Sacramento Kings vs New York Knicks Prediction, 12/11/2022 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs New York Knicks

Date: Sunday, December 11, 2022

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: MSG

The New York Knicks will take on the Sacramento Kings at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

The Kings faced off with the Bucks and took a loss by a score of 126-113 in their last game. In relation to personal fouls, the Kings left the arena with 17 and the Bucks recorded 15 personal fouls. They converted 14 out of their 33 tries from downtown. Milwaukee finished 83.3% when shooting free throws by making 20 of their 24 attempts. Additionally, Milwaukee collected 50 rebounds (17 offensive, 33 defensive) and got 4 blocks. Milwaukee recorded 34 dimes and had 3 steals for the game. Pertaining to defense, Sacramento allowed the other team to shoot 47.9% from the field on 46 of 96 shooting. They also dished out 19 dimes in this matchup as well as forcing the other team into 7 turnovers and getting 2 steals. In the matter of grabbing rebounds, they earned 40 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. From the charity stripe, the Kings knocked down 15 of their 16 shots for a percentage of 93.8%. Sacramento wrapped up the game with a 47.3% FG percentage (43 out of 91) and buried 12 out of their 38 shots from distance.

Domantas Sabonis is one guy who came through for this game. Sabonis finished 81.8% from the field and recorded 7 dimes. He played for 36 minutes and totaled 12 rebounds. He racked up 23 points on 9 of 11 shooting.

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Sacramento will play this contest with a win-loss record of 13-10 this season. They are averaging 119.3 points per game (2nd in basketball) while going 49.2% from the field. The Kings are shooting 36.0% on shots beyond the perimeter (310 of 862) and 79.9% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Sacramento is grabbing 42.1 boards per game and is sitting with 638 assists this year, which has them ranked 10th in the NBA in terms of passing. They are turning it over 14.8 times per game and as a unit they commit 20.8 personal fouls per contest.

Defensively, the Kings are able to force 14.7 turnovers per contest while drawing 21.1 personal fouls. They are giving up 37.5% on 3-pointers and they are 23rd in the NBA in points per game allowed (116.0). The Kings defense is allowing a FG percentage of 48.3% (986 of 2,043) and they relinquish 42.0 boards per game as a squad. They currently rank 4th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 569 conceded for the season.

When they last played, the Knicks got the victory with a final of 113-89 when they faced the Hawks. With respect to rebounding, New York permitted Atlanta to snag 39 in all (11 offensive). They finished 16.7% from distance by connecting on 6 out of 36 and finished the contest at 19 out of 24 from the free throw line (79.2%). The Knicks allowed the Hawks to make 32 of 85 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 37.6% in this game. When this game wrapped up, the Knicks ended up shooting 37 out of 83 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 44.6%. When it comes to 3-point shots, New York buried 17 of their 36 tries (47.2%). They were able to make 22 of those for a clip of 91.7%. The Hawks had 17 personal fouls for this game which got the Knicks to the charity stripe for 24 attempts. They coughed it up 14 times, while getting 6 steals in this contest. The Knicks earned 42 defensive boards and 13 offensive rebounds totaling 55 in this matchup.

Julius Randle ended up having an impact for the Knicks in the matchup. Randle recorded 34 points in his 33 minutes on the court and tallied 5 assists in this matchup. He buried 10 of 19 for the game giving him a field goal percentage of 52.6%, and totaled 17 rebounds.

New York has a record of 12-13 for the campaign. The Knicks have committed 21.9 fouls per contest while shooting 79.8% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 23.6 times per contest (21st in the NBA) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 14.0 times per game. New York has earned 2,840 points on the campaign (113.6 per contest) and they collect 47.1 boards per game. When it comes to offense, the Knicks are hitting on 45.4% from the floor, which ranks 24th in basketball.

The Knicks on the defensive end are ranked 17th in basketball in PPG given up with 113.9. They are forcing their opponents into 14.0 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 44.9% from the floor (3rd in the league). The New York defense surrenders 34.4% on shots from beyond the perimeter (337 of 980) and their opponents are converting on 75.9% of their foul shots. They have allowed 26.2 assists and 46.0 boards every game, ranking them 24th and 27th in the league.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Sacramento

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