Sacramento Kings vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 2/5/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Sunday, February 5, 2023

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Bally Sports New Orleans

The Sacramento Kings are hitting the road to Smoothie King Center on Sunday where they will attempt to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans.

The Kings faced the Spurs and took home the win by a score of 119-109 in their last game. In the matter of fouls, the Kings ended up with 13 and the Spurs recorded 17 fouls. They buried 8 of 24 shots from 3-point range. San Antonio ended up going 71.4% when shooting free throws by burying 5 of their 7 attempts. Additionally, San Antonio had 40 rebounds (8 offensive, 32 defensive) and earned 3 rejections. San Antonio doled out 30 dimes and had 5 steals in the matchup. Pertaining to the defense, Sacramento let their opponent shoot 54.5% from the floor on 48 out of 88 shooting. They also doled out 25 assists for the contest while forcing the opposition into 18 turnovers and having 10 steals. With regard to hauling in rebounds, they collected 34 with 6 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Kings converted 15 of 19 tries for a percentage of 78.9%. Sacramento wrapped up the game having earned a 53.3% field goal percentage (48 out of 90) and made 8 out of their 27 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Domantas Sabonis is a player who was a factor for this game. Sabonis finished the game at 75.0% from the field and also totaled 4 dimes. He was on the hardwood for 37 minutes and collected 11 rebounds. He ended up with 34 points on 15 out of 20 shooting.

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Sacramento will enter this matchup with a win-loss mark of 29-21 for the season. They are averaging 119.5 points per outing (1st in the league) while hitting 49.4% from the field. The Kings are shooting 36.8% on three-point attempts (669 of 1,820) and 79.2% from the charity stripe. As a unit, Sacramento is snagging 42.0 boards per game and is sitting with 1,347 dimes so far this year, which has them ranked 10th in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. They are losing possession via turnover 14.2 times per contest and as a unit are committing 19.9 personal fouls per game.

Defensively, the Kings are forcing 14.3 turnovers per game while drawing 21.2 personal fouls. They are ranked 9th in the NBA in giving up assists with 1,273 conceded for the year. The Kings defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 48.9% (2,178 of 4,450) and they surrender 42.0 boards per contest as a unit. They are conceding 36.0% on three-point shots and they rank 21st in the league in PPG from their opponents (116.4).

The last time they took the court, the Pelicans walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 111-106 when they faced the Mavericks. Regarding how they cleaned up the glass, New Orleans allowed Dallas to collect 36 in total (6 on the offensive glass). They went 34.1% from beyond the arc by going 14 of 41 and finished the contest at 23 out of 29 at the free throw line (79.3%). The Pelicans allowed the Mavericks to make 37 out of their 85 attempts from the floor which left them shooting 43.5% in the game. When the final whistle was blown, the Pelicans went 42 out of 84 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 50.0%. When it comes to three-point shots, New Orleans converted 5 out of their 20 tries (25.0%). They were able to convert 17 of those for a rate of 81.0%. The Mavericks earned 24 fouls for this contest which took the Pelicans to the free throw line for a total of 21 shots. They gave up possession 17 times, while earning 6 steals in this game. The Pelicans earned 38 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive boards totaling 50 for the matchup.

Brandon Ingram ended up having an impact for the Pelicans for the contest. He converted 10 of 20 for this game giving him a rate of 50.0%, and had 9 rebounds. Ingram accumulated 26 points in his 36 mins on the court and had 7 assists for this contest.

New Orleans has a win-loss mark of 26-27 for the year. The Pelicans are committing 20.7 fouls per contest while shooting 78.0% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 25.8 times per game (10th in basketball) and they lose possession via turnover 15.2 times per contest. New Orleans has 6,084 points on the campaign (114.8 per game) and they pull in 44.2 boards per contest. On the offensive side of the ball, the Pelicans are hitting on 47.7% from the field, which ranks them 12th in the NBA.

The Pelicans are ranked 15th in the league in points per game surrendered with 113.6. They are forcing 15.4 turnovers per game and have let teams shoot 47.4% from the floor (18th in basketball). The New Orleans defense surrenders 34.4% from downtown (659 of 1,916) and their opponents are connecting on 78.0% of their free throw shots. They relinquish 25.1 assists and 42.1 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 12th and 6th in the NBA.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New Orleans

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