{"id":532110,"date":"2026-01-12T17:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532110\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:35:16","slug":"sacramento-kings-vs-los-angeles-lakers-01-12-2026-game-preview-when-and-where-to-watch-expected-lineup-injury-report-prediction-and-more-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/532110\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers (01-12-2026) game preview: When and where to watch, expected lineup, injury report, prediction, and more | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SacramentoSacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers preview (Image via NBA) On January 12, 2026, the Los Angeles Lakers (23-13) went to Golden 1 Centre to play the Sacramento Kings (9-30), rivals in the Pacific Division. The teams are against each other for the third time this season. The Lakers are a commanding 9.5-point favourite against the Kings in Monday’s game. The game’s over\/under is 227.5 points. Los Angeles is still in fifth position in the Western Conference with a 23-13 record. The Phoenix Suns, who are in sixth place, are half a game behind. Sacramento, on the other hand, will be missing star guard Dennis Schroder and has the second-to-worst record in the West at 9-30. <\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers – When and where to watch the game<\/p>\n

On Monday, January 12, 2026, at 10 p.m. ET, the Los Angeles Lakers (23-13) and Sacramento Kings (9-30) will travel to Golden 1 Centre for a Pacific Division showdown. Golden 1 Centre in Sacramento, California is the venue. Additionally, SportsNet LA and NBCS-CA will carry the whole game. Additionally, online users will be able to watch the entire game live on Fubo and Peacock. <\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers – Expected Starting Lineups<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings<\/p>\n

PG Russell WestbrookSG Zach LaVineSF Keon EllisPF DeMar DeRozanC Maxime Raynaud<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Lakers<\/p>\n

PG Luka DoncicSG Marcus SmartSF Rui HachimuraPF LeBron JamesC Deandre Ayton<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers – Injury Report<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings<\/p>\n

Isaiah Stevens- Day-to-day (Signed a two-year, two-way contract)Keegan Murray- Out (Ankle)Domantas Sabonis- Out (Knee)<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Lakers<\/p>\n

Adou Thiero- Out (MCL sprain)Austin Reaves- Out (Grade 2 left gastrocnemius strain)<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers – Game Prediction<\/p>\n

This season, the Lakers have won 75% of their games when they were the moneyline favorite (15-5). With odds of -385 or less, Los Angeles has won all seven of its games as the moneyline favorite. The Lakers have an expected win probability of 79.4% based on the moneyline for this game.The Kings have won seven of the 36 games this season, or 19.4%, in which they were the underdog. Sacramento has won four of its eighteen games this season, or 22.2%, when it is the underdog by at least +304 on the moneyline. According to the moneyline’s implied probability, the Kings have a 24.8% chance of winning this game.Also read: Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings (01-08-2026) game preview: When and where to watch, expected lineup, injury report, prediction, and more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers preview (Image via NBA) On January 12, 2026, the Los Angeles Lakers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,73457,4056,73458,551,6,26769,72124,986,477,73455,4055,73456],"class_list":["post-532110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento-kings","tag-basketball","tag-expected-lineup-sacramento-kings-vs-lakers","tag-kings","tag-lakers-vs-kings-january-12-2026","tag-lakers-injury-report","tag-nba","tag-nba-game-preview","tag-nba-predictions-january-2026","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sacramento-kings-vs-los-angeles-lakers","tag-sacramentokings","tag-when-and-where-to-watch-nba-games"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115883338959458939","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}