Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings Prediction, 4/15/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023

Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA

TV: ABC

Odds/Point Spread: Golden State (-1)

The Sacramento Kings are hosting the Golden State Warriors at Golden 1 Center on Saturday. Golden State is 1-point favorites. The total comes in at 237.5.

The Warriors stepped onto the hardwood against the Trail Blazers and notched a win by a score of 157-101 in their last game. Concerning personal fouls, the Warriors ended up walking away with 18 and the Trail Blazers finished the game with 9 personal fouls. They converted 9 of their 35 attempts from 3-point land. Portland finished 66.7% at the charity stripe by knocking down 16 of 24 shots. Furthermore, Portland pulled down 30 boards (6 offensive, 24 defensive) and got 6 rejections. Portland recorded 25 dimes and had 5 steals for the contest. When it comes to defending, Golden State allowed the other team to go 40.0% from the field on 38 out of 95 shooting. They also recorded 47 assists for the matchup in addition to forcing 14 turnovers and having 13 steals. When talking about hauling in boards, they collected 58 with 9 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Warriors converted 14 of their 16 attempts for a rate of 87.5%. Golden State walked away from the contest with a 60.4% FG percentage (58 of 96) and converted 27 of their 49 shots from 3-point land.

Stephen Curry is a guy who was a contributor in this game. He totaled 26 points on 9 out of 15 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 22 mins played and totaled 5 rebounds. Curry walked away from this one shooting 60.0% from the field and also recorded 7 assists.

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Golden State comes into this one with a mark of 44-38 so far this year. They are averaging 118.9 pts per contest (2nd in the NBA) while connecting on 47.9% from the field. The Warriors are hitting 38.5% on three-point attempts (1,363 of 3,540) and 79.4% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Golden State is grabbing 44.6 boards per game and has tallied 2,446 dimes this year, which ranks 1st in the league in terms of passing. They are giving up possession 16.3 times per game and as a unit are committing 21.4 fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Warriors are forcing 14.3 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.4 personal fouls. They are giving up 36.4% on shots from downtown and they rank 21st in the NBA in PPG from their opponents (117.1). The Warriors defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 46.9% (3,478 of 7,423) and they surrender 43.3 boards per game as a team. They currently rank 17th in the league in allowing assists to their opponents with 2,110 surrendered on the campaign.

In their last game, the Kings took a loss by a score of 109-95 when they played the Nuggets. With respect to rebounding, Sacramento permitted Denver to pull down 51 overall (15 on the offensive side). They went 25.0% from three-point range by connecting on 7 of 28 and ended up going 18 out of 25 at the free throw line (72.0%). The Kings permitted the Nuggets to knock down 42 out of their 84 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 50.0% for the matchup. Overall, the Kings finished the game shooting 37 out of 85 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 43.5%. Concerning shooting from 3-point land, Sacramento made 11 of 43 tries (25.6%). They were able to bury 10 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 66.7%. The Nuggets were called for 15 fouls for the game which got the Kings to the charity stripe for a total of 15 shots. They turned it over 15 times, while recording 7 steals in this game. The Kings were able to collect 24 defensive boards and 10 offensive boards for a total of 34 for the game.

Harrison Barnes ended up being a major contributor for the Kings for the contest. Barnes racked up 17 points in his 18 minutes on the court, but went home with no dimes. He converted 5 of 7 in this contest for a field goal rate of 71.4%, but went home without a rebound.

Sacramento has a mark of 48-34 for the year. The Kings commit 19.7 personal fouls every game and they connect on 79.0% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 27.3 times per contest (3rd in the NBA) and they are turning it over 13.5 times per game. Sacramento has scored 9,898 pts so far this season (120.7 per game) and they collect 42.5 boards per contest. When it comes to offensive execution, the Kings are shooting 49.4% from the field, which has them ranked 2nd in the league.

The Sacramento defense concedes 37.3% on shots from 3-point land (1,022 of 2,740) and opponents are making 78.7% of their free throw shots. They have allowed 26.7 dimes and 42.2 total rebounds per game, ranking them 28th and 9th in the league. The Kings on defense are ranked 25th in the league in points given up per game with 118.1. They are forcing 14.2 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 49.2% from the field (29th in basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+1)

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