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What to expect: The Kings will look to build on a breakthrough campaign last season that ended a 16-year playoff drought that was the longest in NBA history. The Kings were the top offensive team in the league last season thanks to the combo of De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis but need to get better on defense.
The Pacers are coming off of one of their more busy free agency weeks in some time. They made plenty of moves to both draft players, sign players, and trade