Sacramento Kings vs New Orleans Pelicans Prediction, 4/4/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs New Orleans Pelicans

Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Location: Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, LA

TV: Bally Sports New Orleans

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+2)

The Sacramento Kings are traveling to Smoothie King Center on Tuesday where they will take on the New Orleans Pelicans. New Orleans opens this game as 2-point favorites from oddsmakers. The over/under is 230.

The Kings faced the Spurs and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 142-134 in their last game. Sacramento finished with a 47.6% FG percentage (49 out of 103) and made 11 out of their 44 shots from distance. At the free throw line, the Kings knocked down 25 of 32 tries for a rate of 78.1%. In relation to rebounding, they compiled 43 with 13 of them being offensive. They also doled out 24 assists in this contest while creating 17 turnovers and getting 9 steals. Pertaining to defending, Sacramento allowed the other team to go 53.1% from the field on 52 out of 98 shooting. San Antonio recorded 31 assists and had 8 steals in this matchup. Furthermore, San Antonio pulled down 52 rebounds (14 offensive, 38 defensive) and got 5 blocked shots. San Antonio finished the contest at 86.2% at the charity stripe by knocking down 25 of 29 attempts. They knocked down 13 of 34 attempts from beyond the arc. Regarding personal fouls, the Kings left the arena with 23 and the Spurs recorded 25 personal fouls.

De'Aaron Fox is a player who was a contributor in this contest. Fox walked away from this one shooting 43.5% from the floor and also dished out 4 assists. He was on the hardwood for 38 mins and also grabbed 4 boards. He accounted for 28 points on 10 out of 23 shooting.

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Sacramento enters this game with a win-loss record of 47-31 on the campaign. They lose possession by turning the ball over 13.6 times per game and as a team they commit 19.8 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Sacramento is grabbing 42.4 rebounds per game and has earned 2,123 dimes for the campaign, which ranks 4th in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. The Kings are shooting 37.2% on shots from beyond the arc (1,077 of 2,899) and 79.3% from the free throw line. They average 121.4 points per game (1st in the NBA) while shooting 49.7% from the field.

When they are on defense, the Kings are forcing their opponents into 14.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 21.1 fouls. They surrender 37.2% from beyond the arc while they are 26th in the league in points per game allowed (118.3). The Kings defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 49.3% (3,425 of 6,953) and they surrender 42.1 boards per game as a group. They currently rank 30th in the NBA in allowing assists to the opposition with 2,082 conceded this season.

For their last game, the Pelicans went home victorious with a score of 122-114 when they faced the Clippers. In regard to rebounding, New Orleans allowed Los Angeles to collect 37 in total (11 on the offensive side). They finished 37.9% from three-point range by going 11 out of 29 and walked away from this one shooting 19 of 23 from the charity stripe (82.6%). The Pelicans allowed the Clippers to bury 42 out of their 85 attempts from the field which gave them a rate of 49.4% for the game. When all was said and done, the Pelicans finished the game shooting 42 out of 86 from the floor which had them sitting at 48.8%. With regard to shooting from downtown, New Orleans knocked down 7 of their 17 tries (41.2%). They were able to bury 31 of the free throw tries for a clip of 88.6%. The Clippers committed 29 fouls for the contest which took the Pelicans to the charity stripe for a total of 35 tries. They also coughed up the ball 7 times, while earning 6 steals in the game. The Pelicans were able to collect 26 defensive rebounds and 14 offensive rebounds totaling 40 in this contest.

Brandon Ingram ended up being a major contributor for the Pelicans in the matchup. He buried 13 out of 23 for this contest for a field goal rate of 56.5%, and accumulated 4 rebounds. Ingram racked up 36 points in his 39 minutes on the hardwood and had 8 assists for the matchup.

New Orleans has a win-loss mark of 40-38 so far this year. The Pelicans commit 20.5 fouls every game and they go 79.0% from the charity stripe. They are getting an assist 25.9 times per contest (9th in the NBA) and they turn it over 14.6 times per game. New Orleans has tallied 8,916 pts for the year (114.3 per game) and they pull in 43.7 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Pelicans are hitting on 48.0% from the field, which is ranked 11th in the league.

The Pelicans are ranked 8th in the league in points per game surrendered with 112.2. They are forcing 15.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 47.2% from the floor (14th in basketball). The New Orleans defense concedes 33.8% on 3-point attempts (946 of 2,796) and their opponents are making 78.0% of their free throw shots. They have surrendered 24.8 dimes and 41.7 boards on a nightly basis, which is ranked 9th and 5th in basketball.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sacramento (+2)

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