SACRAMENTO – Eight months after moving from the West Coast to the Gulf Coast, DeMarcus Cousins makes his long-anticipated return to Golden 1 Center on Thursday, facing several former Sacramento teammates who are still with the Kings. Cousins may be without his All-Star frontcourt partner, Anthony Davis, however, while trying to post a win over his ex-team. Davis is listed as questionable for the TNT game (9:30 p.m. Central) due to left knee quad tendonitis.
“We’re not a team that makes excuses,” Cousins said of Davis potentially being sidelined. “We expect the next guy to step up, and we’re going to try to win the game.