<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kings-news-demar-derozan-admission-surpassing-24000-career-points');   ga('set', 'title', 'DeMar DeRozan drops ‘humbling’ admission after surpassing 24,000 career points'); 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The Kings put together their most impressive performance of the season, showcasing their true potential.</p><p>The Kings shot 56.7 percent from the field, 47.1 percent from beyond the arc, and 91.7 percent from the free-throw line. Their season-high 140 points served as a reminder of the explosive offense they can unleash when everything clicks.</p><p>Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox each contributed 22 points for Sacramento, while Keegan Murray added 17 and Kevin Huerter chipped in 16 off the bench.</p><p>The Kings held a 10-point lead at halftime and extended it with a 19-4 run in the third quarter, pushing their advantage to 18 points before heading into the final period with a 14-point lead.</p><p>DeRozan and Sacramento never let the Spurs cut the deficit below 14 in the fourth and secured their second win in three games. Both teams were playing the second game of a back-to-back set.</p><p>Julian Champagnie posted a career-high 30 points to lead San Antonio, which suffered its season-worst third consecutive loss. Stephon Castle contributed 15 points, while Keldon Johnson and Jeremy Sochan each scored 14. Chris Paul added 11 points and 13 assists in the defeat.</p><h2><b>Sacramento coasting in the second half</b></h2><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/is-spurs-victor-wembanyama-playing-vs-kings-latest-injury-update">Spurs were missing star center Victor Wembanyama</a>, who sat out his second straight game with a bruised back, and guard Devin Vassell, who was sidelined for right foot injury management. San Antonio also saw Zach Collins ejected just three minutes into the second quarter.</p><p>San Antonio started strong, jumping to a 13-point lead when Paul hit a pull-up jumper with 2:37 remaining in the first quarter. The Kings quickly answered, closing the period with a 14-1 run to tie the game at 33 heading into the second quarter.</p><p>The Kings carried the momentum into the second quarter, extending their lead to 12 when Huerter made a running layup with 5:51 remaining. The Spurs cut the deficit to 59-53 after Mamukelashvili’s 3-pointer at the 3:24 mark, but that was the closest they would come. The Kings held a 69-59 lead at halftime.</p><p>Champagnie topped the scoring with 19 points at halftime, while DeMar DeRozan led Sacramento with 16 points in the opening half.</p><p>The Spurs cut the lead to three when Castle nailed a 3-pointer with 8:29 remaining in the third quarter. However, that push only energized Sacramento, which extended its advantage to 93-76 with 4:14 left in the quarter as they coasted to their highest point total in the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

DeMar DeRozan drops ‘humbling’ admission after surpassing 24,000 career points

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kings-news-demar-derozan-admission-after-9-12-start-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'DeMar DeRozan’s admission after Kings’ 9-12 start to season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/DeMar-DeRozans-admission-after-Kings-9-12-start-to-season.jpg"></figure><h1>DeMar DeRozan’s admission after Kings’ 9-12 start to season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-02T15:30:13-08:00">December 2nd, 3:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-02T15:30:38-08:00">December 2nd, 3:30pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Sacramento Kings made a serious splash in the offseason, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-kings-bulls-spurs-demar-derozan-trade">acquiring DeMar DeRozan in a trade with the Chicago Bulls</a>. However, they haven’t been playing the best basketball early on, sitting at 9-12 so far.</p><p>On Monday, DeRozan <a href="https://x.com/james_hamnba/status/1863708776618229804" rel="noopener">gave his honest take</a> on the Kings’ struggles.</p><p>Via James Ham:</p><p>“I mean, it’s always frustrating when you lose but I think it’s all about how you build character from this and come out of it,” DeRozan said. “Everybody has those rough patches throughout the season at some point and we’re just there, we’ve dealt with injuries early on, you know when we was trying to get a rhythm and everything, it’s just how we come out of this.</p><p>It’s frustrating losing but there’s a lot you can learn from it, there’s a lot of character within that can be built from this that can give you the competitive nature to come out of this even better.”</p><p>Sacramento is currently in 12th place in the Western Conference and has gone just 3-7 in their last 10 games. One of the biggest problems for the Kings is defending the three-pointer, with opponents shooting 38.2% from downtown against them. That was an issue in Sunday’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs, who shot 50% from deep. The Kings also blew a 17-point lead in the first quarter.</p><p>With a Big 3 of DeRozan, De’Aaron Fox, and Domantas Sabonis, there’s no way Mike Brown’s squad should be losing this much. But, as DeMar pointed out, this is a learning experience for them.</p><p>Malik Monk who was put in the starting lineup on Sunday, was not happy with how the Kings defended the perimeter:</p><p>“It can’t be unlucky when they f—ing wide open,” Monk said. “Excuse my language, but they just be wide open. We just have too many mental breakdowns, and I feel like we don’t rotate enough when we need to, and that’s why we’re 9-12.”</p><p>DeRozan is averaging 22.9 points, 4.4 assists, and 4.2 rebounds per night. He’s doing his part — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-biggest-disappointment-early-2024-25-season">the Kings just need to play better</a> as a collective unit and really improve their ability to contain the triple.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

