SACRAMENTO -- Sacramento Kings guard DeMar DeRozan was ruled out of Wednesday night's game against the Phoenix Suns because of lower back tightness, the team announced.
DeRozan did not emerge from the locker room following halftime and was ruled out shortly afterwards. He scored just two points on 1-of-2 shooting in 17 minutes in the first half.
So far this year, DeRozan has been Mr. Clutch for Sacramento; he's scored 36 points in the clutch this season -- the second-best mark in the league. Overall, he's averaging 24.8 points on 52.6% shooting in 38 minutes.
Losing DeRozan for any period of time would be a major hit to the Kings' depth, with them already having to play without sixth man Malik Monk for at least two weeks (ankle).