Sacramento Kings vs San Antonio Spurs Prediction, 12/6/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs San Antonio Spurs

Date: Friday, December 6, 2024

Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Frost Bank Center is the location where the San Antonio Spurs (11-10) will try to defeat the Sacramento Kings (10-12) on Friday.

The Kings stepped onto the hardwood against the Rockets and went home with a win by a final score of 120-111 in their last game. Sacramento walked away from the contest with a 51.6% field goal percentage (47 out of 91) and made 14 of their 30 shots from downtown. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Kings converted 12 of their 20 attempts for a percentage of 60.0%. When it comes to hauling in boards, they earned 34 with 10 of them being on the offensive end. They also distributed 33 assists for the contest as well as forcing the opposition into 16 turnovers and having 7 steals. In the matter of the defense, Sacramento let their opponent shoot 44.1% from the field on 41 of 93 shooting. Houston distributed 14 assists and had 6 steals in the matchup. On top of that, Houston collected 53 rebounds (18 offensive, 35 defensive) and added 8 blocked shots. Houston walked away from this one shooting 71.4% at the charity stripe by converting 15 of their 21 attempts. They buried 14 out of their 39 tries from 3-point land. In reference to fouls, the Kings ended up finishing with 20 and the Rockets finished the game with 23 fouls.

Domantas Sabonis is one player who was a major contributor in the game. Sabonis finished the contest at 68.4% from the floor and earned 4 dimes. He saw the court for 32 mins played and also collected 7 rebounds. He accumulated 27 points on 13 of 19 shooting.

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Sacramento will play this contest with a win-loss mark of 10-12 so far this year. They cough up possession 14.0 times per game and as a squad are committing 20.3 fouls per contest. As a unit, Sacramento is pulling in 43.0 boards per contest and has racked up 555 assists this year, which is 18th in the league in terms of passing the ball. The Kings are hitting 33.7% on shots from beyond the arc (256 of 760) and 78.9% from the charity stripe. They currently have an average of 114.5 points per outing (11th in the league) on 48.2% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Kings are able to force 14.9 turnovers every game and they draw 19.4 personal fouls. They are ranked 17th in basketball in allowing assists to the opposition with 564 conceded for the year. The Kings defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 46.3% (894 of 1,931) and they relinquish 41.6 rebounds per game as a squad. They are giving up 38.1% from beyond the arc and they rank 20th in the league in PPG allowed (113.9).

For their last game, the Spurs took a defeat with a final score of 104-93 when they played the Suns. The Spurs were able to corral 35 defensive rebounds and 18 offensive rebounds totaling 53 in the game. They also gave up possession 14 times, while getting 9 steals for this contest. The Suns committed 16 fouls for this game which got the Spurs to the free throw line for a total of 20 attempts. They were able to convert 15 of the free throw tries for a rate of 75.0%. Concerning shooting from distance, San Antonio knocked down 8 of their 44 tries (18.2%). When the final whistle blew, the Spurs shot 35 out of 100 from the field which gave them a shooting percentage of 35.0%. The Spurs allowed the Suns to knock down 38 of 78 attempts from the floor which left them with a rate of 48.7% in this contest. They finished 34.4% from behind the 3-point line via 11 out of 32 and finished the contest at 17 of 21 from the charity stripe (81.0%). In regard to cleaning up the glass, San Antonio permitted Phoenix to get 44 in total (2 offensive).

Devin Vassell was important for the Spurs for this contest. Vassell racked up 25 points in his 28 minutes on the hardwood and earned 1 assist in this matchup. He made 10 of 14 in this matchup giving him a rate of 71.4%, and had 2 rebounds.

San Antonio has a record of 11-10 this year. The Spurs have committed 16.3 fouls every game and they shoot 80.6% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 28.0 times per game (7th in the league) and they are turning it over 15.1 times per game. San Antonio has accounted for 2,315 pts so far this year (110.2 per contest) and they average 44.6 rebounds per contest. When it comes to executing on offense, the Spurs are shooting 45.5% from the field, which ranks them 21st in the league.

The San Antonio defense allows 34.9% on three-point shots (272 of 780) and their opponents are connecting on 78.0% of their shots from the charity stripe. They relinquish 24.8 dimes and 44.0 total boards per game, which has them ranked 7th and 17th in basketball. The Spurs on defense are ranked 9th in the league in points allowed per contest with 110.4. They are forcing 14.0 TO's per game and allow teams to shoot 45.8% from the floor (9th in basketball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Sacramento

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