LiontipsSacramento vs Minnesota. Predictions and Betting Tips for NBA
Command Analysis
Just like Portland, Sacramento chose to get into a rebuilding mode. Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson were traded to Indiana for Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb and Justin Holiday. But newcomers won't be able to play in the upcoming match. Richaun Holmes and Marvin Bagley are also unavailable due to injuries.
Kings recently suffered a home defeat to Minnesota (114:134). Fox and Barnes put on a show back then, scoring 60 points combined. Seems like now Kings can only count on them.
Minnesota managed to gain wonderful form. Finch's men won five consecutive matches and rose to the 7th spot in the Western Conference standings. Team is only one game adrift from the 6th spot, which gives a straight spot to the playoffs.
Latest matches of Timberwolves were quite high-scoring. In each of them they scored at least 117 points. Minnesota recorded two victories over Detroit (128:117) and (118:105) and also smashed Sacramento.
Trends
Ставка1st quarter: Minnesota to win
In 3 out of 4 most recent matches of the Kings they failed to win the first quarter
СтавкаSacramento: total over 112,5 points
In 3 out of 4 most recent home matches Kings managed to beat that total
Tip and bets
In the previous match teams scored 248 points. But we are not expecting another high-scoring game. Players had almost no time for rest, so teams will probably take the foot off the gas. On November, Sacramento and Minnesota scored only 204 points in the head-to-head match. We are expecting another low-scoring performance.
Our prediction - total under 235,5 points
Wolves recorded a confident victory in the previous match. Sacramento started to rebuild the squad, so Kings are unlikely to put up a successful performance. Visitors should be able to record another confident victory.
Our second bet - Handicap (-6,5) points on Minnesota
