After holding on for as long as humanly possible without De’Aaron Fox and Tyrese Haliburton, Sacramento’s playoff hopes are dangling by the thinnest of threads. The team has to win out and have San Antonio lose out for the rest of the season to make the play-in. On the one hand, it’s something of an achievement to have lasted this long without being eliminated from postseason contention; on the other hand, it’s been 15 years.
The Kings were supposed to play this double in Memphis back in January. Instead, the Grizzlies had to take a week-long break as the coronavirus wreaked havoc through their roster.