Portland Trail Blazers vs Sacramento Kings Prediction, 3/27/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Sacramento Kings

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025

Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Portland Trail Blazers (32-41) are hitting the road to Golden 1 Center on Thursday where they will play the Sacramento Kings (35-37).

The Trail Blazers played the Cavaliers and took a loss by a score of 122-111 in their last contest. When talking about personal fouls, the Trail Blazers ended up finishing with 15 while the Cavaliers totaled 18 personal fouls. They knocked down 12 out of their 27 shots from beyond the arc. Cleveland finished the contest at 82.4% at the free throw line by knocking down 14 of their 17 tries. Moreover, Cleveland pulled down 41 rebounds (9 offensive, 32 defensive) and got 3 rejections. Cleveland totaled 28 dimes and had 4 steals for this game. When talking about defense, Portland allowed the other team to shoot 54.5% from the field on 48 out of 88 shooting. They also recorded 28 assists in this matchup while forcing 14 turnovers and getting 9 steals. When talking about pulling down boards, they collected 45 with 19 of them being on the offensive end. At the free throw line, the Trail Blazers converted 14 of their 22 attempts for a percentage of 63.6%. Portland finished the game with a 40.0% field goal percentage (40 out of 100) and converted 17 of 52 shots from beyond the arc.

Donovan Clingan is someone who was a factor in the game. Clingan finished the game shooting 60.0% from the floor and recorded 2 assists. He was on the hardwood for 32 minutes and also pulled down 12 rebounds. He ended up with 18 points on 6 of 10 shooting.

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Portland will enter this matchup with a mark of 32-41 so far this year. They are averaging 111.0 points per outing (22nd in the league) while shooting 45.2% from the floor. The Trail Blazers are connecting on 34.8% on 3-pointers (951 of 2,734) and 76.6% from the charity stripe. As a team, Portland is collecting 44.4 boards per contest and has 1,737 assists this season, which has them ranked 27th in the NBA in terms of passing the ball. They are turning it over 16.0 times per game and as a squad are committing 19.1 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Trail Blazers are able to force 15.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 19.2 fouls. They surrender 36.3% on 3-point attempts and they are ranked 16th in the NBA in points per game allowed (114.2). The Trail Blazers defensively are giving up a field goal percentage of 47.1% (3,036 of 6,449) and they surrender 44.0 boards per game as a group. They are 15th in the league in giving up assists with 1,916 surrendered so far this season.

When they last stepped on the court, the Kings took a loss by a score of 121-105 when they played the Thunder. When talking about cleaning the glass, Sacramento allowed Oklahoma City to get 52 overall (6 on the offensive glass). They finished 59.4% from beyond the arc by shooting 19 out of 32 and finished the game at 16 out of 20 at the free throw line (80.0%). The Kings permitted the Thunder to convert 43 of 82 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 52.4% in the matchup. When the final whistle blew, the Kings ended up shooting 37 for 91 from the field which had them at 40.7%. With respect to shots from downtown, Sacramento buried 23 out of 47 tries (48.9%). They were able to make 8 of the free throws for a clip of 66.7%. The Thunder were called for 18 personal fouls for the matchup which got the Kings to the free throw line for a total of 12 attempts. They coughed up the ball 11 times, while getting 10 steals for this contest. The Kings corralled 31 defensive rebounds and 5 offensive boards for a total of 36 for the game.

Keegan Murray was important for the Kings in this matchup. He buried 9 of 15 in this contest giving him a rate of 60.0%, and had 6 rebounds. Murray scored 28 points in his 37 mins on the hardwood, but went home with no dimes.

Sacramento has a mark of 35-37 this season. The Kings are committing 18.9 fouls per game and they connect on 80.5% from the free throw line. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 26.8 times per contest (13th in the NBA) and they turn the ball over 13.4 times per game. Sacramento has totaled 8,354 points for the season (116.0 per contest) and they average 44.2 rebounds per game. When it comes to offensive execution, the Kings are shooting 47.6% from the field, which ranks them 13th in the NBA.

The Kings are ranked 22nd in the league in points given up per game with 115.8. They are forcing 14.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and allow teams to shoot 47.4% from the floor (23rd in the NBA). The Sacramento defense allows 38.7% on shots from 3-point land (1,062 of 2,747) and their opponents are converting on 78.8% of their foul shots. They give up 27.1 dimes and 42.6 rebounds every game, which ranks them 20th and 7th in basketball.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Sacramento

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