<!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-keegan-murrays-awesome-tactic-avoiding-fans-public');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings: Keegan Murray’s awesome tactic for avoiding fans in public');   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/2024/02/Kings_news_Keegan_Murray_s_awesome_tactic_for_avoiding_fans_in_public.webp"></figure><h1>Kings: Keegan Murray’s awesome tactic for avoiding fans in public</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-17T08:28:21-08:00">February 17th, 8:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-17T08:28:21-08:00">February 17th, 8:28am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Keegan Murray is one of the many bright young players on the Sacramento Kings roster, and he is putting together a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-mike-brown-reveals-secret-to-keegan-murray-defensive-growth" rel="noopener">strong sophomore campaign</a> with the Kings (14.8 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 1.7 APG, 45.9 FG%). As he becomes a better player, more people recognize him out in public, which can lead to some unwanted attention. Luckily for Murray, he knows how to avoid that attention when he wants to.</p><p>While Murray is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-deaaron-fox-luka-doncic-keegan-murray" rel="noopener">carving his own path</a> with the Kings, his twin brother, Kris Murray, is trying to find his way with the Portland Trail Blazers. Keegan is a bigger name than Kris currently, so whenever Sacramento’s talented young forward doesn’t want to deal with fans, he <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1758631109892403560" rel="noopener">pretends</a> to be his brother Kris, which he hilariously revealed works whenever he employs the tactic.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The clever tactic Kings forward Keegan Murray uses to avoid being bothered (hint: twin brother), and how he stole my seat on our flight to Indiana. <a href="https://t.co/FzigELOi3R">pic.twitter.com/FzigELOi3R</a></p><p>— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1758631109892403560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Now, it’s not as if Murray is saying he dislikes his fans, but being a star in the NBA can be tiring. Sometimes, interacting with strangers on the street is the last thing these guys want to do. So whenever Keegan is feeling that way, he decides to pretend to be his lesser-known brother Kris, and for the most part, it works like a charm.</p><p>Of course, this plan would quickly get destroyed if Kris finds his way with Portland and becomes a star in his own right, but for right now, Keegan’s plan is seemingly fool-proof. Of course, that may not necessarily be the case now that the cat is out of the bag, but if he tells you he is Kris, how are you going to be able to prove that he’s lying?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings: Keegan Murray’s awesome tactic for avoiding fans in public

<!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-deaaron-fox-luka-doncic-keegan-murray');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings star De’Aaron Fox’s hilarious Luka Doncic gameplan for Keegan Murray after 73-point outburst');   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/2024/01/De_Aaron_Fox_s_hilarious_Luka_Doncic_gameplan_for_Keegan_Murray_after_73-point_outburst.webp"></figure><h1>Kings star De’Aaron Fox’s hilarious Luka Doncic gameplan for Keegan Murray after 73-point outburst</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-28T09:02:10-08:00">January 28th, 9:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-28T09:02:10-08:00">January 28th, 9:02am</time><address><a>Max Escarpio</a>Max Escarpio has experience covering multiple leagues, including the NBA, NCAA, NFL, and FIBA. He has most recently carried titles as an expert analyst for football and basketball for Bleacher Report and SB Nation.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Sacramento Kings star De’Aaron Fox made sure to speak with Keegan Murray prior to the Kings’ matchup against the Dallas Mavericks. Luka Donic was fresh off a 73-point performance, with the next team on the schedule being Sacramento. Murray had the assignment to guard Donic for much of the contest.</p><p>“I said Keegan, don’t let him get 70 tonight. I mean, he’s a <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1751610753491018221" rel="noopener">difficult player to guard</a>. He’s the entire focal point of their offense, especially with Kai [Kyrie Irving] out… The way that we scored the ball, I think that we did a good job, but we have to be able to keep him off the free-throw line,” said Fox, per ClutchPoints on X.</p><p>Murray also spoke on the challenge of guarding Donic. The Mavericks star has turned into one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-news-is-luka-doncic-playing-vs-kings-73-point-performance-latest-injury-update" rel="noopener">best scorers</a> in the league, despite being young in his NBA career. Donic is the epitome of the modern-day NBA, and Murray was tasked with attempting to at least slow him down.