Sacramento Kings vs Washington Wizards Prediction, 3/21/2024 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs Washington Wizards

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024

Location: Capital One Arena in Washington, DC

TV: Monumental Sports Network

Capital One Arena is the location where the Washington Wizards (11-58) will try to defeat the Sacramento Kings (39-28) on Thursday.

The Kings faced the Grizzlies and earned the victory with a final of 121-111 in their last game. In relation to fouls, the Kings ended up with 25 while the Grizzlies accumulated 23 fouls. They also buried 13 of 38 attempts from beyond the arc. Memphis went 80.0% from the free throw line by converting 24 of their 30 attempts. Moreover, Memphis snagged 49 rebounds (15 offensive, 34 defensive) and earned 10 blocks. Memphis earned 22 dimes and had 13 steals in this matchup. When talking about the defense, Sacramento allowed their opponent to shoot 37.8% from the floor on 37 of 98 shooting. They also dished out 30 assists for the contest while forcing the other team into 12 turnovers and getting 7 steals. Concerning grabbing boards, they earned 59 with 15 of them being of the offensive variety. At the charity stripe, the Kings converted 26 of 32 tries for a rate of 81.3%. Sacramento finished having earned a 44.7% FG percentage (42 out of 94) and buried 11 out of their 35 shots from downtown.

Malik Monk is one guy who was a contributor in the matchup. He had 28 points on 10 of 19 shooting. He was on the hardwood for 39 minutes and also totaled 6 boards. Monk finished shooting 52.6% from the floor and also recorded 6 assists.

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Sacramento heads into this matchup with a mark of 39-28 on the year. They are giving up possession 13.4 times per game and as a basketball team they are committing 20.1 fouls on a nightly basis. As a team, Sacramento is pulling down 43.7 rebounds per game and is sitting with 1,924 dimes on the season, which is 8th in the league in terms of passing the rock. The Kings are shooting 36.8% on shots from 3-point land (959 of 2,609) and 74.0% from the charity stripe. They have an average of 118.0 points per game (8th in the league) while connecting on 48.3% from the field.

When they are on the defensive end, the Kings are forcing their opponents into 13.7 turnovers per contest while drawing 18.5 fouls. They concede 39.2% on 3-pointers while they are 20th in the NBA in points per game allowed (117.0). The Kings defense is giving up a FG percentage of 48.5% (2,842 of 5,863) and they concede 42.4 boards per game as a basketball team. They are currently ranked 20th in the NBA in giving up assists with 1,849 surrendered this year.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Wizards walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 137-114 when they played the Rockets. Concerning team rebounding, Washington allowed Houston to pull down 47 overall (12 on the offensive glass). They shot 33.3% from 3-point land by shooting 13 of 39 and ended up going 30 of 36 at the charity stripe (83.3%). The Wizards allowed the Rockets to make 47 of 91 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 51.6% for the matchup. Overall, the Wizards ended up going 42 for 98 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 42.9%. When talking about 3-point attempts, Washington buried 15 out of 39 attempts (38.5%). They were able to knock down 15 of the free throw attempts for a clip of 75.0%. The Rockets earned 15 personal fouls in the matchup which got the Wizards to the free throw line for a total of 20 attempts. They turned it over 10 times, while getting 6 steals for the matchup. The Wizards recorded 27 defensive boards and 17 offensive boards totaling 44 for this game.

Jules Bernard pitched in for the Wizards in this game. He converted 6 out of 11 in the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 54.5%, and earned 2 rebounds. Bernard tallied 16 points in his 19 minutes on the court and accounted for 4 dimes for this contest.

Washington has a mark of 11-58 for the campaign. The Wizards commit 19.9 personal fouls per contest and they connect on 76.5% from the free throw line. Their rate of earning assists is at 28.1 times per game (8th in basketball) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 13.8 times per game. Washington has 7,855 points for the season (113.8 per game) and they pull down 40.5 rebounds per game. As an offense, the Wizards are shooting 47.0% from the field, which is 18th in the league.

The Wizards are ranked 30th in the league in PPG given up with 124.2. They are forcing 14.3 TO's every game and have allowed teams to shoot 50.1% from the floor (30th in the league). The Washington defense gives up 36.8% from downtown (861 of 2,338) and their opposition knocks down 77.6% of their free throw attempts. They have conceded 29.6 assists and 49.2 total rebounds per game, which has them ranked 29th and 30th in basketball.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Washington

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