{"id":246384,"date":"2026-04-01T07:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246384\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:24:11","slug":"toronto-faces-sacramento-aims-for-6th-straight-home-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246384\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto faces Sacramento, aims for 6th straight home win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/sacramento-kings-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> (19-57, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/toronto-raptors-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> (42-33, sixth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Toronto; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Raptors -13.5; over\/under is 226<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: Toronto will try to keep its five-game home win streak alive when the Raptors take on Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Raptors have gone 21-16 in home games. Toronto averages 114.3 points and has outscored opponents by 2.1 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Kings are 6-32 on the road. Sacramento gives up 121.1 points to opponents while being outscored by 10.4 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Raptors are shooting 47.8% from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points lower than the 49.4% the Kings allow to opponents. The Kings are shooting 46.6% from the field, 0.1% lower than the 46.7% the Raptors&#8217; opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The teams square off for the second time this season. The Raptors won the last meeting 122-109 on Jan. 22, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/brandon-ingram-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Ingram<\/a> scoring 23 points in the win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/scottie-barnes-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottie Barnes<\/a> is shooting 50.5% and averaging 18.4 points for the Raptors. Ja&#8217;Kobe Walter is averaging 2.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/maxime-raynaud-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxime Raynaud<\/a> is averaging 12 points and 7.3 rebounds for the Kings. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/demar-derozan-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeMar DeRozan<\/a> is averaging 19.4 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Raptors: 6-4, averaging 120.4 points, 41.1 rebounds, 33.0 assists, 9.9 steals and 5.2 blocks per game while shooting 51.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.9 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Kings: 3-7, averaging 111.0 points, 42.1 rebounds, 27.4 assists, 6.0 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 48.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 122.4 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">INJURIES: Raptors: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/immanuel-quickley-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Immanuel Quickley<\/a>: day to day (foot), Jamison Battle: day to day (not injury related ).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Kings: Domantas Sabonis: out for season (back), Russell Westbrook: out (foot), De&#8217;Andre Hunter: out for season (eye), Zach LaVine: out for season (finger), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/drew-eubanks-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Eubanks<\/a>: out for season (thumb), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/keegan-murray-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keegan Murray<\/a>: out (ankle).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings (19-57, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (42-33, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Toronto;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[110128,7007,59554,80631,110129,662,53516,20784,121,123,128,122,68196,47402],"class_list":{"0":"post-246384","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-brandon-ingram","9":"tag-demar-derozan","10":"tag-drew-eubanks","11":"tag-event_preview","12":"tag-immanuel-quickley","13":"tag-keegan-murray","14":"tag-maxime-raynaud","15":"tag-national-basketball-association","16":"tag-sacramento","17":"tag-sacramento-headlines","18":"tag-sacramento-kings","19":"tag-sacramento-news","20":"tag-scottie-barnes","21":"tag-toronto-raptors"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}