</p><p>“It’s exciting, just to be able to kind of have that challenge… Fox was joking with me… That was my goal, to keep him under 70 and I think we did that well,” said Murray.</p><p>Donic ended the matchup with 28 points, 17 assists, and 10 rebounds. He’s a player that you simply can’t stop, but containing him for a few plays will help you <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavericks-luka-doncic-triple-double-kings-73-points-mvp" rel="noopener">win the game</a>. Murray did just enough to help the Kings earn a 120-115 victory, despite Donic having another monstrous game, this time with a massive triple-double.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings star De’Aaron Fox’s hilarious Luka Doncic gameplan for Keegan Murray after 73-point outburst

<!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-mike-brown-reveals-secret-to-keegan-murray-defensive-growth');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings’ Mike Brown reveals secret to Keegan Murray’s defensive growth');   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/2024/01/Kings_news_Mike_Brown_reveals_secret_to_Keegan_Murray_s_defensive_growth_copy.webp"></figure><h1>Kings’ Mike Brown reveals secret to Keegan Murray’s defensive growth</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-26T18:20:53-08:00">January 26th, 6:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-26T18:20:53-08:00">January 26th, 6:20pm</time><address><a>Jack Winter</a>Jack Winter is a veteran NBA writer and editor based on the West Coast. He currently lives in Oakland, covering the last legs of the Golden State Warriors' dynasty.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>SAN FRANCISCO — The Sacramento Kings didn’t draft Keegan Murray as a defensive answer.</p><p>Coming out of Iowa after a dominant sophomore season, the No. 4 overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft was billed as a ready-made multi-level scorer, with feathery touch on his jumper, underrated finishing craft and a developing off-dribble game. The initial perception of Murray’s of relatively low ceiling for a high lottery pick was the result of what seemed like average physical tools for a combo forward, deficiencies seemingly poised to keep him from being anything more than an average defender.</p><p>A year and-a-half later, Murray hasn’t just flashed an all-around peak far higher than pretty much anyone anticipated. He’s already emerged as the game-by-game “stopper” no one thought he’d ever become, playing that pivotal role for a Sacramento squad seeking its first back-to-back postseason appearances in nearly two decades.</p><p>Murray didn’t shoulder that heavy nightly burden only after getting his NBA feet wet as a rookie. He was even the Kings’ primary defender of star guards and wings at times in his debut campaign, most notably for extended stretches on Stephen Curry in Sacramento’s epic seven-game playoff series with the Golden State Warriors last spring.</p><p>Asked about Murray’s growth defensively since being thrown into that postseason “deep end” before Thursday’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-steve-kerr-defends-steph-curry-dubs-decision-making-on-failed-final-possession-vs-kings" rel="noopener">thrilling win over Golden State</a>, Mike Brown lauded the 23-year-old’s willingness to take on his team’s toughest defensive assignments from the very beginning while noting how much better he’ll be for it as a defender going forward,</p><p>“He’s been in that deep end since he got here. He’s a rookie and we expect to be in the playoffs and we expect to do well in the playoffs, and he’s starting for us,” Brown told ClutchPoints. “He’s taking not just Steph—Anthony Edwards, you name it, Devin Booker—those are the guys he takes. It’s a little unfair to him with all the expectations from day one that we placed upon him. But he can handle it, he’s embraced it and he’s gonna be really good because of it. He’s already pretty good now, but his ceiling is gonna be very, very high because he’s getting a dose of this right now, while we’re still having a chance to win at a high level.”</p><h2><b>Keegan Murray matches Steph Curry’s minutes in win over Warriors</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Keegan_Murray_injury_update_vs._Suns_1.webp"></figure><p>Curry exploded for 18 points in the first quarter of Thursday’s wild battle between the Northern California rivals, seemingly en route to the type of individual masterpiece that propelled the Dubs to an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-reactions-steph-currys-all-time-game-7-leads-dubs-over-kings" rel="noopener">instant-classic Game 7 road win</a> over the Kings in May. Murray played 27 minutes in his first taste of do-or-die postseason action, his lowest total since Game 3 as Brown extended Terence Davis’ role and opted for more lateral quickness on Curry. He still matched up with the best shooter ever during one of Curry’s signature performances, but mostly on switches or in scramble situations.