// NBA · Wednesday 21 October 2026
Sacramento Kings vs LA Clippers prediction
Start 10:30pm ET ·
- Pick
- LA Clippers
- Chance
- 70%
- Light
- Super
- Confidence
- Very high
Full breakdown: team stats, players & form →
Result
Final: Sacramento Kings 96 – 121 LA Clippers. Our pick, LA Clippers, won ✓.
Recent results
- Sacramento Kings: no finished games yet this season.
- LA Clippers: no finished games yet this season.
This is the first meeting between these teams this season. Results are taken from final scores, most recent first.
Our pre-game preview
LA Clippers are our pick at home against the Sacramento Kings. The model gives them a 70% chance of winning, which makes this game our strongest pick.
Sacramento Kings rate slightly stronger on the rosters we expect (83.7 to 78.1 on our team-strength rating), but home court push the pick to LA Clippers.
Recent form: Sacramento Kings have been losing by 8.6 points a game, while LA Clippers have been winning by 2.3 points a game.
Injuries: Sacramento Kings will be without Maxime Raynaud (33 min a game) and Dylan Cardwell (22 min a game) and LA Clippers will be without Max Strus (26 min a game), Jordan Miller (25 min a game) and Bradley Beal (20 min a game). Players listed as unsure are counted by how likely they are to play.
Season so far: Sacramento Kings are 1–8 and LA Clippers are 1–7.
This preview was written from the data we had before the game.
Game review
What happened
The Clippers beat the Kings 121–96 at home. Darius Garland led them with 30 points, and Brook Lopez added 17. For the Kings, Zach LaVine had 28 points.
What the model got right
The model gave the Clippers a 70% chance at home, mainly because of home court, even though the Kings rated slightly stronger (83.7 to 78.1), and they won by 25. Recent form pointed the same way: the Clippers had been winning by 2.3 points a game, the Kings losing by 8.6. Maxime Raynaud and Dylan Cardwell for the Kings, and Jordan Miller, Max Strus and Bradley Beal for the Clippers, all missed the game, as the preview expected.
What didn't work
Our rating had the Kings slightly stronger on paper, and on the night that didn't decide it. Zach LaVine's 28 points for the Kings weren't enough to change the result.
Why
The result fits what the model leaned on, home court. One win doesn't prove the model right: at 70%, about 3 in 10 games like this go the other way, and every result stays on our record.
Written after the game. Scores and stats are checked against two independent sources.
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