NBA · Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET · Golden 1 Center
Los Angeles Lakers vs Sacramento Kings: Prediction and Odds
Leo’s read, frozen before tip. LAL at SAC.
Los Angeles Lakers77%Leo win chance
Sacramento Kings23%Leo win chanceBoth have LAL winning: Leo by 10.5, DraftKings by 12.5. They are 2 pts apart, under the 4 pt bar, so no lean.
Projected score: LAL 123, SAC 112 (total 235). Information only; Leo does not lean on totals.
No pick: Leo has LAL 77%, but the price is -600, -230 or dearer.
Why Leo has LAL by 10.5
- Team strength: LAL rates 11.5 pts better than SAC on results so far.
- Home court: worth 1.7 pts to SAC.
- Injuries: SAC is missing more, 0.5 pts toward LAL.
What could still move it. Precious Achiuwa (SAC, day to day) is counted at 40%. If he sits, Leo's number moves 0.7 toward LAL; if he plays, 0.5 toward SAC.
Leo only knows team results, rest and the injury report. It does not know matchups, lineups announced after the read, or motivation, so a small gap from DraftKings is usually noise, which is why nothing under 4 points is a call.
What moves Leo’s number
Points added to SAC’s expected margin. Positive helps SAC, negative helps LAL.
| Home court | +1.7 | Average home edge, fitted on the last three seasons |
| Team ratings | -11.5 | SAC rated -8.3, LAL +3.9 points against an average team |
| Back to back | 0.0 | Neither team played last night |
| Rest | 0.0 | SAC 2 days, LAL 2 days (capped at 4) |
| Missing players | -0.5 | Value of regulars on the injury report: SAC 2.1, LAL 0 |
| Leo’s margin | -10.2 | LAL by 10.2 expected |
Injury report
The injury report when Leo made its read. A player marked in Leo’s number is a regular whose value Leo has taken off his team: all of it when he is out, 40% of it when he is day to day, because Leo assumes about 4 in 10 day-to-day players end up sitting. Players without the mark play too little to move the number.
- Adou Thiero Out Knee Inflammation
- Precious Achiuwa Day to day Ankle Soreness · in Leo’s number at 40%, plays 28.7 min a game
- Maxime Raynaud Out Knee Dislocated
- Keegan Murray Out Ankle
- Ben Simmons Out Achilles Surgery
Form
6-2 this season · 122.5 scored, 115.3 allowed a game
- W 138-117 vs MIA 11-02
- W 131-125 vs TOR 11-01
- L 95-112 at GS 10-30
- W 103-87 at LAC 10-28
- L 129-136 vs POR 10-27
1-6 this season · 110.1 scored, 124.3 allowed a game
- W 115-100 at DAL 11-02
- L 105-136 at MEM 10-31
- L 120-132 at NO 10-29
- L 103-130 at SA 10-27
- L 112-123 vs MEM 10-25
Key players this season
Points per game this season and over each player’s last 5 games before this one. Every player’s game log is on Player Scoring.
| Player | GP | MIN | PTS | Last 5 | REB | AST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Reaves | 8 | 35.8 | 23.6 | 21.8 | 3.3 | 5.1 |
| Luka Doncic | 7 | 35.7 | 38.3 | 43.4 | 8 | 8.1 |
| Walker Kessler | 8 | 30.8 | 14.4 | 13 | 10.5 | 1.3 |
| Quentin Grimes | 8 | 26.3 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| Ziaire Williams | 5 | 25.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| Matisse Thybulle | 8 | 24.4 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 1.8 | 1.3 |
| Sandro Mamukelashvili | 8 | 24.1 | 9.9 | 11.6 | 4.4 | 1.8 |
| Jake LaRavia | 7 | 23.7 | 6 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 1.4 |
| Player | GP | MIN | PTS | Last 5 | REB | AST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Acuff Jr. | 7 | 36.6 | 26.1 | 27.6 | 3.9 | 6.3 |
| Domantas Sabonis | 7 | 36.3 | 15 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 6.9 |
| Zach LaVine | 7 | 33.1 | 23.4 | 22.8 | 3 | 2.9 |
| De'Andre Hunter | 7 | 30.3 | 12.9 | 16 | 5.1 | 1.1 |
| Precious Achiuwa Day to day | 7 | 28.7 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 6.6 | 1.3 |
| Keegan Murray Out | 2 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0.5 |
| Emanuel Sharp | 7 | 18.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Jonathan Mogbo | 4 | 17.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 1 |
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