Both teams will be on a back to back as the 26-46 Sacramento Kings will travel to play the 23-49 Phoenix Suns in an NBA pro basketball game on Thursday night. Tip off time from Phoenix is scheduled for 10PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBA League Pass Channel.
The NBA odds from this pro basketball game has the home team Phoenix Suns favored by -2 ½ points with an over under line of 207 ½ points. There has been no line movement since the odds were released a few hours ago.
This will be the fourth meeting of the season between the Kings and Suns with Phoenix winning and covering the spread in two of the three games.
Sacramento on the road this season has a record of 7-30 straight up. The Kings break a two game losing streak by defeating the Golden St Warriors on Tuesday 105-98 as a +9 point road underdog. The total landed under 213 points. The Kings shot 45.6% from the floor and made 11 of their 28 three pointers. They allowed the Warriors 46.6% shooting and just 5 of 22 from beyond the arc. Sacramento gets a break as Klay Thompson for Golden St goes 1 of 16 from the field. Isaiah Thomas led the Kings with 31 points and seven rebounds as he made 10 of his 18 shots. The Kings rank 30th and last in the NBA in scoring defense as the team surrenders 104.7 points a game. Teams make 46.9% from the floor against Sacramento which ranks the Kings 28th and third last in the league in defensive field goal percentage.
The Suns are 16-20 playing on their home court during the current campaign. The Suns lose their fourth straight and eighth in nine games after a 103-88 road defeat on Wednesday to the Utah Jazz as a +13 ½ point underdog. It was uphill from the start for Phoenix as they fall behind 34-23 after one period. The Suns shot 44.7% from the floor and made 6 of their 16 three point shots. They give up 51.8% shooting to the Jazz and Phoenix allowed Utah to pull down ten more rebounds. Wesley Johnson for the Suns had 22 points as he made 8 of his 16 shots. Phoenix is poor on both sides of the court. They rank in the bottom third in every key offensive and defensive category in the NBA.