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Game time: December 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET

Venue: Little Caesars Arena — Detroit, MI

Article updated Dec 15, 11:39 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Sacramento is on the road playing Detroit at the Little Caesars Arena stadium on Friday, 12/16/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Sacramento -5 was the opening favorite and current line is

Game outlook

Sacramento is on the road playing Detroit at the Little Caesars Arena stadium on Friday, 12/16/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Sacramento -5 was the opening favorite and current line is Sacramento -6.5.

Sacramento Highlights

With a power ranking of 8, Sacramento is ranked #3 in offense (scoring an average of 117.38 per game), #20 in defense (allowing an average of 115.27 points to be scored against them per game) and are 15-12 (17-10 ATS) this season.

Detroit Highlights

Detroit Pistons has a power ranking of 22 and are #26 for offense (scoring an average of 109.90 per game), #28 for defense (giving up an average of 115.27 points per game) and 8-22 (14-13-3 ATS) overall. Sacramento went 1-2 (2-1 ATS) in their last 3 matchups against Detroit.

Curated Picks & Predictions

From the lines set by Sportsbooks, they predict the score to be SAC 112.625, DET 125.625. The SportsJaw community predicts Sacramento Kings to cover (55%) OddsShark predicts Sacramento will win, detroit will cover, and the total will go under.

split down the middle on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Kings 123 to Pistons 130.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Kings 123 to Pistons 130.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NBA Predictions

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SportsJaw Kings vs Pistons archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Kings vs Pistons matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Sacramento Kings-200 → -240Moved
  • Moneyline · Detroit Pistons+166 → +200Moved
  • Spread · Sacramento Kings-5 (-110) → -6.5 (-110)Moved
  • Spread · Detroit Pistons+5 (-110) → +6.5 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Over239 (-110) → 238.25 (-110)Moved
  • Total · Under239 (-110) → 238.25 (-110)Moved

ATS and O/U trends

Sacramento Kings
0-3 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 4-6-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Detroit Pistons
3-0 matchup record · 5-3-2 ATS · 5-5-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-16T04:39:02.479Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-11-20Detroit Pistons 129 · Sacramento Kings 137
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Sacramento Kings defeated Detroit Pistons 122-113

Sacramento Kings defeated Detroit Pistons 122-113 on December 16, 2022, a 9-point decision in the series. Sacramento Kings' strongest period was the 3rd quarter, when it outscored its opponent 38-23. Against SportsJaw's recorded Sacramento Kings -6.5 (-110) spread, Sacramento Kings covered, while the 235 combined points finished under the recorded total of 238.25.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • PremierPicksSpread · Detroit Pistons +5 (-110)Loss
  • AliencreationSpread · Sacramento Kings -5 (-110)Win
  • JoeThomasTotal · Under 239 (-110)Win
  • GtpixSpread · Detroit Pistons +5 (-110)Loss
  • Roderick806Spread · Detroit Pistons +5 (-110)Loss
  • JohnTharpSpread · Detroit Pistons +5 (-110)Loss
  • CorSpread · Detroit Pistons +5 (-110)Loss
  • MalakhovSpread · Detroit Pistons +5 (-110)Loss
  • CoversSpread · Sacramento Kings -6 (-110)Win
  • CoolioSpread · Detroit Pistons +6 (-110)Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Under 237.5 (-110)Win
  • OddssharkSpread · Detroit Pistons +6 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkTotal · Under 237.5 (-110)Win