wednesday\u2019s game against the Rockets. Murray returned to the lineup last week after missing 20 games with the previous ankle injury.<\/p>\n

LaVine (finger), Sabonis (knee) and Hunter (eye) recently underwent season-ending surgical procedures. Westbrook is out with a right thigh contusion. Monk\u2019s status is uncertain due to right ankle soreness.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks are missing Flagg (left midfoot sprain), Irving (left knee surgery), Lively (right foot surgery) and Washington (left ankle sprain). Flagg, who came out of Duke as the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA draft, is a leading Rookie of the Year candidate. He is averaging 20.4 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists..<\/p>\n

Kings at Mavericks<\/p>\n

When: 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where: American Airlines Center<\/p>\n

TV: NBC Sports California<\/p>\n

Radio: Sactown Sports 1140<\/p>\n

Odds: Mavericks -8.5<\/p>\n

Over\/under: 235.5<\/p>\n

Injury report<\/p>\n

Kings: QUESTIONABLE \u2014 Malik Monk (ankle). OUT \u2014 Dylan Cardwell (ankle); De\u2019Andre Hunter (eye); Zach LaVine (finger); Keegan Murray (ankle); Domantas Sabonis (knee); Isaiah Stevens (G League); Russell Westbrook (thigh).<\/p>\n

Rockets: PROBABLE \u2014 Moussa Cisse (G League); Miles Kelly (G League); Khris Middleton (shoulder). DOUBTFUL \u2014 Daniel Gafford (ankle); Ryan Nembhard (G League). OUT \u2014 Cooper Flagg (foot); Kyrie Irving (knee); Dereck Lively II (foot); PJ Washington (ankle).<\/p>\n

This story was originally published February 26, 2026 at 12:03 PM.<\/p>\n

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Jason Anderson is The Sacramento Bee\u2019s Kings beat writer. He is a Sacramento native and a graduate of Fresno State, where he studied journalism and college basketball under the late Jerry Tarkanian.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacramento Kings and Dallas Mavericks could assemble a playoff team from the players listed on the injury…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[91581,91582,91580,91583,91584,121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-196502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-american-airlines-center-injuries","9":"tag-keegan-murray-out","10":"tag-kings-vs-mavericks-injury-report","11":"tag-malik-monk-questionable","12":"tag-russell-westbrook-out","13":"tag-sacramento","14":"tag-sacramento-headlines","15":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}