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2022 NBA Handicapping
(2-4) Miami Heat vs. Sacramento Kings (0-4)
Date: Saturday, October 29th
Time: 6:00 PM EST
Venue: Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California
NBA Moneyline Odds: Heat -175 | Kings +150 (Bet Now!)
NBA Betting Odds: Heat -4
NBA Betting Total: 226.5
Saturday, October 29th, finds the Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings playing for the first time this season. The squads will finish the season series in Miami on November 2nd.
Both teams played on Thursday with the Heat falling to the Warriors 110-123 while the Grizzlies defeated the Kings 110-125 to keep them winless on the season.
Last season, the squads played twice with each team winning on their home court. The Heat holds the all-time record having bested the Kings in 44 of their 67 matches.
Miami Heat
The Heat have relied on finding diamonds in the rough and developing them in their system. Many of those individuals ascended to the varsity team to provide depth with great success stories in recent years (Duncan Robinson, Max Strus, Gabe Vincent).
The star talent has always been fairly easy for Pat Riley to acquire given the South Beach weather, lack of taxes, top-notch head coach Erik Spoelstra and the novelty of Riles pulling out a fistful of championship rings at pitch meetings.
To put it in perspective while the Kings entered this season riding a 16-year playoff drought, comparatively, Miami has only missed the playoffs five times in the last 20 seasons.
Dewayne Dedmon (foot) is questionable. Omer Yurtseven (ankle) and Victor Oladipo (knee) are out indefinitely.
Sacramento Kings
The Kings’ 0-4 record is somewhat deceiving given the circumstances. Mike Brown has his club performing fairly well offensively but not pushing the pace quite as aggressively although they still rank 11th on pace.
The issue is the defense which is going to take time given it’s a new system. They rank 19th offensively and 26th defensively.
Considering three of their four opponents rank in the upper half of the league offensively and the Grizzlies (fourth) in the top five it’s important not to overreact to the early season stats.
The Wolves for example have played the Jazz plus both the Thunder and Spurs twice each. Granted the Jazz are out to a hot start but all three teams are members of the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes.
Kevin Huerter (wrist) is questionable for Saturday.
NBA Betting Trends:
- The Heat are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games vs. a team with a losing home record.
- Kings are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400.
- The Heat are 15-7-1 ATS in their last 23 road games.
- Under is 10-4 in Heat’s last 14 after allowing 100 points or more in their previous game.
- Under is 4-0 in Heat’s last 4 games playing on 1 day’s rest.
- Kings are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games following an ATS loss.
Free Miami Heat vs. Sacramento Kings NBA Prediction:
Diving into a direct comparison there aren’t too many surprises. The Heat have the better defense and fewer turnovers while the Kings score more and have the better bench.
Neither club is where they expected (or hoped) to be at this stage albeit they’ve each played a more difficult strength of schedule than much of their competition.
To that end, the Kings have lost to the Blazers, Clippers, Warriors, and Grizzlies but their upcoming schedule should produce a victory with a four-game road trip that will take them to Charlotte, Miami, Orlando, and finish in San Francisco.
Although the Kings might surprise the Heat, it’s more likely the Hornets or Magic games will offer the Kings’ first win of the season.
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