Atlanta Hawks vs Sacramento Kings – Breakdown and Prediction

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Atlanta Hawks vs Sacramento Kings: Both teams are struggling with injuries

The Sacramento Kings are hosting the Atlanta Hawks today at Golden 1 Center.

The Hawks are continuing their road trip

The Atlanta Hawks are seventh in the Eastern Conference with a 6-8 record, including 2-4 on the road. They have lost 3 of the last 5 games and are coming off a 114-110 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. The Hawks are seventh in the league scoring 116.6 points per game and are ranked 11th shooting 46.7% from the field. Trae Young leads the team averaging 23.4 points and 11.3 assists per game.

How good are the Kings this year?

The Sacramento Kings are 9th in the Western Conference with an 8-6 record, including 4-3 at home. They have won 3 of the last 5 games and are coming off a 121-117 win over the Utah Jazz. The Kings are third in the league shooting 49.3% from the field and are fifth scoring 117.5 points per game. De’Aaron Fox leads the team averaging 28.9 points per game.

Betting Trends

The Kings are 8-4 SU in their last 12 games overall, 6-3 SU in their last 9 home games and 13-7 SU in their last 20 games played in November. They are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games overall, 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games against teams from the Eastern Conference and 3-6 ATS in their last 9 games played on Monday. Sacramento has played under the total point line in 8 of their last 9 games against Atlanta, 5 of their last 6 home games against them and 6 of their last 8 games against teams from the Southeast Division. The Hawks are 6-14 SU in their last 20 games overall, and 1-6 SU in their last 7 games against teams from the Western Conference. They are 6-14 ATS in their last 20 games overall, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games against teams from the Pacific Division and 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games played in November. Atlanta has played over the total point line in 13 of their last 16 games overall and 7 of their last 8 games on the road and has played under in 5 of their last 6 visitis to Sacramento.

Prediction and Conclusion

De’Aaron Fox is coming off probably the best week of his career, as he scored a total of 109 points in the last two games. The Kings point guard again will need to take a lot of shots as both DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis are out. The Hawks, on the other end, will also miss a pair of guys like Bogdan Bogdanovic and Cody Zeller, but their impact is not as big as the Kings’ injured players. The Kings have won the last three games against the Hawks, and we are going with them with a straight-up victory once again.