Sacramento Kings vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 3/20/2023 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs Utah Jazz

Date: Monday, March 20, 2023

Location: Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: AT&T Sportsnet Southwest-Rocky Mountain

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (-6)

The Sacramento Kings are on their way to Vivint Arena on Monday where they will meet the Utah Jazz. Sacramento is 6-point favorites. The betting total is set at 232.

The Kings played the Wizards and went home with a win by a final score of 132-118 in their last contest. Sacramento walked away from the game with a 55.8% field goal percentage (48 out of 86) and made 22 out of their 37 shots from 3-point land. At the free throw line, the Kings made 14 of 23 shots for a rate of 60.9%. In relation to grabbing rebounds, they compiled 44 with 7 of them being on the offensive end. They also recorded 34 assists for this contest in addition to creating 9 turnovers and getting 7 steals. When talking about defending, Sacramento allowed the other team to go 45.1% from the field on 41 of 91 shooting. Washington totaled 27 assists and had 6 steals for this game. Additionally, Washington totaled 46 rebounds (12 offensive, 34 defensive) and added 7 rejections. Washington ended up going 85.2% when shooting free throws by converting 23 of their 27 attempts. They also made 13 of their 36 attempts from beyond the arc. With respect to fouls, the Kings ended up with 22 while the Wizards finished the game with 18 fouls.

Domantas Sabonis is one guy who was a factor in this matchup. He was able to score 30 points on 10 out of 12 shooting. He played for 33 mins and also grabbed 9 rebounds. Sabonis ended up going 83.3% from the field and dished out 10 dimes.

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Sacramento enters this matchup with a mark of 43-27 for the year. They are averaging 121.1 pts per game (1st in the league) on 49.8% from the floor. The Kings are connecting on 37.4% on 3-point shots (959 of 2,563) and 79.5% from the free throw line. As a team, Sacramento is grabbing 42.3 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 1,903 dimes this season, which is 3rd in the NBA in terms of passing. They are turning it over 14.0 times per game and as a team they are committing 19.8 fouls on a nightly basis.

On defense, the Kings are forcing their opponents into 14.2 turnovers per contest and they draw 21.2 personal fouls. They are ranked 24th in the NBA in giving up assists to the opposition with 1,842 conceded so far this year. The Kings are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 49.3% (3,069 of 6,231) and they relinquish 42.0 boards per game as a basketball team. They are giving up 37.2% on 3-pointers and they are 27th in the league in PPG allowed (118.2).

In their last game, the Jazz took home the win by a final score of 118-117 when they played the Celtics. The Jazz earned 39 defensive rebounds and 17 offensive boards totaling 56 for this game. They also gave up possession of the ball 7 times, while earning 3 steals for the matchup. The Celtics had 17 fouls for the contest which got the Jazz to the free throw line for 22 attempts. They were able to bury 17 of them for a clip of 77.3%. Regarding 3-point attempts, Utah buried 17 of 41 attempts (41.5%). When the final whistle blew, the Jazz shot 42 out of 97 from the field which had them at 43.3%. The Jazz permitted the Celtics to convert 42 out of their 88 attempts from the field which had them shooting 47.7% for the contest. They finished 43.1% from distance by shooting 22 out of 51 and ended up going 11 out of 16 from the free throw line (68.8%). In the matter of cleaning up the glass, Utah allowed Boston to pull down 40 in total (5 offensive).

Lauri Markkanen was important for the Jazz for this game. Markkanen scored 28 points in his 35 minutes on the hardwood and added 3 assists for the game. He made 10 out of 23 for the game for a rate of 43.5%, and had 10 rebounds.

Utah has a mark of 34-36 this year. On the offensive side of the ball, the Jazz are connecting on 47.2% from the field, which ranks them 17th in the league. Utah has accounted for 8,207 pts on the year (117.2 per contest) and they pull in 45.5 boards per game. Their rate of earning assists is at 25.7 times per game (9th in the NBA) and they turn it over 15.5 times per game. The Jazz are committing 20.6 fouls per game and they shoot 78.9% from the charity stripe.

The Jazz are ranked 22nd in basketball in points per game surrendered with 117.2. They have forced 12.9 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 47.5% from the floor (16th in basketball). The Utah defense gives up 36.5% on shots from behind the 3-point line (846 of 2,320) and their opponents are connecting on 77.2% of their shots from the charity stripe. They surrender 24.1 dimes and 43.3 rebounds per contest, which has them ranked 7th and 16th in the league.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Utah (+6)

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