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The Miami Heat and Sacramento Kings collide on Friday night at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
Heat at Eight
The Miami Heat snapped a three-game losing skid with a huge 118-108 road victory in Portland on Tuesday night. With the victory, the Heat improved to 25-27 on the season and despite being two games below the .500 mark, the Heat still in the 8th spot in the Eastern Conference team standings.
Miami has the fifth lowest scoring average in the league at just 105.2 points per game. They are ranked 19th in assists with 23.6 dimes per contest and are 8th off the glass with 46.5 rebounds per game. The Heat have the third-best scoring defense in the NBA at 105.6 points per game allowed.
Heat
+135
Kings
-155
Odds from gtbets.eu as of 2/08/19
Within Striking Distance
The Sacramento Kings saw their three game winning streak end against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night yet despite the loss Sacramento remained within striking distance at just four games behind the 5th seeded Rockets and only 1.5 games back of the 8th placed Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference team standings.
Sacramento is currently the 8th highest scoring team in the league at 113.5 points per game. They are ranked 9th in passing at 25.7 assists per game and are 19th off the glass with 45.0 rebounds per contest. The Kings are ranked only 27th in scoring defense at 115.1 points per game allowed.
Who Wins?
Miami is 4-6 SU in their last 10 games played. The Heat are 4-2 SU in their last six games played on the road. Sacramento is 5-5 SU in its last 10 games played. The Kings are 3-1 SU in their last four home games. Head to head, the Heat are 6-4 SU in their last 10 meetings against the Kings.
The Kings also joined the trade deadline activities by acquiring veteran scorer Harrison Barnes for Zach Randolph and Justin Jackson. Barnes is only going to make the Sacramento offense more explosive and he also provides the young Kings playoff and championship experience.
Miami has played well on the road in their last six games but the Kings have also played very good in their home floor all season long at 17-11 SU. Something has to give here. Between two teams who are determined to get to the postseason, I’m expecting a war from both teams. I think it’s going to be a pretty even matchup with the crowd as the sixth man being the difference in this game.
I’m picking the Sacramento Kings to beat the Miami Heat on 2/8/19.
Other Bets To Make
The Heat are 4-6 ATS in their last 10 games played. Miami is 4-2 SU in its last six road games. The Kings are 5-5 ATS in their last 10 games played and Sacramento is 3-1 ATS in their last four games played at home. Head to head, the Kings are 6-4 ATS in their last 10 meetings versus the Heat.
Heat
+3 (-109)
Kings
-3 (-109)
Odds from gtbets.eu as of 2/08/19
Miami is 0-4 ATS in their last four games after allowing more than 100 points in their previous game, 0-4 ATS in their last four Friday games and 2-5 ATS in their last seven games overall. The Kings are 13-3 ATS in their last 16 games against the Southeast Division, 4-0 ATS in their last four Friday games and 8-1 ATS in their last nine home games. The Kings have been solid at home and the chalk is very reasonable.
Prediction: Kings -3
The total has gone under in seven out of the last 10 games played by the Heat. The under is 4-2 in Miami’s last six road games played. The under is also 7-2-1 in the last 10 games played by the Kings. However, these two teams have seen the total go over in eight out of their last 10 meetings.
Heat
O 218.5 -109
Kings
U 218.5 -109
Odds from gtbets.eu as of 2/08/19
Both of these teams play tough defense and the Heat are one of the lowest scoring teams in the league. Both are also most probably playing with a short lineup given they were involved in trades heading to the trade deadline. Sacramento is a high scoring team but has gone under in two out of their last three. Given the circumstances surrounding the trade deadline, I think this is going to be a low-scoring affair.
Prediction: Under 218.5
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