</p><p>What a difference nine months make. After Curry lit up all Kings comers in the first quarter, Brown decided to match Murray’s minutes with him for the game’s remainder. The pay off that drastic ‘our best on your best’ approach? Curry scored just 15 points over the last three quarters, needing 17 shots to reach that total.</p><p>“You’re not stopping Steph Curry at all. He’s obviously a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer, one of the all-time greatest,” Brown said after the game. “Steph has 18 or something like that in the first, and we just decided to try to match Keegan’s minutes with him to see if Keegan could make him work. They just throw a lot of different things at you offensively: Steph’s a screener and then Steph’s a ball handler, then Steph’s coming off a flare and then Steph’s coming off a pin-down. They do all types of things to get you confused and they did, but he has 18 in the first and 15 the rest of the game. Again, you’re not stopping him, you just hope to make him work. And we thought Keegan did his best to try to make him work those last three quarters.”</p><p>Sacramento <a href="https://cleaningtheglass.com/stats/team/26/onoff#tab-team_efficiency" rel="noopener">allows 5.2 fewer points per 100 possessions</a> with Murray on the floor this season, a team-high mark among regulars that ranks in the 86th percentile league-wide, per Cleaning the Glass. His <a href="https://dunksandthrees.com/epm" rel="noopener">+1.7 estimated defensive plus-minus</a> ranks 43rd in the league overall, according to Dunks &amp; Threes, best on the Kings and just below or above numbers from established, true difference-makers like Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Aaron Gordon. Murray’s three most frequent <a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1631099/head-to-head" rel="noopener">defensive matchups</a> so far? Curry, Booker and Brandon Ingram.</p><p>Matchup data is rife with noise, and hardly portrays Murray as some top-tier one-on-one defender on par with Alex Caruso and Herb Jones. A quick glance at the stats suggests Curry, Booker and Ingram have won their battles with Murray this season. But even that evidence doesn’t stray so far from an eye test—not to mention more advanced analytics—that paints Murray as an objectively quality defender barely halfway through his second NBA go-around.</p><p>No one is under any delusion Murray will evolve into prime Kawhi Leonard, locking down his man while simultaneously striking imminent fear in the minds of opponents every time they dare come near him. He won’t ever slide with ball handlers like Caruso or slither around screens like Jones, and lacks the outlier physical profile that makes OG Anunoby the league’s closest thing to a five-position stopper. It’s not like Murray is blessed with Draymond Green’s all-time instincts and processing speed, either.</p><p>But Murray doesn’t need to be a truly elite defender to eventually become one of the game’s most impactful two-way forwards. His burgeoning self-creation chops and deadeye shooting profile project Murray as a <i>major </i>offensive plus at the three or the four. Just the fact a defense-first coach like Brown already trusts him to check the other team’s best player suggests Murray is coming for that distinction.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings’ Mike Brown reveals secret to Keegan Murray’s defensive growth

<!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-keegan-murray-injury-suns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings’ Keegan Murray injury update vs. Suns');   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/2024/01/Keegan_Murray_injury_update_vs._Suns_2.webp"></figure><h1>Kings’ Keegan Murray injury update vs. Suns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-16T06:57:59-08:00">January 16th, 6:57am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-16T07:20:53-08:00">January 16th, 7:20am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Sacramento Kings will battle the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. Sacramento enters the game having <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-damian-lillard-breaks-down-wild-game-winner-to-shock-kings" rel="noopener">dropped two consecutive contests</a> to the Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks. They are hoping to bounce back as their challenging road trip continues.</p><p>Kings forward Keegan Murray is dealing with an injury concern heading into Tuesday’s affair. Murray has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-stephen-curry-cant-believe-keegan-murray-12-triple-feat-in-kings-vs-jazz" rel="noopener">played an important role</a> for Sacramento this season. The Kings would certainly love to have Murray available for their clash against Phoenix.</p><p>So is Keegan Murray playing tonight vs. the Suns?