{"id":26693,"date":"2012-12-16T10:56:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26693"},"modified":"2012-12-16T10:56:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T15:56:07","slug":"nba-picks-against-the-spread-denver-nuggets-vs-sacramento-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nba-picks-against-the-spread-denver-nuggets-vs-sacramento-kings-26693\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks Against the Spread: Denver Nuggets vs. Sacramento Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at Sacramento Kings
\nSunday, 12\/16\/12, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSCA
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 203.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 203.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sacramento Kings G Tyreke Evans is averaging 21.6 points over his last five games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver has alternated wins and losses over its last eight games, as it comes off a 99-94 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies as one-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cAgainst a really good team, that was a really good win for us,\u201d stated Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari.\u00a0 He is one of four probable starters that are averaging in double figures this year.\u00a0 The Nuggets are 6-11 on the road this season, including a 4-6 mark versus Western Conference opponents.\u00a0 Denver is 1-2 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 6 points this season, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NBA picks against the spread on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Nuggets have won 14 of their last 21 games against the Kings, but have gone 4-4 at the Sleep Train Arena over the past four-plus campaigns.\u00a0 Denver won all three overall meetings a year ago, including a 122-93 blowout win as six-point road favorites on Jan. 25.\u00a0 The team finished with a season-high 27 fast break points last time out, which pushed their average to 19.3 on the season in that particular category.<\/p>\n

Sacramento returns home after dropping three of four on the road, including a 113-103 setback to the Oklahoma City Thunder as 13-point underdogs.\u00a0 \u201cI thought our guys played and competed,\u201d stated Kings head coach Keith Smart.\u00a0 The Kings have a chance to break out offensively against the Nuggets, who are allowing opponents to score 103.5 points when they are on the road.\u00a0 The franchise ranks fourth in the NBA in averaging 44.6 points per game in the paint.\u00a0 Sacramento is 4-7 ATS at home this season.<\/p>\n

The Kings are hoping that guard Tyreke Evans can continue his strong play on the offensive end, averaging 21.6 points in 33.0 minutes of action in his last five games.\u00a0 Sacramento has lost the last five meetings in this series, as it also looks to snap a two-game home losing streak versus Denver.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 3-0-1 in the Kings four games this season when facing a team that averages 99 or more points per game.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NBA handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Denver Nuggets at Sacramento Kings Sunday, 12\/16\/12, 6:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CSCA Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 203.5 Current Total:\u00a0 203.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver has alternated wins and losses over its last eight games, as it comes off a 99-94 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":9343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,133],"tags":[212,526,18,582,7242,53,3693],"class_list":["post-26693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nba-handicapping","tag-danilo-gallinari","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-nba","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sleep-train-arena","tag-tyreke-evans","tag-western-conference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26694,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26693\/revisions\/26694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}