Kings star center Domantas Sabonis out another 4 to 5 weeks with knee injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Kings will be without their star center for even longer.
Domantas Sabonis, who has been out since Nov. 19 with a partial meniscus tear in his left knee, will be sidelined for another 4 to 5 weeks, the team announced Friday.
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In the 13 games Sabonis already has missed with the injury, Sacramento has a 3-10 record.
The Kings are 6-21 on the season.
Sabonis, in limited action this season, is averaging 17.2 points on 51-percent shooting, with 12.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists through 11 games.
Kings rookie Maxime Raynaud has seen increased minutes on the floor with Sabonis sidelined, averaging 12 points on 54.8 percent shooting, with 5.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists in 22.8 minutes over the past 13 games.
Raynaud, the Kings’ 2025 second-round draft pick, has started the past five games, averaging 15.4 points on 53.4 percent shooting, with 8.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists in 29.6 minutes in that span.
