Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray returns to the injured list

The Kings forward, who missed his initial fifteen games following thumb ligament surgery, had only been active for one week before suffering another frustrating setback on Wednesday night. The problem targets his left ankle again, the identical area that forced him to miss twenty contests during January.

In the match against Houston, a physical collision with Clint Capela inside the paint caused Murray to fall awkwardly, ending his night after just eight minutes. While exams confirmed a mild sprain, Sacramento’s medical team is exercising extreme caution given the team's position at the bottom of the Western Conference. Consequently, Murray will not undergo re-evaluation for two weeks. Best-case scenario, he will have merely one month to conclude this challenging year, during which he sadly watched Kon Knueppel break his rookie three-point record.