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1/17/2021 Sacramento v. New Orleans Game Preview

	New Orleans Pelicans	(4-6, 2-3 away)
	Sacramento Kings	(5-7, 4-4 home)

January 17, 2021 at 9:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Golden 1 Center
Sacramento, California

Discuss this game at the Pelicans or Kings forums.

Season Series

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 17, 2021	New Orleans	Sacramento	-	-	Regular Season	Golden 1 Center
Feb 1, 2021	Sacramento	New Orleans	-	-	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
New Orleans	10	48.5	39.3	85.8	.458	10.2	31.4	.325	18.2	25.5	.714	16.1	17.5	11.4	37.0	48.4	22.8	8.1	3.9	107.0
Sacramento	12	48.4	41.4	87.9	.471	11.8	31.4	.377	20.1	27.8	.722	14.2	20.2	10.2	33.8	44.0	25.5	6.2	5.3	114.8
NOP Opponents	10	48.5	38.0	84.9	.448	16.1	43.2	.373	14.9	18.5	.805	15.0	21.8	7.2	32.9	40.1	26.9	7.9	5.1	107.0
SAC Opponents	12	48.4	45.6	92.2	.495	15.0	38.6	.389	15.8	19.6	.809	13.0	21.9	8.9	34.6	43.5	27.8	7.9	5.8	122.0

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Aug 11, 2020	New Orleans	Sacramento	106 - 112	Sacramento	Regular Season	The Arena
Aug 6, 2020	New Orleans	Sacramento	125 - 140	Sacramento	Regular Season	HP Field House
Mar 11, 2020	New Orleans	Sacramento	0 - 0	-	Regular Season	Golden 1 Center
Jan 4, 2020	New Orleans	Sacramento	117 - 115	New Orleans	Regular Season	Golden 1 Center
Apr 7, 2019	New Orleans	Sacramento	133 - 129	New Orleans	Regular Season	Golden 1 Center
Mar 28, 2019	Sacramento	New Orleans	118 - 121	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 23, 2018	New Orleans	Sacramento	117 - 122	Sacramento	Regular Season	Golden 1 Center
Oct 19, 2018	Sacramento	New Orleans	129 - 149	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 7, 2018	New Orleans	Sacramento	114 - 101	New Orleans	Regular Season	Golden 1 Center
Jan 30, 2018	Sacramento	New Orleans	114 - 103	Sacramento	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 8, 2017	Sacramento	New Orleans	116 - 109	Sacramento	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Oct 26, 2017	New Orleans	Sacramento	114 - 106	New Orleans	Regular Season	Golden 1 Center
Mar 31, 2017	Sacramento	New Orleans	89 - 117	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 12, 2017	New Orleans	Sacramento	99 - 105	Sacramento	Regular Season	Golden 1 Center
Nov 8, 2016	New Orleans	Sacramento	94 - 102	Sacramento	Regular Season	Golden 1 Center
Mar 16, 2016	New Orleans	Sacramento	123 - 108	New Orleans	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Mar 7, 2016	Sacramento	New Orleans	112 - 115	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 28, 2016	Sacramento	New Orleans	105 - 114	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 13, 2016	New Orleans	Sacramento	109 - 97	New Orleans	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Apr 3, 2015	New Orleans	Sacramento	101 - 95	New Orleans	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Mar 27, 2015	Sacramento	New Orleans	88 - 102	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 25, 2014	Sacramento	New Orleans	99 - 89	Sacramento	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 18, 2014	New Orleans	Sacramento	106 - 100	New Orleans	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Mar 31, 2014	Sacramento	New Orleans	102 - 97	Sacramento	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 3, 2014	New Orleans	Sacramento	89 - 96	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Jan 21, 2014	Sacramento	New Orleans	114 - 97	Sacramento	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 23, 2013	New Orleans	Sacramento	113 - 100	New Orleans	