Charlotte Hornets vs Sacramento Kings Prediction, 1/2/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Charlotte Hornets vs Sacramento Kings

Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Sacramento Kings (19-12) will compete against the Charlotte Hornets (7-23) at Golden 1 Center on Tuesday.

The Hornets stepped onto the hardwood against the Suns and walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 133-119 in their last contest. When discussing fouls, the Hornets ended up with 17 and the Suns had 14 fouls. They converted 18 out of their 30 attempts from distance. Phoenix finished the contest at 95.8% at the free throw line by knocking down 23 of their 24 shots. Moreover, Phoenix collected 39 boards (6 offensive, 33 defensive) and added 3 blocked shots. Phoenix dished out 34 assists and had 3 steals in the matchup. Pertaining to defense, Charlotte allowed the other team to shoot 62.2% from the field on 46 of 74 shooting. They also dished out 32 assists in this matchup while forcing 14 turnovers and having 5 steals. When discussing hauling in rebounds, they compiled a total of 26 with 8 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Hornets knocked down 8 of their 8 attempts for a rate of 100.0%. Charlotte finished the contest with a 47.8% FG percentage (44 of 92) and made 23 out of their 46 shots from distance.

Terry Rozier is one player who played a role for this game. He ended up scoring 42 points on 14 out of 22 shooting. He played 39 mins played and pulled down 4 rebounds. Rozier finished 63.6% from the floor and dished out 8 dimes.

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Charlotte will enter this contest with a win-loss mark of 7-23 so far this year. They are giving up possession 13.8 times per contest and as a squad are committing 19.6 personal fouls per game. As a team, Charlotte is grabbing 41.1 rebounds per contest and has accounted for 763 assists on the year, which is 27th in the NBA in terms of passing the rock. The Hornets are shooting 35.9% on shots beyond the perimeter (341 of 951) and 79.1% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 110.6 pts per contest (26th in basketball) while going 46.7% from the field.

On defense, the Hornets are forcing their opponents into 13.8 turnovers per contest while drawing 18.5 personal fouls. They give up 39.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter and they are 26th in the league in points per game allowed (121.4). The Hornets are giving up an opponent FG percentage of 49.9% (1,325 of 2,655) and they surrender 44.9 boards per game as a basketball team. They are ranked 17th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 844 relinquished this season.

For their last game, the Kings went home victorious with a score of 123-92 against the Grizzlies. The Kings recorded 50 defensive boards and 9 offensive boards for a total of 59 for the contest. They coughed it up 12 times, while earning 2 steals in this matchup. The Grizzlies had 14 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Kings to the free throw line for a total of 17 shots. They were able to bury 13 of the free throws for a clip of 76.5%. In regard to shots from distance, Sacramento converted 16 of their 33 tries (48.5%). When this game wrapped up, the Kings ended up going 47 for 92 from the field which gave them a rate of 51.1%. The Kings allowed the Grizzlies to knock down 30 out of their 82 attempts from the floor which had them sitting at 36.6% in this game. They shot 30.0% from beyond the perimeter by going 12 of 40 and ended up going 20 of 28 from the free throw line (71.4%). When it comes to rebounding, Sacramento allowed Memphis to grab 34 in all (1 offensive).

Malik Monk pitched in for the Kings in this matchup. He buried 10 out of 13 in this contest for a field goal percentage of 76.9%, and tallied 4 rebounds. Monk scored 27 points in his 21 minutes on the hardwood and accounted for 5 assists for this contest.

Sacramento has a win-loss record of 19-12 for the season. In terms of offensive execution, the Kings are connecting on 47.5% from the field, which is ranked 14th in basketball. Sacramento has scored 3,644 pts on the year (117.5 per game) and they average 43.4 boards per contest. They are getting an assist 28.5 times per contest (5th in basketball) and they are turning it over 13.3 times per contest. The Kings are committing 20.6 fouls per game and they hit 73.6% from the charity stripe.

The Sacramento defense surrenders 37.4% on 3-pointers (385 of 1,029) and their opposition knocks down 80.1% of their free throw shots. They have allowed 27.0 dimes and 43.7 total boards per game, which is 22nd and 18th in the NBA. The Kings are ranked 21st in basketball in points per game surrendered with 116.8. They are able to force 13.5 turnovers per game and have allowed teams to shoot 48.3% from the floor (22nd in basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento

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