The Sacramento Kings play the Brooklyn Nets on Friday at Orlando.

The Kings (29-39) snapped their losing streak Thursday, when they defeated the New Orleans Pelicans by a 140-125 score behind strong performances from both De'Aaron Fox (30 points) and Bogdan Bogdanovic (career-high 35 points). However, Sacramento remains on the outside of the Western Conference playoff picture, as they are in the last place among all the teams currently competing for the eighth seed. The Kings do not control their destiny anymore, and they have to win every single game while hoping for a miracle to have a slim shot at reaching the 2019-20 NBA Playoffs.

Sacramento lists Marvin Bagley as their lone absentee ahead of this contest, since the power forward is dealing with a foot problem that will keep him sidelined for the remainder of the season.

The Nets (32-36) are coming off a woeful defensive performance the last time out, losing to the Boston Celtics by an expressive 149-115 -- it was Boston's best scoring performance since 1992. The Nets still sit in seventh place of the Eastern Conference standings and only a miracle would leave them out of the playoffs, but it's not a secret that they must play better on both ends of the court if they want to have a shot against a Kings team that is in dire need of a win in this matchup.

As it has been the case since the league restarted, the Nets will be quite shorthanded in this matchup, as Kyrie Irving (shoulder), Spencer Dinwiddie (illness), DeAndre Jordan (illness) and Kevin Durant (Achilles) headline a long list of absentees for the Nets.

This will be the second meeting between these two franchises this season, and the Nets escaped with a comfortable 116-97 victory the last time out.