DeMar DeRozan’s admission after Kings’ 9-12 start to season

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Latest Kings injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-01T11:15:02-08:00">December 1st, 11:15am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-01T11:15:02-08:00">December 1st, 11:15am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-sacramento-trio-stuns-timberwolves-with-epic-franchise-feat-last-done-in-1964">Sacramento Kings host</a> the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-demar-derozan-returns-injury-report-back-issue">DeMar DeRozan is on the injury report</a> and listed as probable with a lower back issue. DeRozan hasn’t played in almost a week for the Kings, and that absence occurred on the heels of a different injury absence that sidelined him for additional time. Here’s everything we know about DeMar DeRozan’s injury and his playing status vs the Spurs.</p><p><b><i>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV </i></b><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener"><b><i>(free trial</i></b></a><i>)</i><b><i>*</i></b></p><h2>DeMar DeRozan injury status vs Spurs</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DeMar-DeRozan.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Given DeMar DeRozan is probable on <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2024-12-01_01PM.pdf" rel="noopener">the injury report</a>, the assumption is that he will try to give it a go vs the Spurs. DeRozan has missed five games so far this season for the Kings, including most recently against the Portland Trail Blazers.</p><p>It should be an exciting matchup between the Kings and Victor Wembanyama’s Spurs. While Wembanyama hasn’t had quite the start to the season that Spurs fans may have been hoping for, he still remains one of the most exciting players in the league and capable of going off for 50+ at any moment.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Kings have dealt with inconsistency so far this year. Sacramento currently sits at 9-11 about a fourth of the way through the campaign, and they haven’t seen the level of synergy they were hoping to between DeRozan, De’Aaron Fox, and Damontas Sabonis. Injury absences have played a key role in that lack of continuity, including to both DeRozan and Sabonis recently.</p><p>Fox meanwhile has had some of the best games of his career thus far this year, including a recent 60-point outburst in a home loss vs the Minnesota Timberwolves.</p><p>Overall, the frustration that culminated in last year’s play-in loss vs the New Orleans Pelicans has largely carried over into the new year.</p><p>The Kings and Spurs are slated to get underway at 9:00 PM ET from Sacramento.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Is DeMar DeRozan playing vs. Spurs? Latest Kings injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kings-news-demar-derozan-returns-injury-report-back-issue');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings’ DeMar DeRozan returns to injury report with back issue');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DeMar-DeRozan-returns-to-injury-report-with-back-issue.jpg"></figure><h1>Kings’ DeMar DeRozan returns to injury report with back issue</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-27T09:36:11-08:00">November 27th, 9:36am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-27T14:01:57-08:00">November 27th, 2:01pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>DeMar DeRozan has been everything the Sacramento Kings had hoped he would be alongside De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis. However, the Kings have struggled early on this season, and DeRozan has been dealing with a back injury.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-demar-derozan-returning-3-game-hiatus-back-injury">After recently missing three games with a lower back tightness</a>, DeRozan has once again <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2024-11-27_11AM.pdf">appeared on the Kings’ injury report</a> with lower back muscle inflammation. In his third game back from injury against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the veteran star experienced discomfort and received electrical stimulation to his back to try and ease the pain.</p><p>While he did finish this game with 30 points on 13-of-21 shooting, DeRozan and the Kings fell 130-109, losing their fourth straight game to fall to 8-10 overall on the season. To make matters worse, DeRozan is once again set to miss time with his back injury, as he is already listed as out for Wednesday night’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.</p><p>It is also worth mentioning that the Kings will be without secondary big man Trey Lyles against Minnesota due to a right calf strain. Lyles will be re-evaluated in three to four weeks after being diagnosed with a grade 1 calf strain.</p><p>As for DeRozan, no timeframe has been given for his back injury, which signals that it is very possible he will miss more than just Wednesday’s game.</p><p>In a total of 15 games this season, DeRozan has averaged 22.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game while shooting 50.8 percent from the floor. Prior to signing with the Kings, DeRozan had only missed 17 games over the last three seasons with the Chicago Bulls, close to only seven percent of the team’s total games in that three-year span.</p><p>Wednesday night’s game against the Timberwolves will be the fourth game of the season that DeRozan has missed, which equates to 21 percent of the team’s total games thus far.</p><p>This is uncharted territory for DeRozan, as he has always been one of the most durable players in the NBA. He has dealt with hardly any injuries through the years, which is why this nagging back injury is a concern for Sacramento and DeRozan.</p><p>With DeRozan once again out due to his back injury, the Kings will look to Keegan Murray and Malik Monk to pick up the scoring hole left behind. Keon Ellis will likely see his minutes increase, and veteran sharpshooter Doug McDermott could see more time as well.</p><p>After missing just three games last season, DeRozan will miss his fourth game of the night when the Kings look to snap their four-game losing streak in Minnesota.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings’ DeMar DeRozan returns to injury report with back issue

