The Sacramento Kings (4-6, 2-3 Away), one of the NBA’s top scoring teams, head to face the Los Angeles Lakers (2-9, 2-4 Home) on Friday. Sacramento topped the Cleveland Cavaliers 127-120 at Golden 1 Center on Wednesday. Domantas Sabonis led the way with 21 points and six assists. The Kings are 11th in the Western Conference.
Los Angeles dropped their fourth in a row on Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena, falling to the Los Angeles Clippers 114-101. LeBron James had 30 points and eight rebounds in defeat, leading the team. The Lakers are the 14th seed in the Western Conference.
This is the first meeting of the season between the teams. Sacramento and Los Angeles split their matchups last season, each team winning two games. The Kings got the win in the last meeting 125-116 at Golden 1 Center on January 12.
De’Aaron Fox led the Kings with 29 points, while Harrison Barnes added 23 points and seven rebounds. James had 34 points and six assists in defeat. The Kings have been led this season by Fox, who is averaging 25.2 points per game. Meanwhile, Sabonis is contributing 10.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game.
James and Anthony Davis have supplied much of the Lakers’ offense, averaging 24.9 and 23.0 points per game, respectively. James leads the league in scoring, while Davis is first. Davis also has posted 10.2 rebounds per game, most in the league, while James has distributed 6.9 assists per game, most in the NBA.
With 115.9 points per game, the Kings are one of the highest-scoring offenses in the NBA (4th). The Lakers have found success in the Kings’ last 10 visits to Crypto.com Arena, winning six. In the last 10 games, Sacramento is 4-6 with an average margin of -1.2 (115.9-117.1).
Los Angeles has gone 2-8 over the last 10, allowing 115.4 points per game on average while scoring only 107.6 (-7.8 margin).
KINGS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points per game:
Malik Monk: 15.8 | 12.2 | +3.6
Keegan Murray: 8.4 | 13.0 | -4.6
Rebounds per game:
De’Aaron Fox: 2.3 | 5.0 | -2.7
LAKERS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Rebounds per game:
Russell Westbrook: 4.0 | 5.6 | -1.6
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
LA Lakers (+135)
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