Another home defeat for the Californians?
The two franchises from California and Oregon face each other for the second time in two days. The visitors won the first battle of the double-header.
However, the game was on a knife edge and ended with a narrow 134-133 victory for Portland after overtime. Read our preview below to find out which Sacramento Kings vs. Portland Trail Blazers tip could be worthwhile for the upcoming second matchup!
The home team cannot rely on home advantage. The Sactown basketball hunters have won only three of eleven home games this season. Only the New Orleans Pelicans have a worse home record in the Western Conference, with a meager 27.3 percent win rate.
The hosts’ defense in particular has room for improvement in front of their own fans. Coach Doug Christie’s men concede an average of 123 points to their opponents. For their part, the Trail Blazers are performing well on the road, at least from an offensive perspective.
They average around 118 points, which is about the same as in their home games. In light of this, the forecast for the duel at the Golden 1 Center between the Sacramento Kings and Portland Trail Blazers is more than 119.5 points from the visitors from “Stumptown.”
In addition, we expect 25 or more points from Deni Avdija on the visitors’ side. In the recent win against the Kings, the forward scored a whopping 35 points, and this is the second time he has achieved this feat in the last five league games!
With these performances, he is confirming his exceptionally strong season. Avdija has a season scoring average of 25.8 points, more than doubling his career average of 12.3!
Sacramento Kings – Portland Trail Blazers Head-to-head comparison / H2H record
As mentioned at the beginning, the last head-to-head matchup was only two days ago, with the Trail Blazers narrowly winning in overtime. However, the Kings’ home record in this matchup in recent years is very positive: only one of the last six home games against the Moda Center basketball team has been lost from the home team’s perspective.
Nevertheless, the odds for the next game of this kind between the Sacramento Kings and Portland Trail Blazers point to a victory for the visitors.
Sacramento Kings – Portland Trail Blazers Tip
Portland may have a negative away record and have lost four of their last five away games, but that’s not down to their offense. They are very reliable on the road, even against top teams such as the recent game against the Eastern Conference leaders from Detroit.
Coach Tiago Splitter’s team scored 116 points against the Pistons and an equally impressive 122 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are also considered one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. Now the visitors face a clearly weaker opponent in the Kings, who are second from bottom in the Western Conference, not least because of their poor defensive play.
Only three teams in the NBA concede more points per game than the home side. In light of this, the Sacramento Kings vs. Portland Trail Blazers betting odds of more than 119.5 points for the visiting team from “Rip City” appear lucrative. This is a threshold that the visitors already exceeded in their last matchup two days ago – only after overtime.
