Sacramento Kings (5-6) vs. San Antonio Spurs (3-7)
November 10, 2021 8:30 pm EDT
The Line: San Antonio Spurs -1.5; Over/Under: -222.5
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The Sacramento Kings and the San Antonio Spurs do battle at the AT&T Center on Wednesday night.
The Sacramento Kings have been in a bit of a rut as they’ve lost four of their last six games and they will be hoping to avoid a third straight defeat after getting stopped by the Suns in a 109-104 home loss on Monday. Harrison Barnes led the team with 26 points on seven of nine shooting, De’Aaron Fox added 24 points with five assists while Buddy Hield chipped in with 14 points. As a team, the Kings shot 45 percent from the field and 10 of 24 from the 3-point line as they fell behind by as many as 24 points, before holding the Suns to just 11 points in the fourth quarter to get to within three points with 9.7 seconds remaining, but they ran out of time as the Suns escaped on free throws.
Meanwhile, the San Antonio Spurs have been in rough shape as they’ve lost seven of their first 10 games and they will be hoping to bounce back after falling short against the Thunder in a 99-94 road loss on Sunday. Keldon Johnson led the team with 22 points on nine of 16 shooting, Lonnie Walker added 15 points off the bench while Drew Eubanks chipped in with 14 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks on seven of eight shooting. As a team, the Spurs shot just 41 percent from the field and six of 30 from the 3-point as they stormed out of the gates to an early 16-point lead, before getting run down in the third quarter where they got outscored by 34-14. Derrick White had a nightmare of a game as he finished scoreless on zero of 10 shooting while Dejounte Murray scored just 10 points on five of 19 shooting.
Looking at the betting trends, the Kings are 12-2 ATS in their last 14 road games, 6-1 ATS in their last seven games against a team with a losing record and 9-3-1 ATS in their last 13 games following a loss. The Spurs are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games against a team with a losing record and 4-0 ATS in their last four games following a loss.
Head to head, the Kings are 7-3 ATS in the last 10 meetings overall.
The Kings have come off the boil over the last six games or so, but they will take plenty of confidence from their narrow loss to the Suns as Barnes and Fox combined for 50 points. The Spurs haven’t been travelling as well as they like and their confidence took another hit as they fell to the struggling Thunder on Sunday. This would usually be a good spot for the Spurs to steal a win, but there’s just more to like about the Kings who are 12-2 ATS in their last 14 road games. You can make an argument for either side here, but I like the Kings as underdogs in this spot.
