NBA
(1/20/23) 10:00 PM Eastern.
Spread: Thunder +5 / Kings -5
ML: Thunder +170 / King -200
Total: Over / Under 243
The Pick: OKC/SAC O243.
A Pair of high-powered offenses meet tonight. Since January the Kings rank 1st in offensive rating while OKC sits at third. The Kings are averaging 126 points per game during that span while OKC averages 124. The last time these two met they blew past the posted total by 13 points. In fact the Over is 4-1 in their L5 meetings and 4-1 L5 meetings in Sacramento. With all their recent scoring it comes as no surprise that the Over is 7-2 in OKC’s L9 and 5-1 in the Kings L6. The Over is also 15-5-1 in SAC’s L21 home games and 4-1 in OKC’s L5 road games. Then there’s the Kings defense that’s been optional lately. Their defensive rating of 117.1 since January ranks 24th and is nearly 3 points higher than their season average. Plenty of fireworks in a back-and-forth match-up in this one.
