Matchup - Sonics at Sacramento Kings

Time - 7 p.m., ARCO Arena. TV - KONG 6/16.

Radio - 950-AM.

Series - Season opener for both teams. They split four games last season, and Seattle beat the Kings twice in the exhibition season.

Scouting report - Kings will be without Chris Webber, out with an ankle injury. ... Seattle's Vin Baker will play, but Calvin Booth is questionable. Rookie Vladimir Radmanovic may start. ... Kings have added Mike Bibby at point guard, acquired in the off-season in a trade for Jason Williams. ... Sonics will debut their new uniforms, which are based on the ones the team wore when they won the NBA title in 1979. ... The Kings have two players who were prep stars in this state -?Doug Christie (Rainier Beach) and Scot Pollard (Kamiakin).

Next - Thursday, 7 p.m., vs. San Antonio, KeyArena.