The Sacramento Kings have been in a perpetual state of NBA obscurity since last making the playoffs in the 2005-06 season. They try to change their fortunes on Wednesday night and spoil Chauncey Billups’ debut as the head coach for the Portland Trail Blazers. Sacramento dropped all three of its meetings against Portland last season by an average of 12 points, but this could be a different Blazers team from years past.
Tip-off is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET at the Moda Center in Portland. The Blazers are favored by 6.5-points in the latest Blazers vs. Kings odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 234.5. Before entering any Kings vs. Blazers picks, you’ll want to see the NBA predictions from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned almost $9,000 in profit on its top-rated NBA picks over the past three seasons. The model finished up almost $600 on its top-rated picks last season and enters the 2021-22 NBA season on a stunning 100-66 roll on top-rated NBA picks against the spread. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Blazers vs. Kings and locked in its best bets. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several NBA betting lines for Blazers vs. Kings:
- Trail Blazers vs. Kings spread: Blazers -6.5
- Trail Blazers vs. Kings over-under: 234.5 points
- Trail Blazers vs. Kings money line: Blazers -270, Kings +220
Featured Game | Portland Trail Blazers vs. Sacramento Kings
Why the Blazers can cover
Like everything else having to do with Portland, the conversation starts with Damian Lillard. The perennial league MVP candidate has become more and more outspoken about his desire for the Blazers to work harder towards becoming a championship contender. Whether or not the team made the moves that will accomplish that remains to be seen, but Lillard is sure to come out firing.
The fourth-most points that Lillard scored on any individual team last season came against Sacramento, and he had 101 total points in three games. The Kings were also tied with New Orleans and Oklahoma City as the teams in which he had his second-most assists against, with 26.
Why the Kings can cover
Billups was an assistant coach last season on a Los Angeles Clippers team that was much deeper and played at a much slower pace than Portland did. Lillard will always have the green light to shoot whenever he’d like, but the rest of the team isn’t likely to be throwing up shots indiscriminately. Last season on the road, the Kings allowed the same average of opponent field goal attempts as Portland did at home.
De’Aaron Fox brought it against Portland last season, and averaged 23.7 points per game against the Blazers, and hit nearly half of his 3-point attempts in three games. Fox had a strong season in 2020-21, averaging 25.2 points, 7.2 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game.
How to make Blazers vs. Kings picks
The model has simulated Trail Blazers vs. Kings 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you that the model is leaning over, and it also says one side of the spread has all the value. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins Trail Blazers vs. Kings? And which side of the spread has all the value? Visit SportsLine now to find out which side of the Kings vs. Trail Blazers spread you need to jump on Wednesday, all from the model that has crushed its NBA picks, and find out.
