Sacramento plays Boston in cross-conference matchup

Tue, Mar 21, 2023
NBA News (AP)

Boston Celtics (49-23, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (43-28, third in the Western Conference)

Sacramento, California; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EDT

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Kings -4.5; over/under is 238.5

BOTTOM LINE: Domantas Sabonis and the Sacramento Kings host Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics in out-of-conference play.

The Kings have gone 21-14 at home. Sacramento has the NBA's top-scoring offense averaging 121.0 points while shooting 49.7% from the field.

The Celtics are 23-14 on the road. Boston is sixth in the Eastern Conference with 14.0 fast break points per game led by Jaylen Brown averaging 4.5.

The teams square off for the second time this season. In the last matchup on Nov. 26 the Celtics won 122-104 led by 30 points from Tatum, while De'Aaron Fox scored 20 points for the Kings.

TOP PERFORMERS: Fox is averaging 25.5 points and 6.2 assists for the Kings. Sabonis is averaging 20.9 points over the last 10 games for Sacramento.

Brown is averaging 26.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists for the Celtics. Tatum is averaging 26.0 points over the last 10 games for Boston.

LAST 10 GAMES: Kings: 7-3, averaging 122.9 points, 43.2 rebounds, 27.8 assists, 5.9 steals and 3.1 blocks per game while shooting 49.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 119.8 points per game.

Celtics: 5-5, averaging 117.0 points, 45.6 rebounds, 26.4 assists, 6.9 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.8 points.

INJURIES: Kings: Kevin Huerter: day to day (popliteus).

Celtics: Payton Pritchard: out (heel), Robert Williams III: out (hamstring), Danilo Gallinari: out (knee).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.