Preview, experts' predictions, TV and injuries for tonight's Sacramento Kings v Chicago Bulls game

In a six-game Monday night NBA schedule, the Sacramento Kings and Chicago Bulls will face off in a matchup of two teams in need of wins to accomplish their respective goals. With De'Aaron Fox doubtful for the game, the two stars for each franchise will most likely be Domantas Sabonis and DeMar DeRozan.

The Bulls will face the game as visitors, and in a 9th position in the Eastern Conference (with a 28-32 record) where they have really settled in the last few weeks. With the 8th position far away (Indiana Pacers with 34-28), everything points to the game between the 9th and 10th of the East play-in will be played by the Illinois franchise against Atlanta Hawks (26-34), so the competition until the end of the regular season will be to see which of the two teams is the home team in that game.

As for the Kings, the Mike Brown-led team is currently in limbo between direct playoff qualification and the Western Conference play-in. With a 34-25 record, Sacramento is 6th, ahead of the Phoenix Suns (35-26), who have lost their last two games. The fight for that sixth position is going to be fierce, and games like the one facing the California franchise tonight they can't afford to lose.

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Expert predictions (Possible quintets and result).

The main predictions for tonight's game place the Sacramento Kings as the winner of the game, even with the possibility that De'Aaron Fox will not play.

In addition, the potential quintets will be as follows:

Kings: Keon Ellis, Kevin Huerter, Keegan Murray, Harrison Barnes, Domantas Sabonis.
Bulls: Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu, DeMar DeRozan, Andre Drummond, Nikola Vucevic.

Schedule and TV.

The game will be played this morning at 04:00 am (Spanish time), and can be followed on the NBA's official website and app with a League Pass subscription.

Downs

Kings: De'Aaron Fox (knee), questionable. Aleksandar Vezenkov (ankle), out.
Bulls: Alex Caruso (hamstring), questionable. Torrey Craig (knee), out. Zach LaVine (ankle), Lonzo Ball (knee) and Patrick Williams (foot), out for the season.