Sacramento Kings vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 10/25/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs Utah Jazz

Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (-1)

The Sacramento Kings (48-34 last year) are traveling to Delta Center on Wednesday where they will meet the Utah Jazz (37-45 last season). Sacramento opens as 1-point favorites from Vegas oddsmakers. The total has been set at 230.5.

The Kings faced off with the Warriors and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 120-100 in their last contest. Sacramento wrapped up the contest with a 37.5% FG percentage (36 out of 96) and made 12 of their 47 shots from beyond the arc. From the free throw line, the Kings made 16 of 27 tries for a rate of 59.3%. With respect to pulling down boards, they earned 49 with 14 of them being offensive. They also dished out 21 assists for this contest as well as forcing 7 turnovers and having 3 steals. With respect to defending, Sacramento allowed the other team to go 43.0% from the floor on 43 of 100 shooting. Golden State totaled 25 assists and had 4 steals for this contest. On top of that, Golden State totaled 55 boards (18 offensive, 37 defensive) and added 5 blocks. Golden State walked away from this one shooting 63.3% at the charity stripe by converting 19 of their 30 attempts. They also converted 15 of 46 attempts from distance. When discussing fouls, the Kings walked away with 23 and the Warriors racked up 23 fouls.

Domantas Sabonis is one player who played a role in this contest. Sabonis ended up shooting 62.5% from the floor and also recorded 7 assists. He played for 37 minutes and grabbed 8 rebounds. He accumulated 22 points on 10 of 16 shooting.

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Sacramento will enter this game after finishing with a win-loss mark of 48-34 last season. They had an average of 120.7 points per game (1st in the league) while going 49.4% from the field. The Kings connected on 36.9% on three-point attempts (1,128 of 3,060) and 79.0% from the free throw line. As a group, Sacramento collected 42.5 rebounds per contest and totaled 2,237 assists last year, which was 3rd in basketball in terms of passing. They turned it over 13.5 times per contest and as a group committed 19.7 personal fouls on a nightly basis.

Defensively, the Kings forced 14.2 turnovers per game while drawing 20.9 personal fouls. They were 28th in the NBA in giving up assists to the opposition with 2,187 conceded throughout last season. The Kings defense allowed an opponent FG percentage of 49.2% (3,589 of 7,288) and they conceded 42.2 boards per contest as a unit. They relinquished 37.3% on 3-pointers and they ranked 25th in basketball in opponents PPG (118.1).

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Jazz took a loss by a final score of 128-117 against the Lakers. The Jazz were able to pull down 38 defensive boards and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 45 in this matchup. They turned it over 11 times, while recording 4 steals in the game. The Lakers had 9 fouls for the contest which took the Jazz to the free throw line for a total of 6 shots. They were able to make 5 of those for a percentage of 83.3%. Regarding three-point attempts, Utah converted 10 of their 35 tries (28.6%). At the conclusion of this game, the Jazz ended up going 51 for 101 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 50.5%. The Jazz permitted the Lakers to convert 47 out of 97 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 48.5% in this game. They finished the game shooting 40.0% from beyond the perimeter by shooting 18 out of 45 and finished the game at 16 out of 21 at the free throw line (76.2%). When discussing how they rebounded, Utah permitted Los Angeles to grab 49 overall (10 offensive).

Kris Dunn was important for the Jazz for the contest. He converted 11 of 18 for the matchup giving him a rate of 61.1%, and earned 10 rebounds. Dunn totaled 26 points in his 40 mins on the court and accumulated 8 assists for this game.

Utah had a mark of 37-45 last season. As an offensive unit, the Jazz connected on 47.3% from the floor, which was ranked 18th in basketball. Utah totaled 9,600 pts last season (117.1 per contest) and they pulled in 45.9 rebounds per contest. They got an assist 26.0 times per game (10th in the league) and they lost possession by turning the ball over 15.4 times per game. The Jazz committed 20.5 personal fouls every game and they connected on 78.6% from the free throw line.

The Utah defense gave up 36.1% on shots from beyond the arc (1,023 of 2,830) and opponents knocked down 77.6% of their foul shots. They relinquish 25.0 assists and 43.5 rebounds per contest, which is 10th and 17th in the NBA. The Jazz defensively were ranked 24th in the league in points allowed per contest with 118.0. They forced 12.6 turnovers on a nightly basis and allowed teams to shoot 47.3% from the floor (15th in the NBA).

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

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

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