Sacramento @ Toronto preview

Last Meeting ( Nov 7, 2018 ) Toronto 114, Sacramento 105

The Toronto Raptors aim to stretch their home winning streak to 10 games when they face the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday. Toronto is a stellar 20-4 at Scotiabank Arena, with its most recent setback occurring on Dec. 9 against Milwaukee.

Kawhi Leonard is expected to be back in the lineup after being rested for the last two games, including Saturday's easy 119-90 win over Memphis in which he wasn't needed. "That was awesome," Raptors coach Nick Nurse told reporters after his team drained 17-of-36 3-point attempts. "We hadn't had one like that in a while. It was good to see some of our shooters make some shots." Sacramento is 1-2 on its six-game road trip after falling apart in the fourth quarter of Monday's 123-94 loss to Brooklyn as it was outscored 30-9 in the period. "Everybody got brain dead," shooting guard Buddy Hield told reporters. "We didn't execute. One dribble, pass. One dribble, shot. Come down, one dribble, shot. No ball movement, no continuity."

TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBCS California (Sacramento), TSN (Toronto)

ABOUT THE KINGS (24-23): Reserve Bogdan Bogdanovic was one of the few players to excel against the Nets as he recorded 22 points and a career-high 11 assists in 32 minutes. "He's a very cerebral, high-level thinker, and the things he can do with the basketball, he can make a lot of plays for himself," coach Dave Joerger told reporters. "But actually, I think he's a better playmaker than he is a shooter, and I think he's a heck of a shooter." Bogdanovic has scored 17 or more points in four of his last five games and is averaging 17.4 during that stretch.

ABOUT THE RAPTORS (35-13): Danny Green scored a season-best 24 points and matched his career high of eight 3-pointers - seven of which he made in the third during the romp over Memphis to set the franchise record for most in a single quarter. Green scored 21 points during his third-quarter explosion to fall one shy of teammate Kyle Lowry's franchise mark for a period but downplayed his torrid shooting exhibition. "It was a lot of open ones," Green told reporters. "It wasn't like they were tough, contested or difficult shots. Just run the floor, get to the corner and get to the space."

BUZZER BEATERS

1. The Raptors have won each of the last three meetings, including a 114-105 win in Sacramento on Nov. 7.

2. Kings SG Iman Shumpert had a dismal 1-of-10 shooting performance against the Nets and is just 11-for-46 over his last five contests.

3. Toronto F OG Anunoby (personal reasons) is expected to miss his fourth straight game.

PREDICTION: Raptors 115, Kings 102