The Milwaukee Bucks will face a shorthanded Sacramento Kings squad on Saturday.
A new NBA injury report reveals that the Kings will be missing a trio of contributors, including two big-minute vets.
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Frequent Sixth Man of the Year contender combo guard Malik Monk is away from the team due to undefined personal reasons. Given the sorry state of the Kings this season, Monk could be hard-pressed to drum up much acclaim for another Sixth Man of the Year honor.
In his five healthy games with Sacramento, Monk has looked like his typically productive self, averaging 15.6 points on .547/.520/.875 shooting splits, 2.4 assists, 1.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 0.8 blocks across 25.2 minutes per.
Power forward Keegan Murray recently underwent a procedure to address a left thumb UCL tear. Two-way player Isaiah Stevens, meanwhile, is with Sacramento’s G League affiliate, the Stockton Kings.
Murray, 25, was recently inked to a surprisingly generous five-year, $140 million rookie contract extension. In his two healthy games with Sacramento before getting hurt, the fourth-year Iowa product averaged 7.5 points on 37.5 percent shooting from the floor and 50 percent shooting from the charity stripe, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 blocks and 1.0 steals a night.
Although Kings shooting guard Nique Clifford had been listed as questionable to play through a strained right hamstring earlier this morning, a source informs Jake Gordon of CBS Sacramento that he will indeed suit up.
Nique Clifford will be AVAILABLE for the Kings today vs. the Bucks per league source @CBSSacramento
— Jake Gadon (@JakeGadon_TV) November 1, 2025
On the Bucks side, the injury report hasn’t changed much since its Friday status.
Starting point guard Kevin Porter Jr. suffered an unfortunate setback during a ramp-up from another injury, tearing his meniscus in his right knee during a workout. He went under the needle, and will miss at least another month.
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Nine-time All-NBA superstar power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, who sat out the Bucks’ surprise win against a largely healthy (albeit old and exhausted) Golden State Warriors squad on Thursday, remains questionable to return Saturday. The two-time league MVP has been saddled with a left knee patellar tendinopathy.
When he has played, though, the 30-year-old has been typically spectacular.
In his four healthy games, the 6-foot-11 big man has been averaging 36.3 points on .695/.571/.643 shooting splits (that 57.1 percent rate from distance probably isn’t sustainable for a career 28.5 percent 3-point shooter, but still), 14.0 rebounds, and 7.0 assists a night.
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