3rd Quarter Report
The Lakers are on the road but looking no worse for wear. Sitting on a score of 86-80, they have looked like the better team, but there’s still one more quarter to play.
If the Lakers keep playing like this, they’ll bump their record up to 16-12 in no time. On the other hand, the Kings will have to make due with a 13-16 record unless they turn things around (and fast).
Who’s Playing
Los Angeles Lakers @ Sacramento Kings
Current Records: Los Angeles 15-12, Sacramento 13-15
How To Watch
- When: Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 6 p.m. ET
- Where: Golden 1 Center — Sacramento, California
- TV: NBC Sports California
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket Cost: $57.23
What to Know
The Los Angeles Lakers will take on the Sacramento Kings in a holiday battle at 6:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at at Golden 1 Center. The Lakers pulled off an upset win in their last outing, and are hoping to pull that off once more against the 6-point favorite Kings.
The Lakers are headed into this one after the oddsmakers set last week’s over/under low at 230, but even that wound up being too high. They walked away with a 113-100 win over the Kings on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Los Angeles.
Austin Reaves and Anthony Davis were among the main playmakers for the Lakers as the former earned 25 points plus five assists and five rebounds and the latter dropped a double-double on 21 points and 20 rebounds. What’s more, Davis also racked up eight offensive rebounds, the most he’s had since back in March.
The Lakers smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they’ve now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in three consecutive contests.
Los Angeles’ victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 15-12. As for Sacramento, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-15.
Odds
Sacramento is a solid 6-point favorite against Los Angeles, according to the latest NBA odds.
The line has drifted a bit towards the Kings, as the game opened with the Kings as a 4-point favorite.
The over/under is 228 points.
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Series History
Sacramento has won 7 out of their last 10 games against Los Angeles.
- Dec 19, 2024 – Los Angeles 113 vs. Sacramento 100
- Oct 26, 2024 – Los Angeles 131 vs. Sacramento 127
- Mar 13, 2024 – Sacramento 120 vs. Los Angeles 107
- Mar 06, 2024 – Sacramento 130 vs. Los Angeles 120
- Nov 15, 2023 – Sacramento 125 vs. Los Angeles 110
- Oct 29, 2023 – Sacramento 132 vs. Los Angeles 127
- Jan 18, 2023 – Sacramento 116 vs. Los Angeles 111
- Jan 07, 2023 – Los Angeles 136 vs. Sacramento 134
- Dec 21, 2022 – Sacramento 134 vs. Los Angeles 120
- Nov 11, 2022 – Sacramento 120 vs. Los Angeles 114
