Who’s Playing

Sacramento @ Los Angeles

Current Records: Sacramento 24-18; Los Angeles 20-24

What to Know

This Wednesday, the Sacramento Kings are hoping to patch up the holes in a defense that has allowed an average of 117.02 points per contest. They will take on the Los Angeles Lakers at 10:30 p.m. ET Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena after having had a few days off. Averaging 135.2 points in their past five games, Sacramento’s high-powered offense has been in full-swing lately, so Los Angeles better be ready for a challenge.

The Kings strolled past the San Antonio Spurs with points to spare on Sunday, taking the game 132-119. Sacramento can attribute much of their success to power forward Harrison Barnes, who had 29 points.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles bagged a 140-132 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday. Small forward LeBron James had a dynamite game for Los Angeles; he shot 5-for-10 from beyond the arc and finished with 48 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.

Sacramento is the favorite in this one, with an expected 3.5-point margin of victory. They are currently four-for-four against the spread in their most recent games, a trend bettors might want to take into account.

Their wins bumped the Kings to 24-18 and the Lakers to 20-24. After the lofty point totals in their previous games, we’ll see if they’re able to heat things up even more while facing each other.

How To Watch

• When: Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. ET
• Where: Crypto.com Arena — Los Angeles, California
• TV: NBC Sports California
• Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
• Follow: CBS Sports App
• Ticket Cost: $28.00

Odds

The Kings are a 3.5-point favorite against the Lakers, according to the latest NBA odds.

The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 3.5-point spread, and stayed right there.

Over/Under: -111

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Series History

Sacramento have won 16 out of their last 29 games against Los Angeles.

• Jan 07, 2023 – Los Angeles 136 vs. Sacramento 134
• Dec 21, 2022 – Sacramento 134 vs. Los Angeles 120
• Nov 11, 2022 – Sacramento 120 vs. Los Angeles 114
• Jan 12, 2022 – Sacramento 125 vs. Los Angeles 116
• Jan 04, 2022 – Los Angeles 122 vs. Sacramento 114
• Nov 30, 2021 – Los Angeles 117 vs. Sacramento 92
• Nov 26, 2021 – Sacramento 141 vs. Los Angeles 137
• Apr 30, 2021 – Sacramento 110 vs. Los Angeles 106
• Apr 02, 2021 – Los Angeles 115 vs. Sacramento 94
• Mar 03, 2021 – Sacramento 123 vs. Los Angeles 120
• Aug 13, 2020 – Sacramento 136 vs. Los Angeles 122
• Feb 01, 2020 – Los Angeles 129 vs. Sacramento 113
• Nov 15, 2019 – Los Angeles 99 vs. Sacramento 97
• Mar 24, 2019 – Los Angeles 111 vs. Sacramento 106
• Dec 30, 2018 – Los Angeles 121 vs. Sacramento 114
• Dec 27, 2018 – Sacramento 117 vs. Los Angeles 116
• Nov 10, 2018 – Los Angeles 101 vs. Sacramento 86
• Apr 01, 2018 – Sacramento 84 vs. Los Angeles 83
• Feb 24, 2018 – Los Angeles 113 vs. Sacramento 108
• Jan 09, 2018 – Los Angeles 99 vs. Sacramento 86
• Nov 22, 2017 – Sacramento 113 vs. Los Angeles 102
• Apr 07, 2017 – Los Angeles 98 vs. Sacramento 94
• Feb 14, 2017 – Sacramento 97 vs. Los Angeles 96
• Dec 12, 2016 – Sacramento 116 vs. Los Angeles 92
• Nov 10, 2016 – Los Angeles 101 vs. Sacramento 91
• Mar 15, 2016 – Sacramento 106 vs. Los Angeles 98
• Jan 20, 2016 – Sacramento 112 vs. Los Angeles 93
• Jan 07, 2016 – Sacramento 118 vs. Los Angeles 115
• Oct 30, 2015 – Sacramento 132 vs. Los Angeles 114