The Sacramento Kings’ 2026-2027 schedule gives them a very clean measuring stick right from the start: the LA Clippers.
Sacramento opens the season on the road against the Clippers, and the Kings will close the year the same way. Both games are at Intuit Dome, which makes the setup even more useful as a comparison point. The environment stays the same, the opponent stays the same, and the Kings get a built-in baseline for whatever progress they make over the course of the season.
That kind of symmetry stands out even more after what Sacramento dealt with last season. The 2025-2026 schedule was brutal, especially in the first half.
This one still has its rough stretches, but it’s a clear step up. The Kings may actually have a real chance to build some momentum, which would be a welcome change.
As a Western Conference team, Sacramento will play the other 14 teams in the conference three or four times each. That includes the Spurs and the Thunder. On the other side of the ledger, the Kings get four meetings with the Pelicans, one of the few teams more messed up than the Kings.
Still, the Clippers are the headline here. Sacramento sees them in the season opener, then again before the All-Star break in January 2027, once more after the break in March, and finally on April 11 in LA. That means the Clippers will be part of the Kings’ story from beginning to end.
The Kings are going to get an early look at what this version of the team really is, and then they’ll have multiple chances to measure themselves against the same opponent as the year goes on. That final game against the Clippers could end up telling the whole story of the rebuild.
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