The Sacramento Kings (12-13) square off against the New Orleans Pelicans (5-20) as 5.5-point favorites on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET on Gulf Coast Sports and NBCS-CA.

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Kings vs. Pelicans Game Info & Odds

• Date: Thursday, December 12, 2024
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• How to watch on TV: Gulf Coast Sports and NBCS-CA
• Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
• Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
• Venue: Smoothie King Center

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Kings vs. Pelicans Score Prediction

• Prediction:
  Kings 117 – Pelicans 109

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Spread & Total Prediction for Kings vs. Pelicans

• Pick ATS: Kings (- 5.5)
• Computer Predicted Spread: Kings (-7.9)
• Pick OU:

  Under (231.5)
  

• Computer Predicted Total: 225.6

• The Kings’ .440 ATS win percentage (11-14-0 ATS Record) is higher than the Pelicans’ .360 mark (9-16-0 ATS Record) in 2024-25.
• Sacramento covers the spread when it is a 5.5-point favorite or more 53.8% of the time. That’s more often than New Orleans covers as an underdog of 5.5 or more (38.5%).
• New Orleans and its opponents have combined to exceed the over/under in 52% of its games this season (13 of 25), the same percentage as Sacramento and its opponents (13 of 25).
• As a moneyline favorite this year, the Kings are 10-8, a better tally than the Pelicans have posted (3-15) as moneyline underdogs.

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Kings Performance Insights

• Offensively, the Kings are posting 116.4 points per game (ninth-ranked in league). They are ceding 113.2 points per contest at the other end (17th-ranked).
• Sacramento is averaging 43.2 rebounds per game this season (18th-ranked in NBA), and it has ceded just 41.8 rebounds per contest (fifth-best).
• So far this year, the Kings rank 15th in the league in assists, dishing out 25.8 per game.
• Sacramento ranks ninth in the NBA with 13.2 turnovers per game so far this year. Meanwhile, it ranks ninth with 14.6 forced turnovers per game.
• The Kings are draining 12.1 threes per game (21st-ranked in league). They own a 34.6% shooting percentage (21st-ranked) from beyond the arc.

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Pelicans Performance Insights

• The Pelicans are the worst squad in the league in points scored (105 per game) and 23rd in points allowed (116.7).
• New Orleans is 20th in the NBA in rebounds per game (43) and fifth-worst in rebounds allowed (45.6).
• This season the Pelicans are fifth-worst in the NBA in assists at 23.8 per game.
• New Orleans commits 14.2 turnovers per game and force 13.8 per game, ranking 16th and 17th, respectively, in the league.
• Beyond the arc, the Pelicans are worst in the NBA in 3-pointers made per game (10.8). And they are fourth-worst in 3-point percentage at 32.7%.

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