The Sacramento Kings meet the Oklahoma City Thunder at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
Current Form - Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings (1-11) have lost five straight games, including their latest 120-107 defeat by the Portland Trail Blazers. Their last 10 games produced a 1-9 record, while the Kings have lost seven straight at home and sit 14th in the Western Conference.
Current Form - Oklahoma City Thunder
The Oklahoma City Thunder (8-5) have lost three straight games after falling 113-112 to the Los Angeles Clippers. The Thunder are 5-5 across their last 10 games, with a 2-5 record in the away portion of that sample and 108.9 points per game there. Oklahoma City sit eighth in the Western Conference.
Head-to-Head Record
This is the first meeting between the Kings and the Thunder this season. Last season, the Thunder won the series 3-0, with their most recent victory coming 113-99 in Oklahoma City.
Key Players
Domantas Sabonis ranks second among league players in rebounds per game for the Sacramento Kings, averaging 13.2 rebounds and 14.5 points. Darius Acuff Jr. is the Kings' top scorer at 25.4 points per game, while also holding the team's best averages in assists, with 7.2 per game, and threes made, with 3.1 per game.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ranks second among league players in points per game for the Oklahoma City Thunder, averaging 30.5. Ajay Mitchell is the Thunder's second scorer at 18.5 points per game and has the team's highest steals average at 1.3 per game. Isaiah Hartenstein has recorded five double-doubles this season.
Injury Report
As reported at the time of writing, the Sacramento Kings list Ben Simmons as injured with an achilles tendon injury, Precious Achiuwa as questionable with an ankle injury, Maxime Raynaud as injured with a knee injury and Keegan Murray as questionable because of illness.
The Oklahoma City Thunder list Ajay Mitchell as questionable with an ankle injury, Chet Holmgren and Thomas Sorber as injured with knee injuries, Jaylin Williams as injured with a back injury, Jalen Williams as injured with an ankle injury and Cason Wallace as injured with a shoulder injury.
Key Numbers
↔️ Sacramento Kings: Points scored 108.2 per game (4th worst) vs Oklahoma City Thunder: Points allowed 107.4 per game (5th best)
Sacramento Kings
➖ Rebounds: 39.9 per game (2nd worst, league average 43.3)
➖ Point differential: -12.8 per game (3rd worst)
Oklahoma City Thunder
➕ Rebounds: 46.6 per game (4th best, league average 43.3)
➖ Assists: 22.8 per game (2nd worst, league average 25.9)
Betting Insights
Across the last five regular-season games between the Sacramento Kings and the Oklahoma City Thunder, the average score for both teams together was 226.6 combined points. Across those same five regular-season games between the teams, the Thunder outscored the Kings by 20.2 points per game on average.
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