The 12-12 Denver Nuggets will travel to play the 7-15 Sacramento Kings in an NBA pro basketball game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time from Sacramento is scheduled for 6PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The current odds from this NBA contest has the road club Denver Nuggets favored by -4 ½ points with an over under line of 203 ½ points. There has been no movement in the line since it opened up a few hours ago.
The two teams went head to head three times during the lockout shortened season with Denver winning all three and covering the spread in two games. Trend: Denver Nuggets are 3-0 ATS in their past three games.
The Nuggets are 6-11 on the road this season. They had back on the road on Sunday after a one game home stand that came after a five game east coast trip. This will be the 18th road game of 24 regular season games thus far for Denver. They are 4-4 over their past eight games navigating through this tough travel to start the season. Their showing a similar profile from recent squads as they average nearly 101 points a game good for 8th in scoring offense while allowed nearly 101 points for 25th in the NBA in scoring defense. Danilo Gallinari leads the club with 15 points a game but just 39% shooting.
The Kings return home after a 1-3 road trip. After opening up their roadie with a win at Portland they proceed to lose the next three games all by double digit margins. They come off the 113-103 road defeat on Friday night to Oklahoma City Thunder as a +13 point underdog. Friday night marked the team’s first game over 100 points in their past four games. The Kings are no longer that explosive high octane offense seen in recent seasons. They average just 94 points a game good for 22nd in the league. Big man DeMarcus Cousins leads the team with nearly 17 points a night.
