Chicago vs Sacramento Prediction: Can the Kings Manage 7th Win In a Row?

Sacramento has won six games in a row, including an overtime one over Boston, the reigning NBA champions. Will the Kings outplay the Bulls and extend their winning streak at the United Center? Telecomasia offers a prediction and several betting options for another early matchup on another NBA game day.

Chicago

Last game, the Bulls hosted Washington, the worst team in the Eastern Conference. Chicago lost to the Wizards unexpectedly on January 2nd. This time, Billy Donovan's team confirmed their favourite status with a score of 138:105. Zach LaVine earned 33 points, and Nikola Vucevic finished the game with a double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds. This victory was Chicago's third in the last four games. Before that, the Bulls lost away to Indiana (113:129), but at home they beat New York (139:126) and San Antonio (114:110). In the Eastern standings, Chicago thus kept their 10th place. The Bulls are 2.0 wins ahead of the 11th place, which is occupied by Philadelphia.

Sacramento

It's hard to believe that head coach Mike Brown was the reason for the Kings' failures this season. So, the team's recent successes should probably be put down to an emotional outburst. Next, Sacramento's results will probably go down again.

So far, though, the team led by Doug Christie is doing well. In the last match, they beat Boston 114:97 at home. Before that, the visitors won five games in a row: at home over Dallas (110:100), Philadelphia (113:107), Memphis (138:133), and Miami (123:118 (102:102) in overtime), and away over Golden State (129:99).

H2H Meetings

Last season, the rivals exchanged away victories. Chicago won the first game 113:109 and Sacramento took the second game 123:115. Sacramento has won four out of six matches against Chicago in the last three championships.

Stats Betting

• You can bet on Sacramento to win the seventh match in a row, with odds of 1.59 at 1xbet.
• In four of the last five times these teams have played each other, the total number of points scored was under 237. We bet on TU (237.5) at odds of 1.855 at 1xbet.
• In three out of four previous games, Sacramento scored more than 120 points. We bet on IT2O (120.5) at odds of 1.90 at 1xbet.
• Chicago has not reached the mark of 118 points in 6 of the last 8 home games. We bet on IT2U (116.5) at 1.80 at 1xbet.

Expert Betting Tips

Sacramento is in great shape now, while Chicago, despite three wins in the last four matches, is still far from steadily going all way to the title. So, in the next game, we're backing the Kings, and we're also going for a total over. The Bulls are near the bottom of the defensive efficiency rating, and we think Sacramento will reach their total for three-pointers.