Los Angeles Lakers vs Sacramento Kings Prediction & Betting Tips - NBA

Prediction published on 15/11/2023, 08:52  by Joseph King | Modified on 15/11/2023 at 09:28 in NBA Predictions

The seventh-place LA Lakers play host to the sixth-place Sacramento Kings for this all Californian clash in the NBA on Wednesday. After a 3-5 start to the season, the Lakers have begun to turn things around as they’ve pulled themselves up to a 6-5 record. They’ll be going for their fourth straight win here after victories against the Suns, Trail Blazers and Grizzlies. The Lakers put forward their most comprehensive offensive display of the season so far in their most recent 134-107 win over Memphis on Tuesday. They’ll look to keep the positive momentum going but will have to deal with playing a back-to-back and the third game in the last four days. The saving grace for Los Angeles is that they will have avoided the travel fatigue as they gear up for their third straight at the Crypto.com Arena. 

The Kings have followed a similar trajectory as the Lakers in the 2023/24 season as they also came out of the blocks slowly with a 2-4 start. They too have been able to turn things around in the last week as they have now rattled off three straight wins to move up to sixth in the standings with a 5-4 record. Sacramento are coming off a 132-120 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in their most recent appearance, marking their highest points total of the season so far. They had previously scored 132 in their first meeting with Los Angeles at the end of October but needed 17 points in overtime to reach that mark. The Kings were able to welcome back star point guard De’Aaron Fox last game after he had missed the previous five. Fox led the Kings in scoring with 28 points and dished out six assists in his return.