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.

The Kings are rolling, playing for each other, and winning as a team, but one player is quietly hitting his stride in the recent stretch of games; Keegan Murray. Murray has had a

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.

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

Following Wednesday's practice in Sacramento on Wednesday morning, Kings forward Keegan Murray talks about the team's five game win streak, the quick turnaround to the season under interim head coach Doug Christie and tries to identify what's different with the roster that has them playing so much better.

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.

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

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 ...

The Bucks were resting three-time All-Star forward Khris Middleton who dealt with an ankle injury that cost him the first 21 games of the season. Milwaukee was on the first night of a back-to-back and the plan was to have Middleton back for Wednesday’s game against the Orlando Magic.

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