BOTTOM LINE: Sacramento and Boston meet in non-conference action. The Kings have gone 5-10 at home. Sacramento is 3-1 in one-possession games. The Celtics are 10-7 on the road. Boston ranks seventh in the Eastern Conference shooting 36.2% from 3-point range.

"Sacramento ... has only increased the intensity of its talks to ship out Ellis entering the weekend," writes the Stein Line.

The Wizards were a little short handed tonight with no Tre Johnson and no Alex Sarr, but did have the return of Marvin Bagley III. Defensively, the Wizards started out with energy, forcing Kings into a lot of turnovers,

The Cavaliers have acquired guards Keon Ellis and Dennis Schroder in a deal that sends De'Andre Hunter to the Kings and also involves the Bulls.