The Boston Celtics kick off a two-game home stretch with the Sacramento Kings on Thursday. The Celtics are coming off a much-needed win in a showdown between both recent NBA Championship teams and will look to keep the momentum at home against the Kings.

De’Aaron Fox appeared on the injury report Friday morning with a glute injury, and the Kings are expected to be without him. Fox was seen participating in Kings’ shootaround earlier in the day, but it looks as though the star point guard will be unable to play in Friday’s game.

In the Celtics' last 10 games, they are a .500 ball club with the same roster they won the title with last summer, by and large.

At the conclusion of Tuesday's practice in Sacramento, De'Aaron Fox speaks to reporters about hosting the struggling Warriors on Wednesday night, needing his Kings to "kick em' while they're down" in the wake of Golden State's 40 point loss to the Boston Celtics,

De'Aaron Fox doesn't see the Golden State Warriors as a threat and brushed off questions about their ability to bounce back.

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The Boston Celtics 114-97 loss to the Sacramento Kings at TD Garden this past Friday (Jan. 10) night was as ugly as they come. The Celtics led the game at various points by as much as 9 points, but could not maintain sufficient focus to put away an 18-19 ball club without their best player on the court.

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The Kings have even won their last two games without star point guard De'Aaron Fox. A blowout 30-point win over the Golden State Warriors and a double-overtime comeback win over t

Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 22 rebounds and a season-high 17 assists for his fifth straight triple-double, and the host Denver Nuggets held on to beat the Sacramento Kings 132-123 on Thursday night. Jokic,

Jokic, a three-time MVP, made a three-quarter court shot at the third-quarter buzzer to put the Nuggets up by 25 points. The Kings staged a big fourth-quarter comeback to get within five, but Jokic made four free throws in the final minute to secure the victory for Denver.

This is the first time in seven years — and just the third time ever — that two former UK basketball players have been voted in as starters for the All-Star Game.