{"id":234452,"date":"2026-03-24T18:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/234452\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:18:09","slug":"kings-vs-hornets-injury-updates-and-game-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/234452\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings vs. Hornets injury updates and game info"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento Kings rookie Nique Clifford is expected to miss at least four games as his team prepares to open a five-game road trip against the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday at Spectrum Center.<\/p>\n

The Kings said Clifford and point guard Killian Hayes underwent MRIs after suffering injuries in Sunday\u2019s win over the Brooklyn Nets at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Clifford is expected to miss at least a week with a left midfoot sprain. Hayes is considered day-to-day due to left toe inflammation.<\/p>\n

The Kings (19-53) have won five of their last eight games despite being besieged by injuries. They finished Sunday\u2019s game with only eight players after Clifford and Hayes went down with injuries.<\/p>\n

Daeqwon Plowden (right foot soreness) is listed as probable for Tuesday\u2019s game against the Hornets. Hayes and Precious Achiuwa (lower back soreness) are considered questionable. Clifford has been ruled out along with Drew Eubanks (thumb), De\u2019Andre Hunter (eye), Zach LaVine (finger), Keegan Murray (ankle), Domantas Sabonis (knee), Isaiah Stevens (G League) and Russell Westbrook (foot).<\/p>\n

The Hornets (37-34) are 10th in the Eastern Conference with an eight-game lead over the Milwaukee Bucks for the final play-in spot. They have gone 21-6 since Jan. 22 after going 16-28 to start the season.<\/p>\n

Rookie standout Kon Knueppel (lower back soreness) is listed as probable for Tuesday\u2019s game against the Kings. Tidjane Salaun (left calf strain) has been ruled out along with Tosan Evbbuomwan (G League), PJ Hall (G League) and Antonio Reeves (G League).<\/p>\n

The Hornets handed the Kings a 117-109 loss when they met in Sacramento on March 11. Lonzo Ball scored 30 points in that contest. Miles Bridges scored 26 points, Knueppel had 24 and Brandon Miller had 20.<\/p>\n

The Hornets won despite a huge game from DeMar DeRozan, who scored a season-high 39 points on 17-of-22 shooting.<\/p>\n

Kings at Hornets<\/p>\n

When: 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where: Spectrum Center<\/p>\n

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

Odds: Hornets -17.5<\/p>\n

Over\/under: 230.5<\/p>\n

Injury report<\/p>\n

Kings: PROBABLE \u2014 Daeqwon Plowden (foot). QUESTIONABLE \u2014 Precious Achiuwa (back); Killian Hayes (ankle). OUT \u2014 Nique Clifford (foot); Drew Eubanks (thumb); De\u2019Andre Hunter (eye); Zach LaVine (finger); Keegan Murray (ankle); Domantas Sabonis (knee); Isaiah Stevens (G League); Russell Westbrook (foot).<\/p>\n

Hornets: PROBABLE \u2014 Kon Knueppel (back). OUT \u2014 Tosan Evbbuomwan (G League); PJ Hall (G League); Antonio Reeves (G League); Tidjane Salaun (calf).<\/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":"Sacramento Kings rookie Nique Clifford is expected to miss at least four games as his team prepares to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[106157,106158,106159,106156,121,123,88018,122],"class_list":["post-234452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-killian-hayes-status","tag-kings-vs-hornets-odds","tag-kon-knueppel-probable","tag-nique-clifford-out","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-kings-injuries","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234452","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=234452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}