Sacramento Kings vs Denver Nuggets Prediction: betting on the guests to win

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 17. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Sacramento

The Kings failed at the start of the season, from what still remains outside even the top ten of the West. At the moment, the team sits in 11th place in the conference and is 0.5 wins away from the play-in zone. However, Sacramento will improve their position in the near future, as the Kings have found their game. On the eve of the meeting with Denver, the Californians have three wins in a row - away over San Antonio (140:113) and New Orleans (111:109), and at home over Utah (141:97).

In addition to the tournament situation, Sacramento also improved in the offensive rankings. The Kings got to the eighth line in points scored on average per game - 116.2.

Denver

The Nuggets are fifth in offense. The team is scoring a solid 118.7 points per game on average, and it can't be otherwise, given the presence of Nikola Jokic in the lineup. Arguably the best offensive big man in the world right now. Thanks to the effectiveness of the offense, Denver has already reached the fifth place in the Western Conference. The balance of wins is 13-10. That said, the Nuggets are still one of the worst on defense - ninth from the bottom this season with an average of 116.0 points per game allowed.

In the previous two games, though, Denver has done just fine on defense. First, the Nuggets beat Atlanta on the road (141-111), and then they beat the Los Angeles Clippers at home (120:98).

Expert Betting Tips

Denver and Sacramento are in the top-8 of the offensive rating, and clearly this season so far they are better offensively than defensively. We believe that the upcoming meeting, respectively, will be very productive, and in terms of the outcome we expect a victory for the Nuggets. The Kings have a three-game winning streak in a row, but the Californians have faced only Western Conference outsiders - Utah, New Orleans and San Antonio.