Brooklyn Nets vs Sacramento Kings Point Spread Picks

Sacramento is on a 5-6 straight-up run, including knocking off Chicago (126-110) as a +4.5 underdog and winning at the Clippers (118-109) at +13.5. They come off close losses at Orlando (121-117 as a +15.5 dog) and at Atlanta (123-113 as a +13.5 dog). Brooklyn has the worst home record in the NBA (9-26), ranked last in scoring (106.2 ppg) and shooting (44.3%), while the defense is last in field goal shooting allowed (49.5%). Play Sacramento on the moneyline. 

Brooklyn is on a 5-3 spread run. That included a win as a +13.5 underdog at Detroit (107-105) and a close loss to the Knicks in the last game, 93-92, as a +18.5 dog. The Nets held New York to 41% shooting and forced 22 turnovers. Sacramento has the worst record in the Western Conference. They're second-to-last in the NBA in scoring and last from 3-point land (33.7%), while the defense is 28th in points surrendered (121 per game) and last in shooting allowed (49.3%). The Kings have the worst home record (12-25) in the West. Play Brooklyn on the moneyline.

The Brooklyn Nets are a bad team that has been playing even worse in recent games. This team is 14-32 on the season and will head to Sacramento. So this is a bad team that is on a West Coast road trip, and expecting them to play better is not thinking this through. The Nets just completed a three-game homestand without a win to move their losing streak to 6 games, and traveling across the country doesn't help matters. Sacramento is 23-22, and if the season ended today, they would be the last play-in seed to make the play-in round. The Kings are just three games out for the #6 seed, and they are 7-3 in their last 10 games. This is a must-win because a loss to the Nets would hurt. I think the Kings win big. Make the play on Sacramento.

Sacramento won 131-118 on Dec. 11 in the only meeting this season and the Kings are in a fight to avoid the play-in tournament after losing their past two games to New York and Boston. The Kings made a gallant effort almost erasing a 19-point fourth-quarter deficit before falling short 101-100 against the Celtics. Brooklyn has won two straight, but the Nets will finish fourth in the Atlantic Division and they are 10-26-2 ATS as underdogs, 5-16-1 ATS overall following a win and 3-9-1 ATS as underdogs of 5.0-10.5 points. Sacramento is 35-17 ATS on the road against teams with losing home records and it has covered six of eight after a loss. Play the Kings as a Max Play