The Sacramento Kings enter the second half of their season with a really strong chance at ending their 16-season playoff drought.
And with just 25 games left, here are four important factors that will help solidify their chance of securing a top-six seed, which would make them a guaranteed playoff team in the west and allow them to avoid the play-in tournament.
Avoid debilitating injuries
This one is self-explanatory, but the Kings had great injury luck in the first half of this season. The team’s two franchise pillars, De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis, have missed only seven games combined.