Halftime Report
The Nets are on the street however wanting no worse for put on. Sitting on a rating of 65-57, they’ve appeared like the higher workforce, however there’s nonetheless two extra quarters to play.
The Nets got here into the matchup with some additional motivation after the loss they have been dealt the final time these two groups confronted off. We’ll see in the event that they’re capable of flip the script or if it’s going to simply be extra of the identical.
Who’s Taking part in
Brooklyn Nets @ Sacramento Kings
Present Data: Brooklyn 6-10, Sacramento 8-8
How To Watch
- When: Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 9 p.m. ET
- The place: Golden 1 Heart — Sacramento, California
- TV: NBC Sports activities California
- Observe: CBS Sports activities App
- On-line streaming: fuboTV (Strive free of charge. Regional restrictions could apply.)
- Ticket Value: $25.00
What to Know
The Nets and the Kings are a fair 5-5 in opposition to each other since November of 2019, however not for lengthy. The Brooklyn Nets will face off in opposition to the Sacramento Kings at 9:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Golden 1 Heart. Neither of these groups managed to place collectively many factors of their earlier contests, so the offenses may be a bit extra motivated than ordinary.
The Nets are headed into this one after the oddsmakers set final week’s over/below low at 214.5, however even that wound up being too excessive. They took a 113-98 bruising from the 76ers on Friday.
The Nets’ defeat took place regardless of a top quality recreation from Cameron Johnson, who went 9 for 13 from past the arc en path to 37 factors. Johnson is trending in the fitting path contemplating he is improved his level manufacturing for 4 straight video games.
In the meantime, the purpose unfold could have favored the Kings final Friday, however the remaining end result didn’t. The matchup between them and the Clippers wasn’t a complete blowout, however with the Kings falling 104-88 on the street it was darn near turning into one. The contest marked Sacramento’s lowest-scoring match thus far this season.
The Kings’ loss should not obscure the performances of De’Aaron Fox, who had 29 factors together with seven assists and 7 rebounds, and Domantas Sabonis, who dropped a double-double on 24 factors and 15 rebounds. Fox’s night made it 5 video games in a row through which he has scored at the very least 30 factors. DeMar DeRozan, alternatively, was significantly much less useful: he went 0-5 from past the arc.
Maybe unsurprisingly given the rating, the Kings struggled to work collectively and completed the sport with solely 19 assists. They have been destroyed by their opponents in that division because the Clippers posted 27.
Brooklyn’s defeat was their third straight on the street, which dropped their document all the way down to 6-10. As for Sacramento, they’ve been struggling lately as they’ve misplaced three of their final 4 video games, which put a noticeable dent of their 8-8 document this season.
The Nets are hoping to beat the percentages on Sunday, because the consultants assume they’re headed for a loss. Anybody pondering of taking them in opposition to the unfold ought to maintain this in thoughts: the workforce hasn’t lined the final 4 occasions they’ve performed Sacramento.
The Nets may nonetheless be hurting after the devastating 107-77 loss they obtained from the Kings when the groups final performed again in April. That matchup was just about over by halftime, at which level the Nets have been down 65-40.
Odds
Sacramento is an enormous 8.5-point favourite in opposition to Brooklyn, based on the newest NBA odds.
The oddsmakers had a great really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Kings as a 7.5-point favourite.
The over/below is 222 factors.
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Collection Historical past
Sacramento and Brooklyn each have 5 wins of their final 10 video games.
- Apr 07, 2024 – Sacramento 107 vs. Brooklyn 77
- Dec 11, 2023 – Sacramento 131 vs. Brooklyn 118
- Mar 16, 2023 – Sacramento 101 vs. Brooklyn 96
- Nov 15, 2022 – Sacramento 153 vs. Brooklyn 121
- Feb 14, 2022 – Brooklyn 109 vs. Sacramento 85
- Feb 02, 2022 – Sacramento 112 vs. Brooklyn 101
- Feb 23, 2021 – Brooklyn 127 vs. Sacramento 118
- Feb 15, 2021 – Brooklyn 136 vs. Sacramento 125
- Aug 07, 2020 – Brooklyn 119 vs. Sacramento 106
- Nov 22, 2019 – Brooklyn 116 vs. Sacramento 97
