Utah Jazz vs Sacramento Kings Prediction, 10/24/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Utah Jazz vs Sacramento Kings

Date: Friday, October 24, 2025

Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Sacramento Kings (40-42 last season) host the Utah Jazz (17-65 last year) at Golden 1 Center on Friday.

The Jazz played the Clippers and took home the win by a score of 129-108 in their last contest. In relation to personal fouls, the Jazz ended up walking away with 21 and the Clippers racked up 21 personal fouls. They buried 14 of their 45 shots from three-point range. Los Angeles ended up going 76.2% from the charity stripe by knocking down 16 of their 21 shots. Additionally, Los Angeles grabbed 38 rebounds (15 offensive, 23 defensive) and had 6 blocked shots. Los Angeles distributed 28 assists and had 8 steals for the contest. In reference to defending, Utah allowed the other team to shoot 44.3% from the field on 39 of 88 shooting. They also doled out 38 assists for the contest while forcing 15 turnovers and having 11 steals. In relation to grabbing boards, they compiled 46 with 13 of them being on the offensive end. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Jazz knocked down 16 of their 20 tries for a rate of 80.0%. Utah ended having earned a 55.2% FG percentage (48 of 87) and converted 17 of their 44 shots from 3-point land.

Walker Kessler is one player who came through in the matchup. Kessler ended up going 100.0% from the field and also dished out 4 dimes. He played 29 mins played and also collected 9 boards. He ended up scoring 22 points on 7 out of 7 shooting.

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Utah enters this matchup after finishing with a win-loss record of 17-65 last year. They had an average of 111.9 pts per game (21st in basketball) while connecting on 45.4% from the field. The Jazz shot 35.0% on three-point shots (1,144 of 3,267) and 77.4% from the charity stripe. As a basketball team, Utah pulled in 45.4 boards per game and totaled 2,093 assists over the course of last season, which ranked 20th in basketball in terms of passing the ball. They coughed up possession 17.2 times per game and as a basketball team committed 18.9 personal fouls per contest.

On the defensive end, the Jazz forced 11.8 turnovers every game while drawing 19.3 fouls. They gave up 35.8% from beyond the arc and they were ranked 30th in the NBA in PPG allowed (121.2). The Jazz gave up a field goal percentage of 48.0% (3,655 of 7,622) and they surrendered 44.2 rebounds per contest as a squad. They were 30th in the NBA in giving up assists with 2,429 conceded last season.

The last time they took the court, the Kings went home defeated by a final of 120-116 against the Suns. The Kings collected 28 defensive boards and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 37 in the matchup. They also turned the ball over 13 times, while getting 10 steals for this game. The Suns committed 25 personal fouls for the game which got the Kings to the charity stripe for a total of 23 shots. They were able to convert 13 of those for a percentage of 56.5%. In regard to shooting from beyond the arc, Sacramento knocked down 9 out of 24 tries (37.5%). When all was said and done, the Kings shot 47 for 94 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 50.0%. The Kings allowed the Suns to convert 45 of 95 attempts from the field which gave them a rate of 47.4% in this game. They wrapped up this game 29.4% from distance by hitting 10 out of 34 and ended up shooting 20 out of 28 from the free throw line (71.4%). When talking about cleaning the glass, Sacramento allowed Phoenix to get 51 in total (18 offensive).

Zach LaVine was important for the Kings for the contest. LaVine racked up 30 points in his 35 mins of playing time and had 1 assist for the game. He converted 13 of 24 for the matchup for a rate of 54.2%, and accounted for 2 rebounds.

Sacramento had a mark of 40-42 last year. As an offense, the Kings hit 47.8% from the field, which ranked 12th in the league. Sacramento had 9,490 pts throughout last year (115.7 per game) and they snagged 44.2 boards per contest. They assisted teammates 26.5 times per contest (13th in the league) and they coughed up possession 13.3 times per game. The Kings committed 18.9 fouls per contest and they went 80.6% from the charity stripe.

The Kings defensively were ranked 19th in the league in points allowed per contest with 115.3. They forced 13.9 TO's per game and allowed teams to shoot 47.4% from the floor (22nd in the NBA). The Sacramento defense allowed 38.1% on shots from beyond the perimeter (1,193 of 3,131) and their opponents converted on 78.3% of their free throw attempts. They relinquished 27.0 dimes and 42.3 boards every game, which had them ranked 17th and 5th in those categories on the defensive end.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Utah

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