The Sacramento Kings are in desperate need of a victory. They are sitting at 2-6 and are in danger of slipping even further down in the standings and essentially killing their playoff chances as early as November. They are coming off of a hard-fought loss in Toronto on Wednesday night, before which the Kings had won two in a row. The schedule following this Hawks game does not get any easier, so the Kings really need to pick up a win here.
After a hot 2-0 start for Atlanta, the team has cooled off and has lost 4 of their last 5.