Portland Trail Blazers vs Sacramento Kings Prediction NBA Picks 10/13/24

The Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings meet Sunday in NBA preseason action at the Golden 1 Center. Here’s a Portland Trail Blazers vs Sacramento Kings Prediction. This article will include a Portland Trail Blazers vs Sacramento Kings Pick.

Portland Trail Blazers Betting Preview

The Portland Trail Blazers lost to the Clippers and play ULM next. The Trail Blazers have lost 4 straight preseason games. The Portland Trail Blazers are averaging 99 points on 41.5 percent shooting and allowing 101 points on 41.1 percent shooting. Toumani Camara is averaging 19 points and 9 rebounds, while Jerami Grant is averaging 15 points and 0 rebounds. Scoot Henderson is the third double-digit scorer and Dalano Banton is grabbing 4 rebounds. The Portland Trail Blazers are shooting 32.3 percent from beyond the arc and 70 percent from the free throw line. The Portland Trail Blazers are allowing 25 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 47 rebounds per game.

Sacramento Kings Betting Preview

The Sacramento Kings lost to the Warriors twice and play the Jazz next. The Kings have lost 6 of their last 7 preseason games. The Sacramento Kings are averaging 109 points on 45.1 percent shooting and allowing 115.5 points on 51.4 percent shooting. DeMar DeRozan is averaging 15.5 points and 3.5 assists, while De’Aaron Fox is averaging 15 points and 4.5 rebounds. Malik Monk is the third double-digit scorer and Keegan Murray is grabbing 1.5 rebounds. The Sacramento Kings are shooting 27.4 percent from beyond the arc and 70.8 percent from the free throw line. The Sacramento Kings are allowing 47.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 44 rebounds per game.

Portland Trail Blazers vs Sacramento Kings Prediction

The Sacramento Kings have lost 6 of their last 7 preseason games, and they haven’t played a lick of defense through two games. I also question if the Kings will give some of their key players some rest after playing a chunk of each of the first two games. The Portland Trail Blazers didn’t look good in their first preseason effort, but they’re still a young team that has open playing time and that usually creates competitiveness and better efforts in these exhibitions. I’m not ready to give up on the Trail Blazers in the preseason. I’ll grab the points.