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Sacramento Kings vs. Los Angeles Lakers
Date: Sunday December 29
Time: 9:30PM EST
Venue: Staples Center,
NBA Moneyline Odds: OFF
NBA Betting Odds: Kings -1.5
NBA Betting Total: 233
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Sacramento doesn’t look like it is going away so quickly this season. Do they have the staying power to be a real playoff contender? Games like these will help us know.
The Lakers quickly learned that life without LeBron James is not all that enjoyable. No shocker there at least this one is at home.
Sacramento Kings
The Kings just edged the Lakers only a couple of days ago. They have not played since but the Lakers will have “hosted” the Clippers in between. LeBron missed that win by the Kings so you can easily say that Sacramento is the greatest beneficiary of the the King’s injury.
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The win was in dramatic fashion with Bogdan Bogdanovic hitting a late three to get them over the top. He lead all Kings with 23 points in the contest. They went with an interesting lineup starting Iman Shumpert at the three…it worked well.
When Shumpert is on the floor they can get a little more defense and De’Aaron Fox does not have to do all of the ball handling. I am not sure you can count on him making 6 of 8 threes with regularity though. He is not exactly Ray Allen.
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The Kings might have beaten the Lakers at home but it was only a point victory so they should not be overconfident coming into this one. They have trouble on defense allowing the Lakers to shoot over 50% as a team. That is not winning basketball.
I am very interested to see where this number lands with no LeBron and the Kings a viable team. As an away favourite this season they are 4-0 SUATS.
Los Angeles Lakers
I don’t want to call the 2018-19 Lakers a one man team but any games without LeBron are going to be a struggle. He handles the ball a ton and even though there are other players who need to be accounted for he commands so much attention.
With no LeBron Kyle Kuzma topped 30 points for the third time this season against the Kings. It may be tough to measure his overall impact but his numbers are up after a very impressive rookie season. This is another time to shine.
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If the Lakers are going to have success while LeBron is out they are going to need more than just Kuzma to step up. Lonzo Ball scored 20 points, his second highest point total of the season. See Shumpert above, I am not sure his three point shooting is reliable just yet.
NBA Betting Trends:
- Over is 15-3 in SAC last 18 road games.
- Over is 17-4 in SAC last 21 overall.
- Over is 20-6 in SAC last 26 vs. Western Conference.
- Under is 8-2-2 in LAL last 12 vs. NBA Pacific.
- LAL are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 Sun. games.
- Under is 19-7-1 in LAL last 27 home games.
Free Sacramento Kings vs. Los Angeles Lakers NBA Prediction:
This will be an interesting line and I can easily see the Kings coming off as the favourite. If so they have proven they can handle that kind of respect.
The Lakers, even with LeBron have not been good against the number this season, 15-19 ATS and just 7-9 ATS at home so far.
4* Free NBA Betting Pick: Kings ATS
I am going to roll with the Kings and probably fade the Lakers in most situations until James is healthy and back in the lineup.
NBA Free Score Prediction: Kings 110 – Lakers 104
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