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Apr 10, 2013	New Orleans	Sacramento	110 - 121	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Feb 24, 2013	Sacramento	New Orleans	95 - 110	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 21, 2013	Sacramento	New Orleans	105 - 114	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 11, 2012	Sacramento	New Orleans	96 - 105	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 7, 2012	New Orleans	Sacramento	98 - 99	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Feb 6, 2012	Sacramento	New Orleans	100 - 92	Sacramento	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 1, 2012	New Orleans	Sacramento	80 - 96	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Mar 12, 2011	Sacramento	New Orleans	103 - 115	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Jan 29, 2011	New Orleans	Sacramento	96 - 102	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Dec 15, 2010	Sacramento	New Orleans	91 - 94	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 21, 2010	New Orleans	Sacramento	75 - 71	New Orleans	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Dec 8, 2009	Sacramento	New Orleans	94 - 96	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 29, 2009	New Orleans	Sacramento	96 - 112	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Oct 30, 2009	Sacramento	New Orleans	92 - 97	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Mar 31, 2009	New Orleans	Sacramento	111 - 110	New Orleans	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Feb 23, 2009	New Orleans	Sacramento	112 - 105	New Orleans	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Dec 20, 2008	Sacramento	New Orleans	90 - 99	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Nov 19, 2008	Sacramento	New Orleans	105 - 96	Sacramento	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 12, 2008	New Orleans	Sacramento	91 - 94	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Feb 1, 2008	New Orleans	Sacramento	103 - 112	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Oct 31, 2007	Sacramento	New Orleans	90 - 104	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 16, 2007	New Orleans	Sacramento	125 - 118	New Orleans	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Feb 14, 2007	Sacramento	New Orleans	93 - 110	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Feb 5, 2007	New Orleans	Sacramento	99 - 105	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Jan 26, 2007	Sacramento	New Orleans	84 - 88	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 16, 2006	New Orleans	Sacramento	79 - 96	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Jan 13, 2006	Sacramento	New Orleans	76 - 90	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 11, 2005	New Orleans	Sacramento	100 - 110	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Nov 1, 2005	Sacramento	New Orleans	67 - 93	New Orleans	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Jan 8, 2005	Sacramento	New Orleans	117 - 121	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 19, 2004	New Orleans	Sacramento	71 - 107	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Dec 1, 2004	Sacramento	New Orleans	94 - 81	Sacramento	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Apr 6, 2004	New Orleans	Sacramento	91 - 105	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena
Dec 18, 2003	Sacramento	New Orleans	101 - 90	Sacramento	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Feb 5, 2003	Sacramento	New Orleans	84 - 108	New Orleans	Regular Season	Smoothie King Center
Dec 15, 2002	New Orleans	Sacramento	92 - 107	Sacramento	Regular Season	Sleep Train Arena

