San Antonio Spurs vs Sacramento Kings Prediction, 3/7/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: San Antonio Spurs vs Sacramento Kings

Date: Friday, March 7, 2025

Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Golden 1 Center is the location where the Sacramento Kings (32-29) will play the San Antonio Spurs (26-34) on Friday.

The Spurs played the Nets and walked away with a win by a score of 127-113 in their last game. In regard to fouls, the Spurs left the arena with 15 and the Nets recorded 16 fouls. They converted 17 of their 50 tries from beyond the perimeter. Brooklyn ended up shooting 85.7% at the free throw line by making 18 of their 21 tries. Furthermore, Brooklyn grabbed 40 rebounds (11 offensive, 29 defensive) and had 4 rejections. Brooklyn distributed 29 assists and had 8 steals in this matchup. In relation to defense, San Antonio allowed the other team to go 45.3% from the floor on 39 of 86 shooting. They also recorded 37 dimes for the contest as well as forcing 13 turnovers and earning 9 steals. When discussing hauling in rebounds, they earned 46 with 13 of them being on the offensive end. At the charity stripe, the Spurs made 5 of 10 shots for a rate of 50.0%. San Antonio walked away from the contest having earned a 54.7% field goal percentage (52 out of 95) and knocked down 18 out of their 39 three-point shots.

Devin Vassell is a guy who was a contributor for this contest. Vassell ended up shooting 70.0% from the floor and distributed 5 dimes. He played for 35 minutes played and snagged 11 rebounds. He totaled 37 points on 14 of 20 shooting.

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San Antonio enters this contest with a win-loss record of 26-34 so far this year. They are losing possession via turnover 14.1 times per contest and as a unit are committing 16.5 personal fouls per game. As a team, San Antonio is grabbing 44.5 boards per contest and has 1,751 dimes for the campaign, which ranks 8th in basketball in terms of passing. The Spurs are connecting on 34.9% on three-point attempts (828 of 2,375) and 77.8% from the free throw line. They average 113.3 points per outing (15th in the league) while going 46.2% from the field.

On the defensive end, the Spurs are able to force 13.5 turnovers per contest and they draw 17.9 personal fouls. They currently rank 13th in basketball in giving up assists with 1,611 conceded so far this season. The Spurs defense is giving up a FG percentage of 46.7% (2,611 of 5,594) and they concede 46.6 rebounds per contest as a group. They give up 35.5% on 3-point shots and they are 21st in the NBA in points per game from their opponents (115.2).

The last time they took the court, the Kings went home defeated by a final of 116-110 when they faced the Nuggets. The Kings snagged 31 defensive rebounds and 14 offensive rebounds totaling 45 in this game. They coughed it up 12 times, while earning 8 steals for the matchup. The Nuggets were called for 14 personal fouls for the game which took the Kings to the free throw line for 14 attempts. They were able to convert 11 of the free throw tries for a rate of 78.6%. In reference to three-point attempts, Sacramento knocked down 11 out of their 27 attempts (40.7%). In all, the Kings ended up shooting 44 out of 96 from the field which had them shooting 45.8%. The Kings allowed the Nuggets to convert 40 out of 87 tries from the floor which left them with a shooting percentage of 46.0% in the matchup. They finished the game shooting 34.3% from 3-point land by shooting 12 out of 35 and ended up shooting 24 of 30 from the charity stripe (80.0%). With respect to rebounding, Sacramento allowed Denver to snag 46 overall (11 on the offensive side).

DeMar DeRozan pitched in for the Kings for the contest. DeRozan earned 35 points in his 43 mins on the court and tallied 5 dimes for this contest. He knocked down 14 out of 32 for this game for a field goal rate of 43.8%, and added 6 rebounds.

Sacramento has a win-loss mark of 32-29 this season. The Kings have committed 19.0 personal fouls per contest while shooting 80.9% from the charity stripe. They are dishing out assists 26.9 times per contest (12th in the league) and they are turning it over 13.5 times per contest. Sacramento has scored 7,124 points this year (116.8 per game) and they pull in 44.9 boards per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Kings are connecting on 47.7% from the floor, which ranks them 9th in basketball.

The Sacramento defense allows 37.4% on shots from beyond the arc (876 of 2,340) and their opponents are connecting on 79.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They relinquish 26.9 assists and 42.9 rebounds every game, ranking them 19th and 8th in basketball. The Kings are ranked 19th in the NBA in points given up per game with 115.1. They are forcing 14.3 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 46.6% from the field (17th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Antonio

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