Sacramento Kings vs Detroit Pistons Prediction, 4/7/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs Detroit Pistons

Date: Monday, April 7, 2025

Location: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

The Sacramento Kings (36-40) are traveling to Little Caesars Arena on Monday where they will attempt to beat the Detroit Pistons (42-34).

The Kings stepped onto the hardwood against the Wizards and went home with a loss by a final score of 116-111 in their last contest. Sacramento ended the game having earned a 42.1% FG percentage (40 of 95) and made 10 out of their 39 three-point attempts. From the free throw line, the Kings converted 21 of 28 shots for a percentage of 75.0%. In reference to grabbing rebounds, they earned 48 with 17 of them being on the offensive end. They also dished out 25 assists for this game while forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and earning 10 steals. In terms of defending, Sacramento allowed 51.2% from the field on 43 out of 84 shooting. Washington earned 24 assists and had 6 steals in the game. Moreover, Washington collected 41 rebounds (7 offensive, 34 defensive) and had 3 blocks. Washington went 72.2% at the charity stripe by converting 13 of 18 attempts. They also made 17 out of their 43 attempts from distance. In relation to fouls, the Kings finished with 16 and the Wizards recorded 21 fouls.

DeMar DeRozan is a guy who came through for this contest. DeRozan ended up going 43.5% from the field and recorded 8 dimes. He played for 40 mins and also collected 7 boards. He walked away with 29 points on 10 of 23 shooting.

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Sacramento will enter this contest with a win-loss mark of 36-40 for the campaign. They average 115.7 points per outing (10th in the NBA) on 47.7% from the field. The Kings are shooting 35.4% on 3-pointers (951 of 2,690) and 80.3% from the free throw line. As a team, Sacramento is pulling down 44.3 boards per game and has racked up 2,019 assists on the season, which is 14th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. They are giving up possession 13.5 times per contest and as a team are committing 18.9 personal fouls per game.

Defensively, the Kings are forcing 14.1 turnovers per contest while drawing 18.6 fouls. They are giving up 38.6% from 3-point land and they are 20th in basketball in PPG allowed (115.7). The Kings defensively are giving up a FG percentage of 47.3% (3,165 of 6,688) and they surrender 42.5 boards per game as a group. They are currently ranked 17th in basketball in allowing assists with 2,057 surrendered on the year.

The last time they took the hardwood, the Pistons took a loss by a final score of 119-103 against the Thunder. With respect to team rebounding, Detroit permitted Oklahoma City to snag 46 overall (13 on the offensive glass). They went 26.3% from three-point range by going 10 out of 38 and finished the contest at 25 out of 31 from the free throw line (80.6%). The Pistons permitted the Thunder to knock down 42 out of 96 attempts from the field which gave them a percentage of 43.8% in this matchup. When this game wrapped up, the Pistons walked away from this one shooting 36 for 89 from the floor which gave them a percentage of 40.4%. When talking about shooting from downtown, Detroit converted 10 of 33 tries (30.3%). They were able to knock down 21 of those for a rate of 84.0%. The Thunder committed 19 personal fouls for this contest which took the Pistons to the charity stripe for a total of 25 tries. They also coughed it up 19 times, while recording 5 steals for the game. The Pistons corralled 32 defensive boards and 11 offensive rebounds totaling 43 in the game.

Tim Hardaway Jr. pitched in for the Pistons for this game. Hardaway scored 23 points in his 37 minutes on the hardwood and accounted for 3 dimes in this matchup. He knocked down 8 of 14 for this game for a rate of 57.1%, and added 3 rebounds.

Detroit has a win-loss record of 42-34 on the year. In terms of offensive execution, the Pistons are shooting 47.6% from the floor, which is 13th in basketball. Detroit has tallied 8,767 points for the season (115.4 per game) and they average 45.0 rebounds per contest. They are earning an assist 26.3 times per game (14th in basketball) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 15.1 times per game. The Pistons are responsible for committing 20.8 personal fouls per game and they go 77.9% from the free throw line.

The Detroit defense concedes 36.4% on 3-pointers (1,035 of 2,841) and opponents are making 77.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They surrender 24.7 assists and 42.1 rebounds per contest, which has them ranked 5th and 4th in the league. The Pistons are ranked 14th in the league in points given up per game with 113.2. They are forcing their opponents into 15.1 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 46.0% from the field (8th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Sacramento

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