basketball | Thursday, March 9, 2023 2:34 PM

Sacramento Kings vs New York Knicks Best Bet: Kings Defend Home Court

Aleksa Drobnjak

Sacramento Kings vs New York Knicks Best Bet: Thursday, March 9th

The Kings will try to win at home once again against the Knicks, who have beaten them in 3 of their last 4 games at Golden 1 Center. The home team has been playing very well and are now sitting in the 2nd spot in the West whilst the visitors are 5th in the East.

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Sacramento Kings vs New York Knicks Best Bet

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The best offensive team in the league this season have been the Sacramento Kings. Their offence with Sabonis and Fox has thrived under coach Mike Brown. They are averaging 121.5 points per game (1st in the NBA) whilst shooting 50% from the field. They are in contention for first place with the way they have been playing.

They are averaging 99.7 possessions per game which is 3rd in the NBA behind the Warriors and the OKC team. Tonight we expect them to run their fast-paced offence against the Knicks defence and finally clinch a convincing win at home court. The Kings will not have any injured or questionable players for tonight.

The Knicks have been having ups and downs during the season, but overall they should be very pleased with how the team turned out around J. Brunson. Their biggest weakness tonight will be his absence if he doesn’t play since he is still “questionable”, per sources.

The Knicks are averaging only 46% from the field (27th) in the league. Their offence overall has been very inefficient but their defence makes up for it. Tonight without J. Brunson, in a high possessions game without their main facilitator we believe their shooting stats will be horrific. Apart from the questionable status of J. Brunson, the Knicks don’t have any other injury problems.

Sacramento Kings vs New York Knicks Best Bet

Although the Knicks have won 3 out of the last 4 games in Sacramento, the Kings have never played better. We believe their offence will be enough to run over the Knicks in open court where they’re one of the least efficient teams averaging only 12.6 PPG in fastbreaks.