The Sacramento Kings play host to the Minnesota Timberwolves at Golden 1 Center on Tuesday.

The Timberwolves (15-43) suffered yet another loss on Sunday, being manhandled by the Los Angeles Clippers. Their last four losses have come against the Clippers, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks and Brooklyn Nets. That's a murderer's row of a schedule, but it's not like Minnesota was competitive in any of those games. That has them with this ugly 15-43 record, the worst mark in the NBA. This team has way too much talent to have such a putrid record, and it's a wonder how much longer guys like Karl-Anthony Towns, Ricky Rubio and D'Angelo Russell will stick around to watch this rebuild continue to be developed. It's been going that way ever since the Kevin Garnett era, which says a lot about how persistent these struggles have been.

The Kings (23-34) finally picked up a win on Sunday, snapping their nine-game losing streak. That horrid stretch has pretty much knocked Sacramento out of the running for the playoffs, and that's really disappointing with De'Aaron Fox having a breakout year. The speedy point guard was averaging nearly 30 points and 10 assists per game over the last month and posted a similar line in that win over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. He's truly developed into one of the most dangerous guards in the NBA, while Tyler Haliburton is one of the frontrunners for Rookie of the Year. That looks even more peculiar when you see that Richaun Holmes is having a breakout year as well, making this one of the most disappointing teams in the NBA. That's just par for the course for this franchise, though, and it'll likely cost Luke Walton his job by the end of the year.

These teams just played back on April 5, with Minnesota prevailing, 116-106. That gives the Timberwolves four wins in their last six meetings with the Kings in total.