SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Sacramento Kings guard DeMar DeRozan was ruled out of Wednesday night’s 127-104 win over the Phoenix Suns due to lower back tightness, the team said.

There is hope that DeRozan, with treatment in the next two days, will be available for Friday’s NBA Cup game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, a source told ESPN.

After the game, Kings coach Mike Brown said he had not spoken to DeRozan. DeRozan left the arena immediately after the match ended.

DeRozan did not come out of the locker room after halftime and was ruled out shortly afterwards. He scored two points on 1-of-2 shooting in 17 minutes in the first half.

So far this year, DeRozan has been Mr. Clutch for Sacramento; he scored 36 points in the league this season – the second best figure in the league. Overall, he is averaging 24.8 points on 52.6% shooting in 38 minutes.

DeRozan has missed just 44 games since he was drafted in 2009. Losing DeRozan for any period of time would be a major blow to the Kings, as they would be without sixth man Malik Monk for at least two weeks (only).

“If you miss a guy like Malik, you miss a guy like DeMar, it will be done through committee,” Brown said. “And tonight it was by committee.”

Trey Lyles started the second half for DeRozan and finished with 13 points on 5-for-7 shooting. As a team, the Kings had their best three-point shooting performance of the season, knocking down 15 shots at a 53.6% clip.

De’Aaron Fox led the Kings with 29 points, and Kevin Huerter had a breakout game with 22.