Sacramento Kings vs Cleveland Cavaliers Prediction, 12/9/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs Cleveland Cavaliers

Date: Friday, December 9, 2022

Location: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

The Sacramento Kings are hitting the road to Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Friday where they will meet the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Kings faced the Bucks and took a loss by a final of 126-113 in their last game. Sacramento ended with a 47.3% FG percentage (43 out of 91) and converted 12 of their 38 3-point attempts. From the free throw line, the Kings buried 15 of their 16 attempts for a rate of 93.8%. In terms of pulling down boards, they compiled 40 with 8 of them being of the offensive sort. They also dished out 19 dimes in this contest in addition to forcing the opposition into 7 turnovers and getting 2 steals. With regard to the defense, Sacramento let their opponent shoot 47.9% from the floor on 46 out of 96 shooting. Milwaukee distributed 34 dimes and had 3 steals for the matchup. On top of that, Milwaukee totaled 50 rebounds (17 offensive, 33 defensive) and earned 4 blocked shots. Milwaukee finished the contest at 83.3% from the free throw line by knocking down 20 of 24 tries. They also knocked down 14 of 33 tries from 3-point range. When talking about personal fouls, the Kings walked away with 17 while the Bucks totaled 15 personal fouls.

Domantas Sabonis is someone who was a factor in the matchup. Sabonis finished the game shooting 81.8% from the floor and dished out 7 assists. He was on the court for 36 minutes played and also totaled 12 rebounds. He ended up scoring 23 points on 9 out of 11 shooting.

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Sacramento will play this game with a mark of 13-10 for the campaign. They cough up possession 14.8 times per game and as a squad are committing 20.8 fouls per game. As a team, Sacramento is snagging 42.1 rebounds per game and has accounted for 638 assists for the season, which ranks 10th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Kings are connecting on 36.0% on shots beyond the perimeter (310 of 862) and 79.9% from the free throw line. They are averaging 119.3 points per outing (2nd in the NBA) while connecting on 49.2% from the floor.

On defense, the Kings are forcing their opponents into 14.7 turnovers per contest and they draw 21.1 fouls. They currently rank 4th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 569 conceded on the season. The Kings defense is giving up an opponent FG percentage of 48.3% (986 of 2,043) and they relinquish 42.0 boards per contest as a basketball team. They concede 37.5% from 3-point land and they are 23rd in the NBA in opponents PPG (116.0).

In their last game, the Cavaliers got the victory with a final of 116-102 against the Lakers. The Cavaliers were able to corral 35 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards for a total of 44 in this game. They also coughed it up 7 times, while recording 11 steals for this contest. The Lakers committed 13 personal fouls in this contest which took the Cavaliers to the charity stripe for a total of 17 tries. They were able to knock down 13 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 76.5%. In terms of 3-point attempts, Cleveland buried 7 of 27 attempts (25.9%). When the game finished, the Cavaliers walked away from this one shooting 48 for 93 from the field which gave them a rate of 51.6%. The Cavaliers allowed the Lakers to convert 38 of their 89 attempts from the field which left them with a rate of 42.7% in the matchup. They finished 16.7% from beyond the arc by shooting 6 out of 36 and ended up going 20 out of 24 from the free throw line (83.3%). When talking about rebounding, Cleveland permitted Los Angeles to collect 43 in total (14 offensive).

Donovan Mitchell pitched in for the Cavaliers for the matchup. Mitchell had 43 points in his 40 minutes on the court and tallied 5 dimes for this contest. He made 17 out of 27 in this game for a field goal percentage of 63.0%, and accounted for 6 rebounds.

Cleveland has a win-loss mark of 16-9 so far this year. When it comes to offensive execution, the Cavaliers are shooting 47.7% from the field, which is 9th in basketball. Cleveland has earned 2,788 points for the season (111.5 per game) and they pull in 43.1 rebounds per contest. They are earning an assist 23.5 times per game (23rd in basketball) and they are turning it over 14.8 times per game. The Cavaliers are committing 19.4 fouls every game and they hit 80.6% from the charity stripe.

The Cavaliers on the defensive end are ranked 1st in basketball in PPG allowed with 104.9. They are forcing their opponents into 15.2 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 45.4% from the floor (5th in the league). The Cleveland defense gives up 34.5% on shots from 3-point land (274 of 794) and their opposition knocks down 76.6% of their free throw attempts. They relinquish 22.6 dimes and 40.0 boards per contest, which is ranked 4th and 2nd in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Sacramento

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