Live Betting - Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers on Basketball

Los Angeles Lakers are favored to win — market lines show the Lakers around -4.5 to -6.0 (moneyline roughly 1.65–1.75) while the Sacramento Kings are underdogs around +4.5 to +6.0 (moneyline roughly 2.10–2.30); the edge favors the Lakers due to their stronger defensive rating this month and recent 6–2 run compared to Sacramento’s 3–5 slide. DexWin - Best Odds on Your Favourite Sports.

The game starts on 2025-12-29 at 2:30:00 AM UTC, which is 6:30 PM PT on 12/28/2025 (PST) and 9:30 PM ET on 12/28/2025 (EST).

The match will be played at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California — a 17,611-seat arena opened in 2016 with modern floor-level sightlines, large video boards, and a reputation for a loud home crowd that boosts Kings’ home offensive efficiency.

Prediction: Lakers win by 5–8 points with a recommended play on Lakers -4.5 (or moneyline ~1.70) based on Los Angeles’ superior defensive rebound rate, higher turnover-forcing percentage in the past 10 games, and Anthony Davis/LeBron James recent scoring form; consider Kings +9 for a safety play if you expect Sacramento’s high-tempo offense to keep it close.

In head-to-head this season and recent meetings, the Lakers lead the season series 2–1 and hold a 12–8 advantage over the last 20 regular-season matchups, with the Lakers averaging 112.6 points to the Kings’ 109.3 and an average margin of about +3.3 in those games.