Atlanta Hawks vs Sacramento Kings Prediction, 1/4/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Atlanta Hawks vs Sacramento Kings

Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Atlanta Hawks are en route to Golden 1 Center on Wednesday where they will take on the Sacramento Kings.

The Hawks faced the Warriors and ended up losing by a score of 143-141 in their last game. Atlanta ended with a 48.6% field goal percentage (53 of 109) and converted 11 out of their 35 3-pointers. From the free throw line, the Hawks converted 24 of 29 tries for a rate of 82.8%. When discussing grabbing boards, they collected a total of 53 with 10 of them being of the offensive sort. They also doled out 30 assists in this matchup as well as forcing the other team into 19 turnovers and earning 9 steals. When discussing defense, Atlanta allowed their opponent to shoot 44.6% from the floor on 54 out of 121 shooting. Golden State earned 34 dimes and had 9 steals for this contest. In addition, Golden State totaled 69 boards (23 offensive, 46 defensive) and earned 10 rejections. Golden State ended up going 66.7% at the free throw line by making 16 of 24 shots. They also converted 19 out of their 59 attempts from downtown. When discussing fouls, the Hawks walked away with 17 and the Warriors finished the game with 23 fouls.

Trae Young is one guy who was a major factor for this game. Young ended up shooting 36.4% from the floor and totaled 14 dimes. He was on the court for 44 minutes played and pulled down 7 rebounds. He notched 30 points on 8 of 22 shooting.

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Atlanta enters this game with a record of 17-20 for the season. They have an average of 115.2 pts per contest (10th in the league) while going 46.7% from the floor. The Hawks are connecting on 33.3% on shots from 3-point land (383 of 1,151) and 81.7% from the free throw line. As a team, Atlanta is snagging 44.3 boards per game and has 893 assists for the year, which ranks 19th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. They lose possession by turning the ball over 12.9 times per contest and as a group they are committing 19.5 personal fouls per game.

When they are on defense, the Hawks are able to force 15.3 turnovers per contest and they draw 20.5 fouls. They give up 34.1% on 3-point attempts and they are ranked 22nd in the league in PPG from their opponents (116.2). The Hawks defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 47.5% (1,578 of 3,325) and they concede 46.7 rebounds per game as a group. They are 16th in the league in giving up assists to the opposition with 936 conceded so far this year.

In their last game, the Kings took a defeat with a final score of 118-108 when they played the Grizzlies. The Kings corralled 33 defensive boards and 14 offensive rebounds totaling 47 in this contest. They gave up possession of the ball 15 times, while recording 7 steals for the matchup. The Grizzlies had 18 fouls in the matchup which got the Kings to the free throw line for 15 attempts. They were able to make 15 of those for a rate of 100.0%. Pertaining to 3-pointers, Sacramento made 15 of their 43 attempts (34.9%). Overall, the Kings finished shooting 39 out of 96 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 40.6%. The Kings permitted the Grizzlies to make 46 of their 100 attempts from the floor which had them at 46.0% in the matchup. They finished 31.3% from downtown by going 10 of 32 and ended up going 16 out of 24 from the charity stripe (66.7%). When discussing cleaning up the glass, Sacramento permitted Memphis to get 57 overall (21 on the offensive side).

De'Aaron Fox was important for the Kings in this contest. Fox had 19 points in his 36 minutes of playing time and had 6 assists in the game. He made 7 of 18 in this game for a field goal rate of 38.9%, and totaled 4 rebounds.

Sacramento has a mark of 19-16 so far this season. The Kings have committed 20.7 fouls per game and they shoot 78.1% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 26.8 times per game (6th in basketball) and they are giving up possession 14.7 times per game. Sacramento has accumulated 4,129 pts for the season (118.0 per game) and they average 42.1 boards per contest. As an offensive team, the Kings are shooting 48.7% from the floor, which is ranked 4th in the NBA.

The Kings on defense are ranked 24th in the NBA in PPG given up with 116.7. They are forcing their opponents into 14.4 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 48.8% from the field (27th in the NBA). The Sacramento defense allows 36.3% on 3-point shots (389 of 1,071) and opponents are making 80.7% of their free throw attempts. They surrender 25.4 dimes and 42.5 total boards per game, which is ranked 18th and 8th in the league.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sacramento

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