Miami Heat vs Sacramento Kings Prediction, 1/2/2022 NBA Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Heat vs Sacramento Kings

Date: Sunday, January 2, 2022

Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Miami Heat (22-13) are on their way to Golden 1 Center on Sunday where they will attempt to beat the Sacramento Kings (15-21).

The Heat faced off with the Wizards and earned the victory with a final of 119-112 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Heat ended up with 13 and the Wizards accumulated 18 personal fouls. They buried 17 of 42 attempts from distance. Washington shot 78.6% from the free throw line by burying 11 of their 14 attempts. Furthermore, Washington collected 34 boards (13 offensive, 21 defensive) and had 5 rejections. Washington earned 47 dimes and had 27 steals for the game. In the matter of defending, Miami allowed the other team to shoot 49.4% from the field on 42 of 85 shooting. They also dished out 26 dimes in this matchup while forcing 3 turnovers and getting 14 steals. Concerning getting rebounds, they collected a total of 42 with 14 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Heat buried 21 of their 23 attempts for a percentage of 91.3%. Miami ended the contest with a 44.6% FG percentage (41 of 92) and buried 16 of their 34 three-point attempts.

Jimmy Butler is one guy who came through for this contest. Butler went 50.0% from the floor and dished out 15 assists. He saw the court for 36 mins played and also snagged 8 rebounds. He notched 25 points on 8 of 16 shooting.

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Miami comes into this game with a win-loss mark of 22-13 on the year. They are turning it over 14.6 times per contest and as a squad they are committing 20.2 fouls every game. As a unit, Miami is pulling in 44.4 rebounds per contest and has tallied 887 dimes so far this year, which ranks 6th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. The Heat are hitting 37.0% on shots from distance (464 of 1,255) and 79.1% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 107.4 pts per contest (18th in the league) while shooting 46.0% from the floor.

On defense, the Heat are forcing their opponents into 15.6 turnovers per game while drawing 19.8 personal fouls. They surrender 34.7% on shots from downtown while they are 3rd in basketball in points per game allowed (103.4). The Heat defense is allowing a field goal percentage of 44.1% (1,287 of 2,921) and they relinquish 41.7 boards per game as a squad. They currently rank 12th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 804 surrendered on the year.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Kings took home the win by a final score of 95-94 when they faced the Mavericks. When discussing rebounding, Sacramento permitted Dallas to grab 29 in all (7 on the offensive glass). They shot 37.5% from 3-point land by hitting 9 out of 24 and ended up shooting 9 out of 13 from the free throw line (69.2%). The Kings permitted the Mavericks to make 38 out of 81 tries from the field which had them at 46.9% in this contest. Overall, the Kings walked away from this one shooting 36 out of 75 from the field which had them sitting at 48.0%. With respect to shooting from distance, Sacramento converted 10 out of 26 tries (38.5%). They were able to make 13 of the free throw tries for a rate of 86.7%. The Mavericks earned 11 fouls in the matchup which got the Kings to the charity stripe for a total of 15 attempts. They turned it over 14 times, while getting 5 steals in the matchup. The Kings were able to pull down 31 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 38 in the matchup.

Marvin Bagley pitched in for the Kings in the game. Bagley tallied 11 points in his 28 minutes of playing time and added 1 assist in the game. He converted 4 out of 8 for this game for a field goal percentage of 50.0%, and accumulated 7 rebounds.

Sacramento has a win-loss record of 15-21 for the season. The Kings are committing 19.6 fouls every game and they hit 75.8% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 22.4 times per game (24th in the league) and they turn it over 14.5 times per game. Sacramento has totaled 3,950 pts this season (109.7 per game) and they collect 44.6 rebounds per game. When it comes to offense, the Kings are shooting 45.2% from the field, which ranks them 18th in the NBA.

The Sacramento defense gives up 35.2% on shots from behind the 3-point line (419 of 1,192) and their opponents are knocking down 76.7% of their free throw attempts. They have surrendered 24.1 assists and 46.4 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 16th and 25th in the NBA. The Kings on the defensive side of the court are 28th in basketball in points per game surrendered with 113.8. They are able to force 13.4 TO's per game and have let teams shoot 46.7% from the field (28th in the NBA).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Sacramento

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