{"id":691807,"date":"2026-04-01T12:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691807\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T12:12:18","slug":"raptors-eye-season-sweep-of-kings-as-playoff-seeding-battle-intensifies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/691807\/","title":{"rendered":"Raptors Eye Season Sweep of Kings as Playoff Seeding Battle Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6g\">The Toronto Raptors are on the second night of a back-to-back as they take on the Sacramento Kings inside Scotiabank Arena. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">The Raptors beat the Kings in their prior meeting back in January. Now the two teams meet in Toronto, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/raptors\/onsi\/news\/nba-power-rankings-update-toronto-raptors-get-disrespected-after-magic-blowout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Raptors need the win badly<\/a>. The Raptors are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference, half a game behind the Atlanta Hawks for the number five seed, after losing to the first-place Detroit Pistons on the road last night. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">The Kings find themselves on a four-game losing streak as they sit in last place in the Western Conference. They come into the game as a potential trap because they have two nights of rest more than what the Raptors are dealing with, so that could come into play at some point during the contest. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">On top of that, the Raptors are dealing with a number of injuries and, being on the second night of a back-to-back, the team could be short-handed even more. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6s\">The key to victory for the Raptors is making sure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/raptors\/onsi\/news\/scottie-barnes-strategy-change-could-save-toronto-raptors-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scottie Barnes<\/a> outplays <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/kings\/onsi\/sacramento-kings-news\/demar-derozan-makes-unique-nba-history-sacramento-kings-loss-orlando-magic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeMar DeRozan<\/a>. If Barnes can keep DeRozan to a respectable point total, the Raptors should walk away with a victory with ease.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento Kings vs. Toronto Raptors Game Details<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6y\">\u2022 Matchup: Sacramento Kings vs. Toronto Raptors<br \/>\u2022 Date: Wednesday, April 1<br \/>\u2022 Kickoff Time: 8:00 PM EST<br \/>\u2022 Location: Scotiabank Arena | Toronto, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n<p>What channel is Kings vs. Raptors on?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">Kings vs. Raptors will air on Sportsnet.<\/p>\n<p>How to stream Kings vs. Raptors live<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">Fans can stream the game live on:<br \/>\u2022 NBA App<br \/>\u2022 FuboTV (free trial available)<br \/>\u2022 Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV (subscription required)<\/p>\n<p>Radio and live audio<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">\u2022 TSN 1050<br \/>\u2022 Sportsnet 590 The Fan<br \/>\u2022 SiriusXM NBA Radio<\/p>\n<p>Kings injury report<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7m\">&#8211; Shooting guard Zach Levine is recovering from surgery on his right hand.<br \/>&#8211; Demontis Savonis is out for the year after knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus.<br \/>&#8211; DeAndre Hunter is out recovering from eye surgery.<br \/>&#8211; Backup center Drew Eubanks tore his UCL in his left thumb a few weeks ago.<br \/>&#8211; Rookie guard Isaiah Stevens is out due to ankle soreness.<br \/>&#8211; Former top five pick Keegan Murray is also out with an ankle injury.<br \/>&#8211; Russell Westbrook will miss the game due to a toe injury.<\/p>\n<p>Raptors injury report<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7s\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/raptors\/onsi\/news\/five-injuries-toronto-raptors-face-season-final-stretch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Immanuel Quickley is out with plantar fasciitis<\/a>. Forward Jamison Battle is dealing with an illness. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/raptors\/onsi\/news\/collin-murray-boyles-coming-back-right-time-toronto-raptors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Collin Murray-Boyles<\/a> (back) and Brandon Ingram (heel) played last night but could be rested on the second night of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7z\">Sign up for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/raptors\/onsi\/newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free newsletter<\/a>, which will bring all Toronto Raptors On SI stories every weekday to your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Raptors are on the second night of a back-to-back as they take on the Sacramento Kings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3770],"tags":[7,6,681,680,476,3820],"class_list":{"0":"post-691807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-raptors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-raptors","11":"tag-toronto","12":"tag-toronto-raptors","13":"tag-torontoraptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116329391503229596","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}