The Sacramento Kings enter this game having lost three of their last five games and are coming off a 115-119 loss at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday which also ended their two-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, the Portland Trail Blazers enter this game having lost four of their last five games and are on a three-game losing streak which includes Monday’s 90-124 loss at home against the New Orleans Pelicans.
BookMaker has the Sacramento Kings listed as 12.5-point favorites on the road against the Portland Trail Blazers and has set the total for the over/under plays at 236.5 points. Will the Kings win in a blowout on the road or will the Trail Blazers keep the game closer than Vegas projects? Let’s take a deeper dive into how these teams are performing this season.
The Sacramento Kings enter this game with an overall record of 45-30 which puts them in 3rd place in the Western Conference and are coming off a 115-119 loss at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Kings are 41-33-1 ATS overall, 23-13 ATS on the road, and 25-21-1 ATS as a favorite this season.
De’Aaron Fox leads the team in scoring with an average of 25.3 points per game this season. Domantas Sabonis leads the team in rebounds and assists with an average of 12.5 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game on the year. Keegan Murray leads the team in blocks with an average of 0.51 blocks per game.
The Portland Trail Blazers enter this game with an overall record of 32-43 which puts them in 13th place in the Western Conference and are coming off a 90-124 loss at home against the New Orleans Pelicans. The Trail Blazers are 36-39 ATS overall, 18-20 ATS at home, and 19-25 ATS as an underdog this season.
Damian Lillard leads the team in scoring and assists with an average of 32.2 points and 7.3 assists per game this season. Jusuf Nurkic leads the team in rebounds with an average of 9.1 rebounds per game on the year. Drew Eubanks leads the team in blocks with an average of 1.19 blocks per game.
Portland has won six of the last ten games in the series and has won by an average score of 119.4 to 116.1 while both teams are 5-5 ATS in those matchups. The Trail Blazers have won two of the last three games in the series and have won by an average score of 111.33 to 109.67 while going 2-1 ATS in those contests.
The over has hit in seven of the last ten games in the series with the teams combining for an average of 235.5 points per game in those contests. The under has hit in two of the last three games in the series with the teams combining for an average of 221 points per game in those matchups.
Sacramento is the better team this season, however, Portland has been the better team in the series, winning six of the last ten and two of the last three games. The Trail Blazers are 2-1 ATS in the last three games in the series. As a result, I am buying the .5 point and taking the Portland Trail Blazers +13 on BookMaker for this matchup on Wednesday night.
