The Brooklyn Nets will take on the Sacramento Kings at 5 p.m. ET Friday at ESPN Wide World of Sports Arena in Orlando. The Nets are currently in the seventh playoff position in the Eastern Conference. They are on the verge of clinching a playoff berth for the second consecutive season. The Kings are 7.5 games behind the eighth and final playoff berth in the Western Conference.
The Kings are 4-12 against the spread in their last 16 meetings with the Nets. The Nets are 7-3 against the spread in their last 10 games as an underdog. Sacramento is favored by 4.5 points in the latest Nets vs. Kings odds from William Hill, and the over-under is set at 232.5. Before entering any Kings vs. Nets picks, you'll want to see the NBA predictions from the model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times, and it's already returned well over $4,200 in profit on its top-rated NBA picks this season. It entered the week on a blistering 54-32 run on top-rated NBA spread picks, returning almost $1,900 on those picks alone. Anybody who has followed it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Nets vs. Kings. You can head to SportsLine to see its picks. Here are several NBA betting lines for Kings vs. Nets:
- Nets vs. Kings spread: Nets +4.5
- Nets vs. Kings over-under: 232 points
- Nets vs. Kings money line: Brooklyn 175, Sacramento -200
Why the Nets can cover
The Nets were pulverized by the Boston Celtics 149-115 on Wednesday. Brooklyn was in a tough position by the half, with the score already sitting at 71-52. Jeremiah Martin had 20 points. Boston connected on 20 3-point attempts and shot 57 percent from the field.
Brooklyn has split its first four games inside the NBA bubble. The Nets can clinch a postseason berth with a win and a Washington loss on Friday. Jamal Crawford (hamstring) will not play Friday and Jarrett Allen (ankle) and Joe Harris (groin) are questionable.
Why the Kings can cover
Sacramento downed the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday, 140-125. Bogdan Bogdanovic shot 6-for-9 from downtown and finished with a career-best 35 points. De'Aaron Fox had 30 points. It was the Kings' first win in the NBA bubble. They scored 49 points in the first quarter.
The Kings have lost three of four games since the NBA restart after winning 10 of 15 prior to the stoppage. Fox is averaging 26.8 points per game in the four games in the bubble.
How to make Nets vs. Kings picks
The model has simulated Nets vs. Kings 10,000 times and the results are in. The model is leaning under on the total, and it's also generated a point-spread pick that is hitting in well over 50 percent of simulations. You can only see the pick at SportsLine.
So who wins Nets vs. Kings? And which side of the spread hits in well over 50 percent of simulations? Visit SportsLine now to find out which side of the Nets vs. Kings spread you need to jump on Friday, all from the model that has crushed its NBA picks, and find out.
