Domantas Sabonis injury status and update ahead of Kings game against Pistons

On By Littum

Coming off the Christmas break, the Sacramento Kings (13-17) are losers of four straight and sit in 12th place in the Western Conference. If they want to save their season, they will have to do it quickly, and on Thursday they will have a chance to start their revival against a team with the same record as them: the Detroit Pistons (13-17).

But who will the Sacramento Kings have available to them? What about the stamps? Here is the full injury report heading into tonight’s game.

Sacramento Kings injury report

As you can tell from the title of the post, the main name on the Kings’ front is their All-Star forward, Domantas Sabonis. Sabonis is a notorious iron man. However, it appears that he has been struck down by an illness that has him now listed as questionable for tonight’s game (per Basketball Reference). In general, that designation usually means you have a 50/50 chance of playing. So far, Sabonis has already missed two games this season. That’s already two more than he missed last year.

Outside of Sabonis, the only other Kings player on the injury report is their 2024 first-round pick, Devin Carter. Carter has yet to suit up for his new team as he rehabs from offseason shoulder surgery. He will continue to be out tonight and is set to be re-evaluated in January (per Matt George). Carter was a great addition to where they got him in the draft, but he’s unlikely to move the needle significantly for this team in his inaugural campaign.

Detroit Pistons Injury Report

For the Pistons, there are three names to monitor as we get closer to tip-off. Those players are Jalen Duren (ankle), Ron Holland (illness) and Isaiah Stewart (knee). Stewart and Holland are both listed as questionable. Meanwhile, Duren is considered probable (meaning he has about a 75% chance to play tonight).

The Pistons better hope they won’t be without both Duren and Stewart, as that will put a lot of weight on the shoulders of Paul Reed – a player they’ve already had to lean on heavily with Stewart missing their last three games.

After tonight’s match, The Kings will travel to Los Angeles to face the Lakers for the third time this season on Saturday, December 28.