Sacramento Kings vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction, 3/31/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Friday, March 31, 2023

Location: Moda Center in Portland, OR

TV: ROOT Sports

The Sacramento Kings are traveling to Moda Center on Friday where they will attempt to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Kings played the Trail Blazers and took home the win by a score of 120-80 in their last game. With respect to fouls, the Kings ended up with 11 and the Trail Blazers had 15 fouls. They converted 9 of their 39 shots from beyond the perimeter. Portland shot 91.7% from the free throw line by knocking down 11 of 12 attempts. In addition, Portland grabbed 45 boards (8 offensive, 37 defensive) and added 4 rejections. Portland recorded 18 assists and had 5 steals in this contest. With regard to the defense, Sacramento allowed the other team to go 32.3% from the field on 30 out of 93 shooting. They also dished out 30 assists for the game while forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and earning 9 steals. In relation to grabbing rebounds, they earned 59 with 10 of them being offensive. From the free throw line, the Kings buried 18 of 24 tries for a rate of 75.0%. Sacramento finished the contest with a 45.7% FG percentage (42 out of 92) and knocked down 18 out of their 48 shots from beyond the perimeter.

Malik Monk is someone who was a contributor for this game. He finished with 19 points on 6 of 12 shooting. He saw the court for 22 minutes and also totaled 6 rebounds. Monk shot 50.0% from the floor and also distributed 6 dimes.

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Sacramento steps onto the court with a record of 46-30 this year. They are losing possession via turnover 13.6 times per contest and as a basketball team they commit 19.7 fouls every game. As a team, Sacramento is snagging 42.4 boards per game and has racked up 2,061 dimes this year, which is 5th in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Kings are connecting on 37.2% on three-point attempts (1,047 of 2,816) and 79.4% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 121.0 points per outing (1st in basketball) on 49.6% from the floor.

When they are on defense, the Kings are able to force 13.9 turnovers every game and they draw 21.1 personal fouls. They are currently ranked 29th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 2,022 surrendered for the campaign. The Kings defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 49.2% (3,333 of 6,770) and they relinquish 42.1 boards per game as a basketball team. They are giving up 37.0% on 3-pointers while they are 26th in basketball in points per game allowed (118.0).

When they last played, the Trail Blazers took a loss by a score of 120-80 when they played the Kings. The Trail Blazers snagged 37 defensive boards and 8 offensive rebounds totaling 45 for this game. They also gave up possession of the ball 14 times, while recording 5 steals in the game. The Kings committed 11 personal fouls for this contest which got the Trail Blazers to the free throw line for 12 tries. They were able to make 11 of them for a rate of 91.7%. Concerning 3-point attempts, Portland knocked down 9 of their 39 tries (23.1%). At the conclusion of this game, the Trail Blazers finished the game shooting 30 for 93 from the floor which had them shooting 32.3%. The Trail Blazers permitted the Kings to bury 42 out of 92 tries from the floor which had them at 45.7% in the matchup. They finished 37.5% from 3-point land by shooting 18 out of 48 and walked away from this one shooting 18 of 24 from the free throw line (75.0%). Regarding rebounds, Portland allowed Sacramento to pull down 59 in total (10 on the offensive glass).

Shaedon Sharpe was important for the Trail Blazers in the matchup. He made 10 of 27 in the matchup for a field goal percentage of 37.0%, and had 7 rebounds. Sharpe totaled 30 points in his 45 mins of playing time and accounted for 7 dimes in the game.

Portland has a mark of 32-44 for the year. The Trail Blazers are committing 20.2 fouls every game and they go 80.3% from the free throw line. They are assisting teammates 23.8 times per game (23rd in the league) and they turn it over 14.5 times per contest. Portland has totaled 8,616 points this year (113.4 per contest) and they collect 40.8 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Trail Blazers are shooting 47.4% from the floor, which is 16th in basketball.

The Trail Blazers on defense are ranked 19th in the league in points per game surrendered with 116.4. They are able to force 13.4 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 48.8% from the floor (26th in basketball). The Portland defense allows 37.5% on shots from distance (932 of 2,485) and their opponents are knocking down 78.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They concede 26.5 assists and 42.8 rebounds per game, which has them ranked 29th and 13th in the NBA.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Portland

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