Sacramento Kings 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
After two consecutive winning seasons, the Sacramento Kings took a step back in 2024-25. Sacramento lacked secondary support for De’Aaron Fox in previous seasons and finally traded him in the middle of the season, and was not a serious player in the Western Conference. Most important of all to the wagering community was a heavy flood of red ink. Sacramento was one of the worst values on the board this year. Head coach Mike Brown was fired after a 13-18 start, and that factored in Sacramento giving up on Fox. Sacramento was eliminated in the play-in round by the Dallas Mavericks, 120-106.
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The Sacramento Kings' final regular season record was 40-42 straight up, 35-45-3 against the spread, and 44-38 over/under the total. Sacramento was 9th in the Western Conference playoff standings, 28 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Sacramento's NBA metrics were 10th for scoring offense, 12th for field goal percentage, 19th for 3-point field goal percentage, 4th for free throw percentage, and 18th for offensive rebounding. On defense, Sacramento's metrics were 16th for scoring defense, 22nd for field goal percentage permitted, 30th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 3rd for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
PF Domantas Sabonis averaged 19.4 points, 13.7 rebounds, and 8.2 assists per game. Sabonis is a 3-time NBA All-Star and was the 11th overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft out of Gonzaga. Sabonis has averaged more than 12 rebounds and 18 points per game every season since 2019-20. This season, Sabonis averaged 19.1 points and 13.9 rebounds per contest.
Initially, Zach LaVine took over as the marquee man on the Bulls. Last year, he averaged 19.5 points and 5.2 assists per game. But he was traded to the Kings midseason. This year, he averaged 22.4 points per game. LaVine was a first-round pick in 2014 by the Minnesota Timberwolves out of UCLA. He is a two-time NBA All-Star.
Head Coach
Mike Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year. He previously coached the Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers and had a second stint with the Cavs. Brown was fired after a 13-18 start. Assistant Doug Christie took over and went 27-24 to end the season. It was his first head coaching assignment.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
40 |
42 |
4th, Pacific |
Lost Play-In (Mavericks) |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
46 |
36 |
4th, Pacific |
Lost Play-In (Pelicans) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
48 |
34 |
1st, Pacific |
Lost in First Round, 3–4 (Warriors) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
30 |
52 |
5th, Pacific |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
31 |
41 |
5th, Pacific |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2019–20 |
72 |
31 |
41 |
4th, Pacific |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
39 |
43 |
3rd, Pacific |
Did Not Qualify |
Sacramento Kings History
You might be surprised to learn that the Sacramento Kings are one of the NBA’s oldest franchises. They were founded as the Rochester Royals in 1948, and they were one of the best teams in the league through the first five seasons. They won at least 60% of their games each year and won the 1951 NBA Finals. Given the early success of this franchise, no one would have guessed that the one title would still be the team’s lone championship 70+ years later.
The Rochester Royals moved to Cincinnati in 1957. They struggled through their first four years in the Queen City, but the Cincinnati Royals made the postseason in six straight seasons from 1962 to 1967. Standout guard Oscar Robertson played ten seasons with the Royals, but the franchise once again moved shortly after trading Robertson and Jerry Lucas.
After moving to the Kansas City-Omaha area (and then just Kansas City), the franchise changed its nickname to the Kings due to the Kansas City Royals already playing baseball in the city. Nate Archibald helped fill the stands in the first few seasons, but once again, they only managed to find a temporary home.
The Kings have operated in Sacramento since 1985 and had one era of glory from 1999 through 2006. They posted eight consecutive winning seasons and playoff berths with an appearance in the Western Conference Finals in 2002. That 2002 series against the Los Angeles Lakers went down in infamy for what many fans and gamblers saw as questionable officiating, to put it delicately. Many have commented in far stronger terms that the league preferred the Lakers in the NBA Finals instead of the Kings.
Since that stretch of success, the Sacramento Kings have not made the playoffs or even finished with a winning record until 2022-23. This franchise went 16 straight seasons without finishing over .500, and the Kings were the laughingstock of the NBA.
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