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Sacramento Kings<\/a> (0-4, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> (0-4, 14th in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

New Orleans; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

LINE: Pelicans -5.5; over\/under is 237.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans enters the matchup with Sacramento as losers of four straight games.<\/p>\n

New Orleans finished 26-56 overall, 17-34 in Western Conference games and 17-24 at home during the 2025-26 season. The Pelicans averaged 115.5 points per game while allowing opponents to score 120.0 last season.<\/p>\n

Sacramento finished 22-60 overall and 14-38 in Western Conference play during the 2025-26 season. The Kings averaged 16.4 points off of turnovers, 14.8 second-chance points and 37.9 bench points last season.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Pelicans: Yves Missi<\/a>: day to day (knee), Jordan Poole<\/a>: day to day (ankle).<\/p>\n

Kings: Ben Simmons<\/a>: out for season (achilles), Keegan Murray<\/a>: out (ankle), 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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