AAA's PACIFIC DIV. GAME OF YEAR (225-167 +$42,850 NBA s/ 2013!)
(NBA) LA Lakers vs. Sacramento,
Point Spread: -7.00 | -105.00 Sacramento (Home)
Result: Push
This is a 10* PACIFIC DIVISION GAME OF THE YEAR on the Sacramento Kings.

After losing to the Lakers earlier in the month and looking to avoid a season-high sixth straight loss overall, I look for the home side to find a way to get the job done at the end of the night and to pull away down the stretch for the comfortable ATS cover. Sacramento was SO close to stopping the slide last time out as well, big man DeMarcus Cousins returned to go 8 of 12 for 27 points, 11 rebounds and five assists, but it wasn't enough as the Kings would fall 108-107 to the Bucks for their tenth loss in their last 12 games. Sacramento went 2-8 with Cousins sidelined, but I think the team will come in focused here. Also note, the way in which the Kings lost to the Lakers this year will not be sitting well with them, they allowed Kobe Bryant to score nine of his 32 points over the final 3:15, LA would rally from a seven point deficit to win 98-95 (Cousins did not play in that one). Note though that there is some room to read between the lines in that performance, Black Mamba shot only 11 of 27 that night and he's been even worse since, he was just 12 of 15 on Friday and was held to just nine points in a disheartening 104-103 home to loss to Oklahoma City. The Kings will also be hungry to avoid a five game slide in front of the home town crowd. It's a perfect set of motivational and situational factors that we can take advantage of. Also note that LA is already a poor 5-6 ATS vs. good offensive teams which average 99 plus points or more per contest and 1-3 ATS vs. divisional opponents, while Sacramento is already 2-1 ATS vs. division opponents this year, 2-1 ATS off an upset loss as a favorite and 6-4 ATS after allowing 105 points or more in its previous contest. After considering all of the above factors, I believe this number is just a little low; play on SACRAMENTO.

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