basketball | Friday, January 13, 2023 1:46 PM

Sacramento Kings vs Houston Rockets Best Bet: It is Raining in Sacramento

Aleksa Drobnjak

Sacramento Kings vs Houston Rockets Friday, January 13th

The Kings who are sitting on a 22W 18L record which is enough for the 5th spot in the West at the moment will host the 10W 31L Rockets team at Golden 1 Center. This will be a clash of very good offences and we are expecting it to rain points tonight.

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Sacramento Kings vs Houston Rockets Preview
Sacramento Kings vs Houston Rockets Best Bet

Sacramento Kings vs. Houston Rockets Preview

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The Kings are one of the most improved teams during the past season where they have been able to transform from a bottom-feeder to a playoff team, clinching the 5th spot at the moment. Much of it is because of their good offence, they are currently ranked 3rd in the league in Offensive Rating with 116.3. They are also 3rd in Effective Field goal percentage with 56.7 which is the stat that shows how efficient their offence really is and that their good streaks are not a fluke. The first violins of the Kings are surely D. Sabonis who is averaging 19PPG and almost 13RPG and D. Fox with 24PPG and 6 dishes on a nightly basis.

The Kings are also running the fastest offence in the league being ranked first in pace ratio in the league (averaging over 115 possessions per game!). For tonight’s game, they will not be missing any key players except K. Huerter who is “questionable” due to an illness.

The Rockets are probably the worst team in the league since they entered rebuilding mode. Obviously, their plans are not connected to fighting for the playoffs yet and they are focused on developing their young core for the years to come. They are playing pretty fast as well, running a 7-second offence whenever possible. Although they are ranked bottom last in offensive rating (only 108.3) they have been able to cover most of the spreads against them on home and away courts on high-point count games. Houston will be missing K. Porter tonight due to a foot injury.

Tonight we believe the story will be similar, the Kings will be scoring and the Rockets will be trailing but making their shots. They play much better without pressure when they are already down, so we are counting on them to deliver a certain amount of points for our bet.

Sacramento Kings vs. Houston Rockets Best Bet

Sacramento won yesterday by 20 points and the game total was 250 points. The line of 236.5 seems pretty low when we consider all the factors so we are taking over tonight. Due to fatigue, we will stay off handicaps but we believe both teams will deliver on the offensive side of the floor.