One of those standout young players excelling as of late gets tonight's matchup of the game: Keegan Murray vs. Amen Thompson. Season stats: Keegan Murray: 11.9 PTS | 7.2 REB | 1.4 AST | 0.7 STL | 0.8 BLK | 41.

Tracing Doug Christie’s path from Seattle high school star to Pepperdine, the NBA, TV, radio and interim coach of the Sacramento Kings.

There are so many factors that have led to the Sacramento Kings rattling off seven straight wins. Doug Christie took over as interim head coach, Keon Ellis got more minutes and made winning play after winning play, and first-round draft pick Devin Carter made his NBA debut and immediately contributed to winning basketball.

Once 13-18 and spiraling, the Sacramento Kings are now 20-19 and squarely back in the playoff hunt. What changed and is it sustainable?

The Jazz and Kings have conducted exploratory trade talks centered on John Collins. Sacramento can make salaries work while avoiding the tax by including Kevin Huerter and Trey Lyles. Collins is averaging 17.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists while shooting 43.8% on threes. pic.twitter.com/1o9HpiRolO

DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points and Domantas Sabonis recorded his league-leading 36 th double-double of the season to lead the Kings to a 132-127 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

The Sacramento Kings have reportedly reached out to the Utah Jazz about trading for their star forward amid trade rumors.

DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points, while Malik Monk added 28 and nine assists as Sacramento Kings beat the Houston Rockets 132-127. Behind by 16 points midway through the third quarter, the Rockets charged back to take a 91-90 lead early in the fourth.

Kings forward Keegan Murray speaks to reporters following Sacramento's 114-97 win over the Boston Celtics on Friday at TD Garden. Murray proud of Kings after road win over Celtics originally appeared

The Sacramento Kings (18-19 ... The best person for that job is none other than Keegan Murray. No one is going to truly shut down Jayson Tatum. He's one of the best scorers in the NBA and ...

DeMar DeRozan gave Sacramento the lead for good with 2:20 remaining, De'Aaron Fox made five free throws amid two controversial calls in the final 33 seconds, and the host Kings hung on to defeat the Houston Rockets 132-127 on Thursday night.

There are so many factors that have led to the Sacramento Kings rattling off seven straight ... his stride in the recent stretch of games; Keegan Murray. Murray has had a very interesting season ...