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Hyland put the ball in his left hand, dropped his right shoulder and drove right through Keegan Murray’s chest on his way to a layup. Suddenly, a Timberwolves team that has often looked bored or uninspired during this regular season had an edge. There was a desperation in that moment, a hunger created by the struggle. “It’s like I see food at the rim,” Hyland said. “If I’ve got one-on-one in transition, I’m going right at him. It’s me and you, and I’m going to win that battle. That’s going back to never wanting to go back to how you grew up. That’s something I live with every day.”
James Ham: Keegan Murray is officially listed as out with a left ankle sprain. Russell Westbrook is also out with a right thigh contusion. Malik Monk is questionable with right ankle soreness. Sabonis, Hunter, Cardwell and LaVine remain OUT.
Rookie Kon Knueppel became the fastest player to reach 200 three-pointers in NBA history as the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Chicago Bulls 131-99. The 20-year-old American scored 21 points, including three three-pointers, while Brandon Miller added 23 as the visiting Hornets condemned the Bulls to a 10th consecutive defeat for the first time since the 2018-19 season. Knueppel needed only 58 games to tally up his 200th three-pointer - 11 less than previous record holder Duncan Robinson - and is also just the second rookie to reach the milestone. With a league-leading 201 three-pointers, Knueppel only needs six more to break Keegan Murray's record of 206 in 2022-23 for the Sacramento Kings for the most threes made by a rookie in their first season. Having played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, Knueppel was drafted as a fourth overall pick by the Hornets in the 2025 draft. "It is exciting and refreshing [to coach Knueppel]," said head coach Charles Lee after the Hornets' eighth straight win on the road.
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The Kings Herald: Same, Keegan. Same.
James Ham: Doug McDermott has been upgraded to available on the NBA's injury list this morning. Zach LaVine (pinky finger), Malik Monk (illness), Domantas Sabonis (back), De'Andre Hunter (eye) and Keegan Murray (knee) are all out.
Scott Perry on De'Andre Hunter: In this league now you need those 6-7 to 6-10 wing type players who can guard multiple positions. Keegan Murray has been guarding one through five though since I've been here. The irony is when De'Andre first came in the league in Atlanta, he was that guy for Atlanta. ‘Oh, you need to go guard Steph. Oh, go guard Jokic tonight. Oh, go guard this guy tonight.’ So, he's had that experience in guarding just about every position on the floor, too. So now if you can put those two guys on the floor at the same time, it'll be interesting to see how that comes.
Hunter anticipates playing with Murray because their abilities to do some of the same things on the floor. "Playing with a guy like Keegan, he's another versatile guy who can defend, who can shoot, who can score. I think it'll be fun," Hunter said. "Definitely (exciting). Like I said, he's another guy with size, another guy that guard one through four. As a guy that could do that, it's always good to see another dude on the court that can help you out when you're a little tired."
Marc J. Spears: Sacramento Kings say forward Keegan Murray is progressing in his rehabilitation of a moderate left ankle sprain. Murray has been approved for on-court contact activities. He will be reevaluated in two weeks.
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Q. Mike, is it time to blow it up? And if so, who would you keep? Mike Bibby: I think so. I told you before, I think that they were talking about keeping Keegan Murray and Nique Clifford. They said everybody else after that is tradeable. So, I mean, once you hear that, like maybe the organization gave up a little bit. (...) I think once that's said, you got to go ahead and do it.
Meanwhile, the Kings have inquired about the price tag for Morant, but internal questions about whether the franchise is ready to give up assets and add him while focusing on developing their young talent (Keegan Murray, Nique Clifford, and Maxime Raynaud) and gauging the market on potentially moving their veteran trio of Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, and DeMar DeRozan.