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kings-news-demar-derozan-returning-3-game-hiatus-back-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings’ DeMar DeRozan returning after 3-game hiatus due to back injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0-DeMar-DeRozan-returning-after-3-game-hiatus-due-to-back-injury-0.jpg"></figure><h1>Kings’ DeMar DeRozan returning after 3-game hiatus due to back injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-21T11:41:41-08:00">November 21st, 11:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-21T19:10:20-08:00">November 21st, 7:10pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-deaaron-fox-reality-check-future-gilbert-arenas">Sacramento Kings have had an up and down start</a> to the 2024-25 season, currently sitting at 8-7 on the campaign after a recent tough <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-deaaron-fox-calls-out-refs-major-snark-dyson-daniels-play">loss to the Atlanta Hawks</a>. Sacramento has had a bad case of the injury bug as of late, as DeMar DeRozan, Domantas Sabonis, and Malik Monk have all missed time, but recently, the team got <a href="https://x.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1859667633903419533" rel="noopener">some good news</a> on that front as it pertains to DeRozan.</p><p>“Sources: Sacramento Kings star DeMar DeRozan (back) intends to make his return on Friday against the Los Angeles Clippers after missing last three games,” reported NBA insider Chris Haynes on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>DeRozan has had a strong start to his tenure with the Kings in the games he’s been healthy, currently averaging 22.9 points per game on 52.6 percent shooting from the field and 40 percent from beyond the three point arc.</p><p>In DeRozan’s absence, point guard De’Aaron Fox went on an absolute scoring heater, including dropping 60 points on the Minnesota Timberwolves in a tight loss last Friday, and then 49 more the very next game against the Utah Jazz.</p><p>Fox also played well against the Hawks but ultimately was unable to get a shot up on the Kings’ final possession with a chance to win the game.</p><p>Sacramento entered this year with perhaps the most expectations they’ve had since the days of Chris Webber, as the team had made two straight postseason appearances and added a legitimate All-Star level talent in DeRozan over the summer, even as teams around them in the Western Conference playoff picture also got demonstrably better.</p><p>While integrating Sabonis, Fox, and DeRozan will understandably take some time, having too much talent is certainly a favorable problem to have.</p><p>In any case, the Kings and Clippers are slated to tip off at 10:30 PM ET Friday evening from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
20.8	3.8	3.9	0.4	1.5

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
20.8	3.8	3.9	0.4	1.5

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