Körbefestival in Indianapolis?
With the Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings, two teams from the bottom of the standings in the East and West face each other on 03/24/2022. Both teams are only in third last place in their respective conferences.
Indiana Pacers – Statistics & current form
The basketballers from Indianapolis missed the playoffs for the first time in five seasons last year and this fate will probably repeat itself currently. As the twelfth seed in the East, the chances of participating in the upcoming postseason are rather slim.
One of the three-time ABA champions’ problems is their poor defence: four teams are ranked behind head coach Rick Carlisle’s squad in the NBA’s defensive rating alone. In addition, the hospital on the side of the hosts is still prominently occupied with players such as Ricky Rubio or TJ Warren.
Sacramento Kings – Statistics & current form
The Californians, unlike the home side, have missed the playoffs for years. The last participation was 16 years ago! This disastrous record may not change now, because the guests are only in third last place in the West, as mentioned at the beginning.
Also in their case, the chance of participating in the play-in tournament, whereby the Kings can avoid the role of spectator in the play-offs again via this diversions, turns out to be slim.
Most recently, eight of the past ten games have been lost, which is why there are no signs of a season-ending spurt by the basketballers from Sactown.
Indiana Pacers – Sacramento Kings Tip
The duel is a special game especially for Domantis Sabonis on the visitors’ side. The centre played most of this season for the upcoming opponent and will therefore be especially motivated.
For the duel between the Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings, however, the forecast includes more than 235.5 points until the final siren in Indianapolis. The prediction is based on the defensive performances of the two teams, which are in need of improvement.
Thus, the visitors rank third to last in the NBA in defensive rating and the home side rank fifth to last! Because of this, the majority of the recent meetings between the Pacers and Kings have been high-scoring. Only two of the past five games between the opponents did not end with at least 236 points each.
