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Sacramento Kings<\/a> vs. Los Angeles Clippers<\/p>\n

Inglewood, California; Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

LINE: Clippers -4.5; over\/under is 228.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Clippers host the Sacramento Kings for the season opener.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles finished 42-40 overall and 25-27 in Western Conference play a season ago. The Clippers allowed opponents to score 112.6 points per game and shoot 46.9% from the field last season.<\/p>\n

Sacramento went 22-60 overall, 4-12 in Pacific Division action and 7-34 on the road a season ago. The Kings averaged 25.5 assists per game on 41.6 made field goals last season.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Clippers: Max Strus<\/a>: out (foot), Jordan Miller<\/a>: out (shoulder), Bradley Beal<\/a>: out (knee).<\/p>\n

Kings: Ben Simmons<\/a>: out for season (achilles), Dylan Cardwell<\/a>: out (calf), Maxime Raynaud<\/a>: out (knee).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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