Phoenix Suns vs Sacramento Kings Prediction, 11/28/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Phoenix Suns vs Sacramento Kings

Date: Monday, November 28, 2022

Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Phoenix Suns are traveling to Golden 1 Center on Monday where they will try to defeat the Sacramento Kings.

The Suns took the court against the Jazz and went home with a win by a final score of 113-112 in their last contest. When it comes to fouls, the Suns finished with 20 while the Jazz accounted for 19 fouls. They converted 13 of 32 tries from beyond the arc. Utah finished 76.0% from the free throw line by converting 19 of 25 shots. On top of that, Utah grabbed 40 rebounds (8 offensive, 32 defensive) and earned 6 rejections. Utah earned 20 assists and had 5 steals in the game. With regard to defense, Phoenix allowed the other team to shoot 50.6% from the floor on 40 of 79 shooting. They also distributed 23 dimes in this contest while creating 12 turnovers and having 8 steals. In relation to rebounding, they earned 48 with 18 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Suns converted 23 of 30 attempts for a rate of 76.7%. Phoenix finished with a 45.7% field goal percentage (42 of 92) and knocked down 6 out of their 22 shots from downtown.

Deandre Ayton is one player who came through in this matchup. He scored 29 points on 11 out of 19 shooting. He played for 34 mins and also totaled 21 rebounds. Ayton finished the game at 57.9% from the field and also earned 3 dimes.

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Phoenix enters this game with a record of 13-6 on the campaign. They are averaging 114.6 points per game (11th in the league) while hitting 47.2% from the floor. The Suns are connecting on 37.4% on 3-point shots (234 of 626) and 80.9% from the charity stripe. As a team, Phoenix is collecting 43.3 boards per game and has tallied 519 assists for the year, which is 7th in the league in terms of passing the ball. They are turning it over 13.2 times per contest and as a team they commit 21.5 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Suns are forcing 16.1 turnovers per game and they draw 20.3 personal fouls. They give up 37.6% on 3-point shots and they rank 5th in basketball in points per game allowed (107.7). The Suns defensively are giving up and opponent field goal percentage of 45.5% (729 of 1,601) and they concede 42.3 boards per contest as a unit. They rank 4th in the league in allowing assists to the opposition with 430 surrendered so far this season.

The last time they took the court, the Kings took a defeat with a final score of 122-104 when they faced the Celtics. The Kings were able to snag 34 defensive boards and 11 offensive boards for a total of 45 in the matchup. They also coughed up the ball 18 times, while earning 3 steals for the game. The Celtics had 24 personal fouls in this contest which took the Kings to the free throw line for a total of 26 tries. They were able to knock down 23 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 88.5%. In reference to 3-pointers, Sacramento knocked down 9 of 36 tries (25.0%). When all was said and done, the Kings went 36 for 87 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 41.4%. The Kings permitted the Celtics to make 41 of 83 tries from the floor which gave them a percentage of 49.4% for this contest. They went 43.2% from distance via 16 out of 37 and ended up going 24 out of 27 from the charity stripe (88.9%). In the matter of how they cleaned up the glass, Sacramento allowed Boston to grab 38 in total (4 on the offensive glass).

Domantas Sabonis ended up being a factor for the Kings for the matchup. Sabonis racked up 18 points in his 33 mins on the hardwood and had 6 dimes for this contest. He made 7 of 13 in this game giving him a rate of 53.8%, and had 10 rebounds.

Sacramento has a mark of 10-8 on the season. In terms of offensive execution, the Kings are connecting on 49.1% from the field, which ranks them 3rd in basketball. Sacramento has scored 2,144 pts for the season (119.1 per game) and they grab 41.2 boards per game. They are earning an assist 27.7 times per game (5th in basketball) and they are turning it over 15.1 times per game. The Kings are committing 21.2 fouls per contest and they connect on 79.2% from the charity stripe.

The Sacramento defense gives up 38.6% on 3-point attempts (211 of 546) and their opposition makes 81.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They relinquish 24.9 dimes and 40.8 rebounds on a nightly basis, which ranks them 14th and 3rd in the league. The Kings on defense are ranked 26th in the league in points allowed per game with 117.1. They are forcing 14.7 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 49.5% from the field (29th in the NBA).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sacramento

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