</p><p><b><i>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV </i></b><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored"><b><i>(click for a free trial)*</i></b></a></p><h2><b>Kings: Keegan Murray’s injury status vs. Suns</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Keegan_Murray_injury_update_vs._Suns_1.webp"></figure><p>Murray is <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2024-01-16_09AM.pdf" rel="noopener">listed as questionable</a> on the NBA injury report. He is dealing with right hip irritation.</p><p>Murray has appeared in 35 games for the Kings so far during the 2023-24 campaign. He is averaging 15.8 points per game on 46.1 percent field goal and 37.1 percent three-point shooting. Additionally, he is averaging 5.5 rebounds and 1.1 steals per contest.</p><p>The Kings established themselves as a contender last season. They have continued to find success in 2023-24, with stars De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis leading the team. Players like Keegan Murray have impacted Sacramento without question as well.</p><p>The Kings currently hold a 23-16 record. It has been a successful season so far, as they are sitting in fifth place in the Western Conference standings. Meanwhile, the 21-18 Suns are in the eighth spot in the West, so Tuesday’s game projects to be a competitive affair.</p><p>When it comes to the question of if Keegan Murray is playing tonight vs. the Suns, however, the answer is maybe.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings’ Keegan Murray injury update vs. Suns

<!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', '/nba-rumors-kings-keegan-murray-vs-lauri-markkanen-belief-hints-at-trade-strategy');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Kings’ Keegan Murray vs. Lauri Markkanen belief hints at trade strategy');   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/2024/01/NBA-rumors-Kings-Keegan-Murray-vs.-Lauri-Markkanen-belief-hints-at-trade-strategy.webp"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Kings’ Keegan Murray vs. Lauri Markkanen belief hints at trade strategy</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-10T22:57:25-08:00">January 10th, 10:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-10T22:57:25-08:00">January 10th, 10:57pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Many believe that the Sacramento Kings need to pull off one more blockbuster trade to take the team to the next tier of contending teams. The De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis-led core is good enough for the Kings to make some noise in the playoffs, but to cement themselves in the upper echelon of the Western Conference, some analysts think that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-early-2024-nba-trade-deadline-predictions" rel="noopener">trading for the likes</a> of Pascal Siakam or Lauri Markkanen would put them over the top.</p><p>Now, trading for Siakam and especially Markkanen wouldn’t come cheap. After all, both are All-Star forwards who will be a huge upgrade for the Kings, giving the team a strong go-to scoring option on the wing. Alas, according to the rumor mill, second-year forward Keegan Murray <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-refute-keegan-murray-trade-rumors-amid-raptors-links" rel="noopener">may have to be included</a> in those trades for either to work.</p><p>However, the Kings <a href="https://hoopshype.com/lists/kings-rumors-pascal-siakam-zach-lavine-kyle-kuzma-harrison-barnes-keegan-murray/" rel="noopener">have shown no willingness</a> to move Murray in prospective trades for those players. In fact, according to James Ham of The Kings Beat, the Kings “view him as a star” and that it would take a “Godfather” offer for them to even entertain the idea of giving him away.</p><p>“I asked the question, ‘Would you trade him for Lauri Markkanen last season?’ The answer was ‘No. We believe he’ll be better than Markkanen.’ So that should tell you everything that you need to know about what they feel about him as a player,” Ham said on The HoopsHype podcast with Michael Scotto.</p><p>In fact, Ham hammered home his point by saying that the only way to make the Kings think about trading Keegan Murray away is to offer a player of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s caliber, which, of course, is not within the realm of possibility.</p><p>“No one’s walking in the door and saying they’ll give you Giannis Antetokounmpo as long as Keegan is in the deal. Those are the types of things that I think it would take for the Kings to move off of him, at least as of right now,” Ham added.</p><p>Given Keegan Murray’s seamless fit on the Kings (and on every other roster), it truly may be for the best for Sacramento to hold onto him especially when he’s still on his rookie deal.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.1	7.4	1.4	0.8	0.7

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
12.1	7.4	1.4	0.8	0.7

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