The Kings will get their first look at Luka Doncic when they visit the Dallas Mavericks in the first of back-to-back road games, but one of the season’s most hotly anticipated rookie showdowns will have to wait.
The Kings (15-13) will play the Mavericks (15-12) on Sunday before traveling north to Minnesota to face the Timberwolves (13-15) on Monday. Sacramento has beaten Minnesota twice this season but has yet to play Dallas.
Many had marked Sunday’s game on their calendars as the first matchup between Doncic and fellow rookie Marvin Bagley III, but Bagley suffered a bone bruise in his left knee in the Kings’ 130-125 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.