Atlanta Hawks (17-20) vs. Sacramento Kings (19-16)
January 4, 2023 10:00 pm EDT
The Line: Sacramento Kings -1; Over/Under: +244
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The Sacramento Kings play host to the Atlanta Hawks at the Golden 1 Center on Wednesday night.
The Atlanta Hawks have been in a slump as they’ve lost five of their last eight games and they will be hoping to arrest a four-game slide after falling painfully short to the Warriors in a 143-141 double overtime loss on Monday. Trae Young led the team with 30 points, seven rebounds and 14 assists, John Collins and Dejounte Murray scored 25 points each while Bogdan Bogdanovic chipped in with 21 points on nine of 16 shooting off the bench. As a team, the Hawks shot 48 percent from the field and 11 of 35 from the 3-point line as they worked hard to claw their way back from a 21-point deficit and looked like they were headed for a third overtime period before the Warriors’ Kevon Looney made the game-winning putback layup at the buzzer to steal the game.
Meanwhile, the Sacramento Kings have been in decent shape as they’ve won six of their past 10 games and they will be looking to stay hot after outlasting the Jazz in a 117-115 road win last night. De’Aaron Fox led the way with 37 points and six assists on 15 of 22 shooting, Domantas Sabonis added 21 points with 14 rebounds and eight assists while Harrison Barnes chipped in with 19 points and eight rebounds. As a team, the Kings shot 53 percent from the field and nine of 32 from the 3-point line as they squandered an early 14-point lead, before they escaped with the narrow win thanks to Fox who made the game-winning layup with the clock expiring.
Looking at the betting trends, the Hawks are 21-43 ATS in their last 64 road games and 3-8 ATS in their last 11 games overall. The Kings are 0-4 ATS in their last four home games, 7-2 ATS in their last nine games playing on zero days rest and 0-5 ATS in their last five games overall.
Head to head, the under is 5-0 in the last five meetings overall, the Hawks are 1-5 ATS in the last six meetings in Sacramento and the Hawks are 4-1 ATS in the last five meetings overall.
The Hawks are coming into this one desperate for a win to get the bitter taste of a double-overtime loss out of their mouths, while the Kings are coming into this one with big smiles on their faces after taking down the Jazz in a thriller last night. The betting trends favor the Kings who are slight favorites here, but the Hawks were so close to beating the Warriors in their own building and I think they can go one better in this spot with the Kings playing their second game of a back to back set.
