Sacramento Kings Playoff Odds 2020
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Want to know more about Sacramento Kings fantasy statistics and analytics? 13th in Western Conference Playoff Odds: 7.9% | Championship Odds: 0.0%. Sacramento Kings’ Harry Giles III, center, dunks against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, in Los Angeles. The Sacramento Kings have missed the playoffs for the last 13 seasons, the longest playoff drought in the NBA. Draft prospect heading into the 2020 NBA Draft, so when the Kings had the Iowa.
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The Sacramento Kings have a chance to make the playoffs for the first time since 2005-06 when the NBA season returns to Orlando in July.
The Kings season looked dead in the water at one point when they were 15-29, but they entered the break playing their best ball of the season and winning seven of their last 10 games. With not much room for error, it’s going to be critical the Kings pickup where they left off if they’re going to end this playoff drought. Get NBA Picks and NBA Predictions for EVERY GAME at Sports Chat Place.
Let’s give a quick breakdown of the Kings remaining schedule and how the break impacts the squad moving forward as we gear up for NBA playoff basketball in Orlando.
Remaining Kings Schedule: vs. Pelicans, Nets, Mavericks, Rockets, Magic, Pelicans, Pacers, Spurs
Roster Update: Justin James was in and out of the rotation and batting a knee injury, but he was listed as day-to-day back in March so he should be good to go. Marvin Bagley hasn’t played since January due to a foot injury, but he was making progress back in April and there’s a decent chance he could be active when play resumes. The Kings have also signed Corey Brewer, who will make his third stint with the franchise. Brewer hasn’t played this season, but he’s a veteran defensive specialist with playoff experience and can make the occasional outside shot to provide a scoring punch off the bench.
Help Or Hurt: The Kings are going to be as healthy as they’ve been all season long and they just added a veteran in Brewer who provides depth and defense. There’s positives with the break, especially if Bagley, who looked like he was going to miss the remainder of the season, returns in Orlando. However, we can’t ignore that the Kings were finally starting to put things together and won seven of their last 10 games entering the hiatus. Stopped momentum is not a good thing, especially for a team that has a fairly young roster. I’m going to say the break hurt the Kings.
Potential Seeding: The Kings are either going to miss the postseason or make the eighth seed, and they’re currently 3.5 games behind the Memphis Grizzlies. At the very least, the Kings have to be within four games of the eighth spot to earn a play-in game. The Kings control their own destiny and have a reasonable schedule to give themselves an honest shot at a postseason berth.
Odds: The Kings are +50000 to win the West and +30000 to win the NBA title. As I’ve said before, I love me some massive odds and aren’t afraid to take shots in the dark with long shots, but the Kings likely won’t even sniff the playoffs, which makes these options a waste of time. There’s much stronger contenders for that eighth seed and even if they did pull it off, the Kings would get destroyed by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round. I’d be interested in the Kings throughout the final eight games, but they’re not a team to back in the future market.
Sacramento Kings (0-0) at Denver Nuggets (0-0)
NBA Basketball: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 9:00 pm (Ball Arena)
The Line: Denver Nuggets -8 -- Over/Under:Click to Get Latest Betting Odds
Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets play host to De’Aaron Fox and the Sacramento Kings at the Ball Arena on Wednesday night.
The Sacramento Kings will be looking to continue their stockpile of young talent after missing out on the playoffs yet again last season. De’Aaron Fox agreed to a max deal and the Kings drafted Tyrese Haliburton, Robert Woodard III and Jahmi’us Ramsey. In terms of free agency and trades, the Kings also acquired Frank Kaminsky, Hassan Whiteside and Glenn Robinson III while letting go of Kent Bazemore, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Alex Len. The Kings are expected to improve on last season, but they’ll likely miss out on the playoffs again with the Western Conference getting stronger.
Meanwhile, the Denver Nuggets are coming into this season with plenty of confidence after experiencing some success in the playoffs last season. Nikola Jokic led the team with averages of 19.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 7.0 assists per game, Jamal Murray averaged 18.5 points and 4.8 assists per game while Paul Millsap averaged 11.6 points per game. The Nuggets will need more from Will Barton and Gary Harris who struggled in the bubble and they shipped off Jerami Grant, but they will be eager to see what the newly acquired JaMychal Green can offer.
Looking at the betting trends, the Kings are 0-5-1 ATS in their last six Wednesday games, 20-8 ATS in their last 28 games playing on three or more days rest and 8-3 ATS in their last 11 games following an ATS loss. The Nuggets are 4-1-2 ATS in their last seven home games, 1-5 ATS in their last six Wednesday games and 10-4-2 ATS in their last 16 games overall.
Head to head, the over is 5-2 in the last seven meetings overall and the over is 4-0 in the last four meetings in Denver.
The Kings should be able to improve on their play from last season, but they’re still a young team in a crowded Western Conference, so I’m not expecting too much from them. The Nuggets are a different story as they would’ve gained so much from their playoff run in the bubble and they could go to another level as a team if Michael Porter Jr. continues to improve. I think the Nuggets start their season on a high note as they get the win and cover here.