Sacramento Kings vs Indiana Pacers Prediction: will the Kings lose again?

Prediction for the NBA match which will take place on December 23. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

In total, the Kings have now had three straight defeats. The team started a bad stretch with a home game against Denver, which gave up in the end - 129:130, and then, let's repeat, twice in a row played with the Lakers. Both times Sacramento hosted LeBron's team at home and scored a maximum of one hundred points. In the first game, the Kings lost 100:113, and yesterday - 99:103.

Thus, the Kings still could not even get close to the play-in zone of the Western Conference. With a 13-16 win balance, Sacramento is in 12th place in the West and is 2.0 wins behind the top-10.

The Pacers also currently have a negative win balance of 13-15. That said, unlike Sacramento, Rick Carlisle's team sits atop the Eastern Conference play-in zone in eighth place. The gap between Indiana and even the top-6 is only 1.5 wins. The density in the East this season is still much lower than in the West.

It should be noted that Indiana is approaching the match against Sacramento with a series of three consecutive wins. First, the Pacers beat Philadelphia (121:107) on the road, then New Orleans (119:104) at home, and then Phoenix (120:111) on the road.

Sacramento will hold the upcoming meeting in the format of back-to-back, and Indiana is in great shape, winning three matches in a row. With that in mind, we're betting on the Pacers here, especially since Rick Carlisle's team has higher odds than the Kings for some reason.