Kings vs Trail Blazers prediction NBA · Sunday, April 12
At a glance
The Portland Trail Blazers (41-40) host the Sacramento Kings (22-59) on Sunday, April 12 at 8:30 PM ET at Moda Center in NBA action. Final score: Kings 110 – Trail Blazers 122. Before tip-off, the Basketlog model gave the Trail Blazers a 76% chance to win: prediction correct. This season, the Trail Blazers are 23-17 at home and the Kings are 7-33 on the road. Over the last 10 games: 6-4 for the Trail Blazers and 4-6 for the Kings (current streaks: Trail Blazers W1, Kings W1).
The analysis Model
On paper, the Trail Blazers dominate this matchup. The model projects Trail Blazers 120 – 111 Kings, a margin of about 9.0 points in favor of the Trail Blazers and a total around 231 points. Expect a game at a standard NBA pace.
- The overall strength gap (-0.7 vs -7.3 pts/game) is the main factor.
- The Kings need to win the pace battle to stay in the game.
- The Trail Blazers' offense (114.8 pts/game) is the more productive of the two.
- The Trail Blazers' defense allows clearly fewer points (115.6 pts/game).
What tips the balance
Scenarios
Stat comparison Current season
SACPOR
Top performers
Kings
Precious AchiuwaF · #927pts / game
Devin CarterG · #998assistsPrecious AchiuwaF · #911reboundsTrail Blazers
Deni AvdijaF · #825pts / gameDeni AvdijaF · #810assists
Donovan ClinganC · #2310reboundsRecent form
SACPORHead-to-head
POR lead 4-0 this season.
SAC
Team comparison
| SAC | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 22-59 | Record | 41-40 |
| 111.6 | Points scored / game | 114.8 |
| 120.2 | Points allowed / game | 115.6 |
| -7.3 | Adjusted margin / game | -0.7 |
| W1 | Current streak | W1 |
| 4-6 | Last 10 games | 6-4 |
| 7-33 road | Home / road record | 23-17 home |
| 40-42 (+0.5) | Last season | 36-46 (-3.0) |
| No | Played yesterday | No |
Injury report Kings
Injury report Trail Blazers
Probabilities estimated by the Basketlog model from available public data. They are neither a certainty nor betting advice.