Sacramento replaced its head coach, Mike Brown, after suffering five consecutive losses, which worsened the team’s coaching dilemma. Consequently, Doug Christie was installed as his successor. However, his debut for the Kings on 29 December was poor, as he led them to a road loss to the Lakers 122-132. Of the Kings, De’Aaron Fox was the most effective and most efficient player scoring 29 points, grabbing five rebounds, and serving up twelve assists. Concerning recording his own double-double (14 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists) was Domantas Sabonis. Meanwhile, DeMar DeRozan provided 25 points off the bench , Malik Monk 20 points, Keon Ellis added 11 points. Currently, the Texas based team has 13 wins to their name as well as 19 losses, making them 10th in the Western Conference standings.
The Dallas Mavericks have struggled recently claiming two wins in their previous three games. Even the absence of Luka Dončić on December 29, when the Mavericks were considered favorites to win, did not help as they shockingly lost to Portland 122-126. Kyrie Irving’s performance earned the Mavericks 22 points, dodging 2 rebounds and 2 assists in that game. For the losing team Spencer Dinwiddie contributed with 17 points while Daniel Gafford and Quentin Grimes scored 15 each. Juggernauts in the Western Conference, Kidd’s men are currently 4th having won 20 games only 12 with losses.
Prediction: Sacramento is going to play better than the odds say winning while having a point spread of -2.5 which will include overtime at 1.76.
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