After Sacramento Kings' center Domantas Sabonis was listed as questionable with a left knee injury ahead of facing the Orlando Magic, he was cleared to play in the 107-100 loss. He finished scoreless with two rebounds and five assists in 24 minutes, raising questions about whether the veteran big man is healthy as the Kings fell to 1-10 on the regular season.

Sabonis cleared the air on his health before the Kings' NBA Cup matchup against the Blazers, per NBC Sacramento's Sean Cunningham.

“I felt great. I'm 100 percent — I feel amazing,” Sabonis said. “Last game was just a different game, and just gotta be better in all aspects.”

Kings' Domantas Sabonis has missed only one game this season. However, given his questionable status beforehand and his underwhelming scoring in Tuesday's loss, Sabonis understood where the concerns are coming from. Still, he's focused on the positive takeaways he's seen from his team despite losing 10 games in 11 tries.

“I felt like there were a lot of good things, you know? Some things that could have been better,” Sabonis said. “That's just how the game of basketball goes sometimes, and there's nothing I can do but watch film, practice, work on my game, and get better.”

For Sabonis, emphasizing the positives in the Kings' performance is the only way his team can get back on track to win more games in 2026-27.

“It sucks. None of us want to be here in terms of losing 1-10,” Sabonis added. “Seeing this team lose sucks. It hurts me. You want to bring it back and play good basketball, and I feel like we are. Just gotta put 48 minutes together. We're here. We're working, putting in the effort.”

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Sabonis and the Kings will host the Blazers on Friday.