The Portland Trail Blazers (4-6) visit the Sacramento Kings (3-6) Tuesday at the Golden 1 Center for a 10 p.m. ET start.
We analyze the Trail Blazers-Kings odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.
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Trail Blazers at Kings: Key injuries
Trail Blazers:
- PF Pau Gasol (foot) out
Kings
- PG De’Aaron Fox (ankle) out
- C Dewayne Dedmon (knee) probable
Trail Blazers at Kings: Odds, lines, picks, and betting tips
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Prediction
Trail Blazers 113, Kings 110
Moneyline (ML)
The -139 line for the visiting TRAIN BLAZERS is encouraging given they are 4-6 and yet 3-3 on the road. Also, Sacramento has won just one of its four home games.
Can Sacramento keep up with Portland? That answer seems to be yes as expectations of a close game are quite likely. This game opened up dead even and only slightly tilted toward Portland being a favorite.
New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the Trail Blazers to win outright returns a profit of $7.19.
Line/Against the Spread (ATS)
The slightly better play for this game is taking the TRAIL BLAZERS with the -1.5 points at -121 odds. A Portland cover here (win by two or more points) returns a nicer profit of $8.26.
Portland is 4-2 on the road ATS (5-4-1 overall). Sacramento is 1-3 at home ATS and is 4.9 points off the projections due to a few bad performances. The Kings have improved their pace of play lately, however.
Over/Under (O/U)
The idea is to take the UNDER 221.5 (+105). There is a risk as the two teams combine to produce just 220 points per game. Sacramento yields a bit over 111 points a contest, while Portland gives up 114.6 points per game. Since those two numbers add up just about to 225.5, it makes us hesitant, so bet lightly on the under tonight.
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