{"id":251273,"date":"2026-04-04T07:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251273\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T07:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T07:08:10","slug":"los-angeles-takes-road-win-streak-into-matchup-with-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/251273\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles takes road win streak into matchup with Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/los-angeles-clippers-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clippers<\/a> (39-38, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/sacramento-kings-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> (20-57, 14th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">Sacramento, California; Sunday, 9 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=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles will try to keep its three-game road win streak alive when the Clippers 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 Kings are 3-10 against opponents in the Pacific Division. Sacramento has a 3-4 record in games decided by less than 4 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">The Clippers are 8-6 against opponents in the Pacific Division. Los Angeles is 18-27 against opponents over .500.<\/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 shooting 46.6% from the field this season, 0.3 percentage points lower than the 46.9% the Clippers allow to opponents. The Clippers are shooting 48.5% from the field, 1.0% lower than the 49.5% the Kings&#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 play for the fourth time this season. The Kings won the last matchup 118-109 on March 15. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/demar-derozan-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeMar DeRozan<\/a> scored 27 points to help lead the Kings to 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: DeRozan is scoring 18.6 points per game with 3.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists for the Kings. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/maxime-raynaud-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxime Raynaud<\/a> is averaging 15.5 points and 7.5 rebounds while shooting 54.6% 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\/kawhi-leonard-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a> is averaging 28 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and two steals for the Clippers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/darius-garland-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darius Garland<\/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: Kings: 3-6, averaging 112.3 points, 43.2 rebounds, 27.4 assists, 5.9 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 122.6 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=\"\">Clippers: 5-5, averaging 115.3 points, 38.8 rebounds, 24.2 assists, 10.2 steals and 5.7 blocks per game while shooting 50.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.7 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d515c0f6=\"\">INJURIES: 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), Malik Monk: day to day (shoulder), <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=\"\">Clippers: Isaiah Jackson: out (ankle), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/yanic-konan-niederhauser-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a>: out for season (foot), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/bradley-beal-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bradley Beal<\/a>: out for season (hip).<\/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":"Los Angeles Clippers (39-38, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. Sacramento Kings (20-57, 14th in the Western Conference)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[26752,58698,7007,59554,80631,1953,662,8693,53516,20784,121,123,128,122,68642],"class_list":{"0":"post-251273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-bradley-beal","9":"tag-darius-garland","10":"tag-demar-derozan","11":"tag-drew-eubanks","12":"tag-event_preview","13":"tag-kawhi-leonard","14":"tag-keegan-murray","15":"tag-la-clippers","16":"tag-maxime-raynaud","17":"tag-national-basketball-association","18":"tag-sacramento","19":"tag-sacramento-headlines","20":"tag-sacramento-kings","21":"tag-sacramento-news","22":"tag-yanic-konan-niederhauser"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251273","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=251273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251273\/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=251273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}