Sacramento Kings vs Portland Trail Blazers Prediction, 12/18/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Sacramento Kings vs Portland Trail Blazers

Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025

Location: Moda Center in Portland, OR

TV: NBA TV

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+9.5)

Moda Center is the location where the Portland Trail Blazers (10-16) will attempt to defeat the Sacramento Kings (6-20) on Thursday. Portland opens this contest as 9.5-point favorites. The over/under is 237.

The Kings played the Timberwolves and ended up losing by a score of 117-103 in their last game. When discussing personal fouls, the Kings ended up walking away with 21 while the Timberwolves accounted for 26 personal fouls. They also buried 12 out of their 37 attempts from distance. Minnesota ended up shooting 70.4% when shooting free throws by making 19 of their 27 attempts. In addition, Minnesota collected 48 rebounds (15 offensive, 33 defensive) and had 9 blocked shots. Minnesota recorded 25 assists and had 12 steals in this matchup. Concerning the defense, Sacramento allowed the other team to shoot 45.7% from the field on 43 of 94 shooting. They also distributed 21 assists in the matchup while forcing the other team into 12 turnovers and having 5 steals. When talking about hauling in rebounds, they earned 36 with 4 of them being of the offensive sort. At the charity stripe, the Kings knocked down 19 of their 25 attempts for a rate of 76.0%. Sacramento ended the game having earned a 45.7% FG percentage (37 out of 81) and knocked down 10 of their 23 three-point shots.

Precious Achiuwa is one guy who was a major factor for the game. He scored 17 points on 7 of 7 shooting. He saw the court for 27 minutes played and also grabbed 6 rebounds. Achiuwa shot 100.0% from the field but finished the game without an assist.

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Sacramento comes into this one with a win-loss mark of 6-20 on the season. They have an average of 110.8 points per outing (28th in basketball) while going 46.5% from the field. The Kings are shooting 35.3% on 3-point shots (282 of 798) and 75.0% from the charity stripe. As a team, Sacramento is pulling in 39.8 rebounds per contest and is sitting with 660 assists so far this year, which ranks 20th in the league in terms of passing. They lose possession via turnover 14.1 times per contest and as a group they commit 20.3 fouls every game.

When they are on defense, the Kings are able to force 14.8 turnovers per contest and they draw 19.5 personal fouls. They are 28th in the NBA in allowing assists to their opponents with 742 surrendered for the campaign. The Kings defensively are allowing a shooting percentage of 49.9% (1,162 of 2,329) and they surrender 46.8 rebounds per game as a unit. They concede 35.2% on shots from beyond the arc while they are 27th in the NBA in opponents points per game (122.4).

In their last game, the Trail Blazers walked away with a victory by a final of 136-131 when they faced the Warriors. The Trail Blazers pulled down 33 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive boards for a total of 43 in the game. They also turned the ball over 18 times, while recording 11 steals in this game. The Warriors earned 24 fouls for this contest which took the Trail Blazers to the charity stripe for a total of 29 tries. They were able to convert 26 of the free throws for a rate of 89.7%. In reference to three-point attempts, Portland buried 20 out of their 39 tries (51.3%). When this game wrapped up, the Trail Blazers went 45 out of 89 from the field which gave them a rate of 50.6%. The Trail Blazers allowed the Warriors to convert 44 of their 87 attempts from the floor which had them sitting at 50.6% in this contest. They finished 51.1% from 3-point land by shooting 24 out of 47 and walked away from this one shooting 19 out of 23 at the free throw line (82.6%). Concerning how they attacked the glass, Portland permitted Golden State to grab 36 in total (8 on the offensive glass).

Jerami Grant was important for the Trail Blazers for the game. Grant totaled 35 points in his 34 minutes on the hardwood and accumulated 2 assists for this game. He knocked down 12 of 22 in this contest giving him a rate of 54.5%, and had 3 rebounds.

Portland has a win-loss mark of 10-16 for the year. As an offensive unit, the Trail Blazers are shooting 44.4% from the field, which is 29th in the league. Portland has totaled 3,073 pts for the year (118.2 per game) and they average 45.5 rebounds per game. They are assisting teammates 24.9 times per contest (26th in basketball) and they lose possession via turnover 17.0 times per contest. The Trail Blazers have committed 22.5 fouls per game while shooting 80.0% from the free throw line.

The Portland defense allows 36.5% from downtown (335 of 917) and their opponents are converting on 80.8% of their shots from the free throw line. They relinquish 27.3 dimes and 44.5 boards on a nightly basis, which has them ranked 22nd and 18th in the NBA. The Trail Blazers on defense are ranked 25th in the league in PPG allowed with 121.9. They have forced 15.8 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 48.2% from the field (25th in the league).

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Portland (-9.5)

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