Sacramento Kings vs Milwaukee Bucks Prediction, Pick and Preview, January 22 (1/22): NBA

Sacramento Kings vs Milwaukee Bucks Prediction, Pick and Preview, January 22 (1/22): NBA

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Odds
Time 8:00 p.m. EST
Kings money line +380
Kings spread +9.5
Knicks money line -385
Knicks spread -9.5
Over / under 230.5

 

2021-2022 season stats
  Sacramento Kings Milwaukee Bucks
Record 18-29 29-19
Road / home record 6-13 16-8
Streak 2L 2W
Points per game 110.17 111.96
Points allowed per game 114.13 108.15
Rebounds per game 44.17 47.19
Rebounds allowed per game 42.84 43.84
Over / under record 24-23 20-28

 

Preview

The Sacramento Kings travel to the Fiserv Forum for an inter-conference battle with the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night. These teams are going into opposite directions, the Kings have lost their last 2 games and one of them was against the Pistons. The Bucks are coming from beating Grizzlies and Bulls. 

SACRAMENTO KINGS

The Kings are coming off a 133-131 loss to the Pistons on Wednesday in which they surrendered an 11-0 run to close the game that included a Cory Joseph go-ahead jumper with 25.9 seconds remaining.

Sacramento has now lost seven of its last nine and is 3-7 in its last 10 games against Eastern Conference opponents. In the month of January, the Kings have allowed an average of 115.7 points per game. They are one of the worst defensive teams in the league (27th).

Tyrese Haliburton could return on Saturday after clearing health and safety protocol on Friday morning. The 6-foot-5 guard is averaging 13.7 points and 7.1 assists this season.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS

The Bucks have been in decent shape as they’ve won three of their past five games and they will be aiming for a third straight win after sneaking past the Bulls in a 94-90 home win last night. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the team with 30 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks, Khris Middleton added 16 points with 11 rebounds and six assists while Jrue Holiday chipped in with 13 points off the bench.

The Milwaukee Bucks are averaging 112 points on 45.4 percent shooting and allowing 108.1 points on 43.8 percent shooting. Defensively they are allowing 33.7 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 47.2 rebounds per game.

BETTING TRENDS

Sacramento are 0-10 SU in their last 10 games against Milwaukee and they're 0-7 ATS in their last 7 games on the road. Milwaukee are 15-4 SU in their last 19 games at home and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 games against an opponent in the Western Conference conference.

Prediction

The Kings have win only 3 of their last 10 games and are on a 7 game game losing streak on the road.The Milwaukee Bucks are obviously the better team, they have been a little below their best lately but it won't be hard to score a lot of points against one of the worst defenses on the league. Take the Bucks to win and cover.

PICK: BUCKS -9.5 (-110)

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