Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Sacramento Kings: How to watch, schedule, live stream info, start time and TV channel
Who’s playing
Sacramento Kings x Minnesota Timberwolves
Current records: Sacramento 33-25, Minnesota 42-17
How to watch
- when: Friday, March 1, 2024 at 8 PM ET
- where: Target Center – Minneapolis, MN
- television: Bali Sports – Al Shamal
- He follows: CBS Sports app
- Online broadcast: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
- Ticket cost: $30.82
what do you know
The Minnesota Timberwolves will stay home for one more game and welcome the Sacramento Kings at 8:00 PM ET on March 1 at Target Center. The Timberwolves will strut from a win while the Kings will stumble from a loss.
Last Wednesday, Minnesota achieved a landslide victory over the Grizzlies 110-101. Those are two straight games that the Timberwolves have won by exactly nine points.
The Timberwolves can attribute much of their success to Anthony Edwards, who scored 34 points. Edwards leads when it comes to points, as he has now scored 28 or more points in his last six games played.
Meanwhile, it’s hard to win when your shot is 13.5% worse than the opponent’s, a fact the Kings found out the hard way on Wednesday. They suffered a dismal 117-96 defeat to Denver. The loss hurts even more since the Kings led 47-32 with 8:00 remaining in the second.
Minnesota has been on a roll lately: They’ve won seven of their last eight games, providing a nice boost to their 42-17 record this season. As for Sacramento, this is their second loss in a row, reducing their record this season to 33-25.
Friday’s game is shaping up to be a big shooting game: The Timberwolves can’t miss this season, hitting 48.9% of their shots per game. However, it doesn’t look like the Kings are struggling in this department as they have hit 48.3% of their shots this season. Given these competing strengths, it will be interesting to see how their conflict will develop.
Looking ahead, the Timberwolves are the favorites in this matchup, with experts predicting to see them win by 6.5 points. This will be their seventh straight contest as favorites (so far during this stretch they are 3-2 against the spread).
Prospect
Minnesota is a heavy 6.5-point favorite against Sacramento, according to the latest NBA odds.
The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line in this matchup, as the game opened with the Timberwolves as 6-point favorites.
The high/low is 224.5 points.
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Series history
Minnesota has won 6 of their last 10 games against Sacramento.
- December 23, 2023 – Minnesota 110 vs. Sacramento 98
- November 24, 2023 – Sacramento 124 vs. Minnesota 111
- March 27, 2023 – Minnesota 119 vs. Sacramento 115
- March 04, 2023 – Minnesota 138 vs. Sacramento 134
- January 30, 2023 – Sacramento 118 vs. Minnesota 111
- January 28, 2023 – Minnesota 117 vs. Sacramento 110
- February 09, 2022 – Sacramento 132 vs. Minnesota 119
- February 08, 2022 – Minnesota 134 vs. Sacramento 114
- November 17, 2021 – Minnesota 107 vs. Sacramento 97
- April 21, 2021 – Sacramento 128 vs. Minnesota 125