2020-2021 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	L. Ball	E. Bledsoe	B. Ingram	Z. Williamson	S. Adams
Rotation		J. Redick	J. Hart	N. Melli	J. Hayes
Rotation		N. Alexander-Walker
Lim PT	K. Lewis, Jr.		S. Thornwell	W. Gabriel	W. Hernangomez
Lim PT			N. Marshall		W. Magnay

2020-2021 Sacramento Kings Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	D. Fox	B. Hield	H. Barnes	M. Bagley III	R. Holmes
Rotation	C. Joseph	T. Haliburton	G. Robinson	N. Bjelica	H. Whiteside
Lim PT	J. Ramsey	K. Guy	J. James	R. Woodard II	C. Metu
Lim PT			J. Parker
Lim PT			D. Jeffries

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
12	Steven Adams	C	10	30.9	4.6	6.7	.687	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.9	.448	2.0	2.1	3.2	5.4	8.6	2.8	1.4	0.9	10.5
6	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	SG	8	17.1	4.5	9.6	.468	1.5	4.1	.364	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.2	1.9	0.2	2.2	2.5	1.4	0.9	0.1	11.5
2	Lonzo Ball	PG	9	33.4	4.8	12.1	.394	2.2	7.2	.308	0.7	1.1	.600	2.9	2.9	0.4	3.9	4.3	4.4	1.1	0.7	12.4
5	Eric Bledsoe	PG	9	29.9	4.2	9.7	.437	1.9	5.0	.378	1.4	2.0	.722	2.0	1.7	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.3	1.1	0.3	11.8
32	Wenyen Gabriel	PF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Josh Hart	SG	10	29.2	2.7	6.6	.409	1.3	4.0	.325	1.5	2.3	.652	0.9	2.1	1.0	7.3	8.3	1.4	0.9	0.1	8.2
10	Jaxson Hayes	PF	10	11.9	1.1	2.3	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.778	0.6	1.7	1.5	2.7	4.2	0.7	0.2	0.5	2.9
9	Willy Hernangomez	C	1	7.1	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
14	Brandon Ingram	SF	10	35.0	8.0	17.9	.447	2.0	5.8	.345	5.8	6.7	.866	2.8	1.1	1.0	6.0	7.0	5.5	0.6	0.9	23.8
13	Kira Lewis, Jr.	PG	3	9.4	1.7	4.3	.385	0.7	1.7	.400	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.3	4.7
25	Will Magnay	C	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	Naji Marshall	SF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Nicolo Melli	PF	7	11.4	0.6	2.4	.235	0.4	2.0	.214	0.4	0.6	.750	0.6	1.0	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.1	0.4	0.0	2.0
4	J.J. Redick	G	10	21.8	2.4	7.4	.324	1.5	5.1	.294	1.5	1.5	1.000	0.6	1.8	0.1	1.7	1.8	1.2	0.3	0.0	7.8
15	Sindarius Thornwell	SG	3	9.8	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.7
1	Zion Williamson	PF	9	31.8	8.7	15.6	.557	0.0	0.2	.000	4.6	7.3	.621	2.8	2.2	3.7	4.4	8.1	1.3	1.3	0.4	21.9

Sacramento Kings Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
35	Marvin Bagley III	PF	12	24.9	4.7	10.8	.431	0.8	2.4	.345	2.0	3.4	.585	1.8	2.7	2.2	5.7	7.8	0.9	0.3	0.6	12.2
40	Harrison Barnes	SF	12	34.7	6.0	11.6	.518	1.4	3.4	.415	3.9	4.9	.797	1.6	0.9	1.0	5.8	6.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	17.3
88	Nemanja Bjelica	PF	10	15.1	2.1	5.1	.412	0.5	2.1	.238	1.9	2.3	.826	1.2	2.0	1.0	2.6	3.6	1.9	0.0	0.2	6.6
5	De'Aaron Fox	PG	12	30.6	6.7	14.9	.447	1.3	3.8	.348	4.5	6.3	.711	3.0	2.4	0.7	2.3	3.0	5.4	1.4	0.8	19.2
7	Kyle Guy	SG	4	8.5	1.0	3.5	.286	0.5	1.2	.400	1.2	1.5	.833	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.0	3.8
0	Tyrese Haliburton	PG	10	28.9	4.6	8.5	.541	2.5	4.8	.521	0.9	1.1	.818	1.3	1.3	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.7	1.3	0.4	12.6
24	Buddy Hield	G	12	34.4	5.3	14.4	.370	3.9	10.6	.370	1.1	1.3	.812	1.7	3.1	0.2	4.1	4.3	2.9	0.7	0.3	15.7
22	Richaun Holmes	F	11	28.7	5.6	8.1	.697	0.1	0.2	.500	2.2	2.6	.828	1.3	4.3	2.9	4.9	7.8	2.1	1.0	1.5	13.5
10	Justin James	SG	4	7.3	0.8	2.2	.333	0.0	1.0	.000	0.2	1.8	.143	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.0	1.8
19	DaQuan Jeffries	SF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	Cory Joseph	PG	12	22.0	2.7	6.2	.427	0.7	2.2	.296	1.3	1.8	.762	1.2	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.4	2.6	0.7	0.4	7.3
25	Chimezie Metu	PF	3	4.9	1.7	2.7	.625	0.3	0.3	1.000	1.3	1.7	.800	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.7	5.0
33	Jabari Parker	F	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Jahmi'us Ramsey	PG	4	3.9	0.5	1.0	.500	0.2	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.2
30	Glenn Robinson	SF	9	18.9	2.4	5.0	.489	0.9	2.2	.400	1.4	1.6	.929	0.3	0.9	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.2	0.0	0.1	7.2
20	Hassan Whiteside	C	9	12.6	2.6	4.9	.523	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	2.7	.500	0.8	1.4	1.0	3.2	4.2	0.6	0.2	1.1	6.4
13	Robert Woodard II	G	4	3.4	1.2	2.5	.500	0.2	0.8	.333	0.0	0.5	.000	0.2	0.0	0.8	1.2	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8

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