SACRAMENTO -- The Kings finally caught a break on the injury front. Or, maybe a non-break.
After an MRI required Marvin Bagley III to visit a foot specialist, the team announced Saturday that the big man will be out for the next few games with a midfoot sprain to his left foot.
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The results could have been much worse for the 20-year-old power forward, who strolled into the Kings' locker room at Golden 1 Center in a walking boot Saturday.
This is the second injury this year for Bagley, who was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. He missed 22 games with a broken right thumb, returning eight games ago on Dec. 11. Bagley went down in the third quarter of the Kings' Thursday loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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In nine games this season, Bagley is averaging 13.7 points and 6.9 rebounds in 23.6 minutes.
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With Bagley again on the shelf, Nemanja Bjelica picked up his 29th start of the season at power forward when the Kings hosted the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night.