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Celtics at Kings · Sat, Nov 21 · 10:00 PM ET

Boston at Sacramento. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Celtics edges

  • On defenseBoston's defense contests every shot (4th) against a Sacramento offense that struggles to shoot (29th).

Kings edges

No clear mismatch in Sacramento's favor.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
BOSRankStatRankSAC
121.72ndOffensive rating26th112.2
113.54thDefensive rating28th122.3
+8.23rdNet rating28th-10.1
94.230thPace16th98.5
55.311thEffective FG %29th52.5
10.51stTurnover %15th12.2
29.26thOffensive rebound %13th25.9
16.729thFree throw rate21st19.8
52.34thOpponent eFG %29th57.2
11.026thForced turnover %19th11.8
75.74thDefensive rebound %21st73.5
18.95thOpponent FT rate21st21.6

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03Form and season series

Celtics5-5 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. W
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. L

Kings3-7 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. W
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. W
  7. L
  8. L
  9. L
  10. L

2025-26 series: Thu, Jan 1 BOS 120, SAC 106 · Fri, Jan 30 SAC 93, BOS 112

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers