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Last season’s series between the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings was arguably the best one of the entire postseason, now the teams lock horns again in the second regular-season game for each side. I’ve prepared a tasty Same Game Parlay, which you can find below. Tip off is set for 10:00 pm ET on ESPN.
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Kings ML (-158)
Keegan Murray over 2.5 made threes (-130)
Stephen Curry to score 30+ points (-125)
De’Aaron Fox over 6.5 assists (-148)
Same Game Parlay odds: +718
Sacramento Kings ML over Golden State Warriors (-158)
The game most Kings fans circled on their calendars when the NBA schedule was released is finally here. Sacramento hosts the team that eliminated them from the playoffs last year, looking to get some kind of consolation tonight in front of their home fans. They started the season with a convincing win at Utah, playing an almost identical style to last season. Golden State lost its opener to Phoenix at home, but what is even more concerning is the fact that Draymond Green is out with an ankle issue. Playing their first road game will be a challenge and last year the Warriors were among the worst road teams in the NBA. I have Sacramento winning this one.
Read my Warriors vs Kings predictions
Keegan Murray over 2.5 made threes (-130)
Keegan Murray’s role with the Kings is expanding rapidly and he’s thriving. After knocking down 3 threes in each of his final two preseason games, Murray continued to play well with a 15-point performance in the road win over Utah, where he went 4-for-9 from deep. In a high-paced offense, he and Kevin Huerter are going to get a lot of quality looks this season and if he is able to take the next step in his development, Kings fans could have another postseason berth to look forward to. Murray has had it in his last 4 appearances against the Warriors, averaging 2.8 makes per game from 3-point range on almost 46% efficiency. The absence of Green for Golden State should allow him to get to his numbers.
Stephen Curry to score 30+ points (-125)
The last time Steph Curry played at the Golden 1 Center he finished the highest-scoring elimination game in NBA history with 50 points as his Warriors knocked off the Kings in one of the more entertaining first rounds in recent memory. Playing on the road was a struggle for Steve Kerr’s men last season and starting this campaign in one of the more hostile environments will be a challenge. Not to mention there’s also the revenge factor, and I’m sure Kings fans won’t take it easy on their opponents tonight. Golden State is still figuring out how to implement Chris Paul into the mix, after seeing Steph go for 27 in the opener against the Suns, I think he will need to up that to at least 30 points in this one to keep his team within striking distance.
De’Aaron Fox over 6.5 assists (-148)
The play of De’Aaron Fox wasn’t one of the reasons why the Kings lost against Golden State last season. He averaged 7.7 assists in that series, which is slightly up from his average of 7.4 per game which he averaged in his last 5 regular-season games against them. Sacramento is already 5th in offensive rating after just 1 game this season, Mike Brown has this team playing the right way and it all starts and finishes with their point guard. Fox was just 1 assist shy of clearing this line in the season opener at Utah, playing in front of the home fans I wouldn’t be surprised if he went for double digits here, but let’s play it a bit safer and go for over 6.5 assists.
