Sacramento Kings 2024 NBA Championship Odds
The Sacramento Kings are one of the NBA’s sad sack franchises, with one NBA championship (1951). The Kings have never won a conference title since the expansion era and missed the playoffs every year from 2007 through 2022. But last year, the Kings emerged as the Pacific Division champion. However, their lack of playoff experience was apparent in a first-round elimination. When the 2023-24 season started, the Kings were questioned as a potential fluke team that would fall back into the pack. Instead, they are playing even better than last season and are likely to be playoff-bound if they can stay healthy.
2024 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Sacramento Kings NBA Betting Lines
At the approach of the All-Star Break, the Sacramento Kings are 29-20 straight up, 26-22-1 against the spread, and 25-24 over/under the total. Late on, Sacramento has covered six out of their last 11 games. While the Kings have gone over the total in four of its previous seven matchups. Sacramento is 5th in the Western Conference playoff standings. Sacramento is 5.5 games behind the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference playoff race.
Sacramento has NBA metrics of 9th for scoring offense, 10th for field goal percentage, 12th for 3-point field goal percentage, 30th for free throw percentage, and 15th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Kings have NBA metrics of 20th for scoring defense, 21st for field goal percentage permitted, 29th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 12th for defensive rebounding.
Sacramento Kings Key Players
PG De’Aaron Fox leads the Kings with 27.3 points and 5.3 assists per game. Fox was the 5th overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft out of Kentucky by the Kings. He was a 2023 NBA All-Star.
PF Domantas Sabonis is averaging 19.7 points, 13.1 rebounds, and 8.2 assists per game. Sabonis was the 11th overall pick of the 2016 NBA Draft out of Gonzaga by the Orlando Magic. Sabonis made his bones with the Indiana Pacers and has been with the Kings since the end of the 2021-22 season. He is a 3-time NBA All-Star.
SF Keegan Murray is averaging 15.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Murray was the 4th overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft from Iowa by the Sacramento Kings. Murray was named to the 2023 NBA All-Rookie First Team.
Sacramento Kings Head Coach
Mike Brown is a 2-time NBA Coach of the Year. Previously, he was head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers, and a second sting with the Cavs. His career record is 395-250.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 5)
SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
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 10 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 laughing stock of the NBA.
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