Sacramento Kings vs New York Knicks Prediction, 4/4/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs New York Knicks

Date: Thursday, April 4, 2024

Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, NY

TV: MSG

Madison Square Garden is where the New York Knicks (44-31) will take on the Sacramento Kings (44-31) on Thursday.

The Kings faced off with the Clippers and took home the win by a score of 109-95 in their last game. When talking about personal fouls, the Kings ended up walking away with 18 while the Clippers recorded 21 personal fouls. They also knocked down 11 of 27 tries from distance. Los Angeles finished the game at 81.5% at the free throw line by making 22 of their 27 attempts. Furthermore, Los Angeles snagged 38 rebounds (9 offensive, 29 defensive) and had 6 blocked shots. Los Angeles earned 18 assists and had 6 steals in this matchup. When talking about the defense, Sacramento let their opponent shoot 40.8% from the field on 31 of 76 shooting. They also doled out 29 assists in this matchup as well as forcing the other team into 15 turnovers and getting 10 steals. Regarding rebounding, they compiled 56 with 20 of them being of the offensive sort. At the free throw line, the Kings converted 19 of their 25 shots for a percentage of 76.0%. Sacramento finished the contest having earned a 42.4% field goal percentage (39 of 92) and knocked down 12 of 42 shots from beyond the arc.

Domantas Sabonis is someone who was a major contributor in the game. He racked up 22 points on 8 out of 17 shooting. He saw the court for 35 mins played and also snagged 20 boards. Sabonis finished the contest at 47.1% from the field and also dished out 9 assists.

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Sacramento will enter this matchup with a win-loss mark of 44-31 for the year. They are giving up possession 13.1 times per contest and as a basketball team are committing 20.0 fouls per game. As a unit, Sacramento is snagging 43.1 rebounds per game and has tallied 2,142 assists on the year, which ranks 7th in the NBA in terms of passing. The Kings are hitting 36.6% on shots beyond the perimeter (1,065 of 2,910) and 74.5% from the charity stripe. They average 117.1 pts per contest (9th in basketball) while shooting 48.0% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Kings are able to force 13.6 turnovers per contest and they draw 18.5 personal fouls. They are surrendering 39.2% from 3-point land and they are 18th in the league in points per game from their opponents (115.7). The Kings defense is giving up an opponent FG percentage of 48.2% (3,143 of 6,519) and they relinquish 41.8 boards per game as a team. They are ranked 20th in the league in giving up assists to their opponents with 2,033 relinquished so far this year.

The last time they took the court, the Knicks took a defeat with a final score of 109-99 when they faced the Heat. The Knicks collected 23 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive rebounds for a total of 30 for this game. They also coughed up the ball 14 times, while earning 11 steals for this contest. The Heat had 17 personal fouls for the matchup which got the Knicks to the charity stripe for a total of 21 tries. They were able to make 17 of them for a rate of 81.0%. With respect to shooting from 3-point land, New York converted 12 out of their 34 tries (35.3%). Overall, the Knicks finished 35 out of 76 from the field which had them sitting at 46.1%. The Knicks permitted the Heat to make 36 of their 74 tries from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 48.6% for this game. They finished 44.7% from 3-point land by going 17 of 38 and finished the game at 20 of 21 at the charity stripe (95.2%). When it comes to how they rebounded, New York permitted Miami to snag 39 in total (7 offensive).

Donte DiVincenzo ended up being important for the Knicks for the game. He converted 11 of 21 in this game for a field goal rate of 52.4%, and had 4 rebounds. DiVincenzo had 31 points in his 35 minutes on the court and accounted for 4 dimes for the matchup.

New York has a win-loss mark of 44-31 this season. The Knicks are responsible for committing 17.7 fouls per contest and they shoot 78.0% from the free throw line. They are dishing out assists 24.2 times per game (29th in basketball) and they turn it over 13.1 times per game. New York has tallied 8,430 pts for the season (112.4 per game) and they pull down 45.2 boards per contest. In terms of offensive execution, the Knicks are connecting on 46.3% from the field, which ranks them 24th in basketball.

The New York defense gives up 36.7% on shots from distance (946 of 2,581) and their opponents are connecting on 76.3% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrender 25.7 assists and 40.0 total boards per game, ranking them 8th and 1st in the league. The Knicks are ranked 2nd in basketball in PPG allowed with 107.9. They are forcing 12.9 TO's every game and allow teams to shoot 46.9% from the field (10th in basketball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take New York

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