Sacramento Kings vs. Golden State Warriors Betting Preview
Where: Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA
When: Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 10:30 PM ET
Line: Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors – view all NBA lines
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Betting on the Sacramento Kings (23-32)
Point Spread: TBA
Make that four-straight wins now for the Sacramento Kings, who eked out a tense 97-96 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, which was also their second win by a single point in a week’s time.
Four of Sacramento’s starters scored in double digits, led by none other than fiery-tempered DeMarcus Cousins. The team’s star forward kept his cool on Tuesday and was nearly rewarded with a massive triple-double, finishing with 40 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists.
For as hot as the Kings are right now, though, they’re about to run into another familiar buzzsaw of a divisional rival: mighty Golden State. The schedule isn’t working in their favor either, as they’re about to play their second game in as many days on Wednesday. Do note that Sacramento is 4-8 in the second contest of back-to-backs this season.
However, the Kings did stun the Warriors with a 109-106 win just 10 days ago. Then again, that game was played in Sacramento and this Wednesday’s clash will be in dreaded Oracle Arena, where the team has lost six-straight meetings against the Warriors (0-5-1 ATS) by an average deficit of 21.1 points during that span.
Betting on the Golden State Warriors (46-9)
Point Spread: TBA
Is the shocking 132-110 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Monday a sign of worse things to come for the Golden State Warriors?
Denver, a team that’s five games below .500 even after Monday’s victory, beat Golden State at its own game by tying the NBA record for made three-pointers in a game with 24. The Warriors, meanwhile, sputtered from downtown with just eight three’s in 32 attempts. They were also downright manhandled on the boards as the Nuggets easily out-rebounded them, 52-27.
All things considered, though, we don’t think that the league’s best team will be in for another letdown in Oakland this Wednesday behind several reasons. First of all, Kevin Durant still had a solid outing with 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting in Denver, and Stephen Curry was basically the only true star on the team who had an off night. Curry finished with just 11 points (1-of-11 from beyond the arc), as unlikely point-producers Patrick McCaw (19) and Andre Iguodala (15) scored more than him that evening.
Another reason is that the Dubs are coming off an emotional win over Durant’s old team in Oklahoma City a couple of days prior, and that they didn’t have Klay Thompson (sore right heel) available on Monday against the Nuggets. And while Thompson may be held out of action until after the All-Star break to stay on the safe side, Golden State has still won 15 of its last 18 contests overall (11-6-1 ATS).
To top it all off, the Warriors simply do not follow-up a loss with another loss. They currently have the longest record in all of major sports by going 141-consecutive regular-season games without suffering back-to-back defeats – a daunting streak that dates back to April of 2015.
Writer’s Prediction
The Warriors put on another clinical domination of the Kings at home, 122-104.
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