The Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors meet Friday in Game 6 of the NBA West First Round Playoffs at the Chase Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Sacramento Kings are averaging 115.6 points on 44.5 percent shooting and allowing 118.4 points on 47.4 percent shooting. De’Aaron Fox is averaging 30 points and 7.4 assists, while Malik Monk is averaging 18.2 points and 4.4 rebounds. Domantas Sabonis is the third double-digit scorer and Harrison Barnes is grabbing 4 rebounds. The Sacramento Kings are shooting 30.1 percent from beyond the arc and 78.1 percent from the free throw line. The Sacramento Kings are allowing 33 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 46.4 rebounds per game.
The Golden State Warriors are averaging 118.4 points on 47.4 percent shooting and allowing 115.6 points on 44.5 percent shooting. Stephen Curry is averaging 31.4 points and 4.6 assists, while Klay Thompson is averaging 21.2 points and 2.8 assists. Andrew Wiggins is the third double-digit scorer and Jordan Poole is dishing 3.6 assists. The Golden State Warriors are shooting 33 percent from beyond the arc and 79.3 percent from the free throw line. The Golden State Warriors are allowing 30.1 percent shooting from deep and are grabbing 45.6 rebounds per game.
The Kings are 35-17-1 ATS in their last 53 road games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a ATS loss. The Warriors are 40-17-1 ATS in their last 58 home games and 35-15-1 ATS in their last 51 Friday games. The under is 6-2 in Kings last 8 overall. The under is 9-4-1 in Warriors last 14 home games. The Kings are 12-3 ATS in the last 15 meetings in Golden State and 16-7 ATS in the last 23 meetings.
The Sacramento Kings have been covering machines all year, especially on the road, and they’ve given the Warriors a scare. However, the Kings look like they ran out of gas a bit in game 5 and the Fox injury clearly doesn’t help as he’s coming off his worst shooting performance of the series and had 6 turnovers. On the road, you’d assume things would only get worse. The Warriors are an experienced team that knows how to finish teams. I’d expect them to pull away in the second half. Give me the Warriors and the chalk.