WARRIORS 132, KINGS 106

Betting Results:
Head to Head: Warriors, odds 1.761
Line: Warriors (-1.5), odds 1.901 - winning tip (backed at -2.5)
Total Points: Over (237.5), odds 1.915

Pre-game Prediction
Warriors, 51.1%
Kings, 48.9%

We had two from three winning tips, only Jimmy Butler lets us down for a hattrick. Still a tidy profit on the game though.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Buddy Hield and Moses Moody had 22 points each and Golden State beat Sacramento.

Brandin Podziemski added 21 points, and Stephen Curry had 20 points as role players stepped up for the Warriors.

Hield, Moody lead Warriors with 22 points each in 132-106 blowout over Kings

By ERIC HE AP Basketball Writer The Associated Press SACRAMENTO

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Buddy Hield and Moses Moody had 22 points each and the Golden State Warriors beat the Sacramento Kings 132-106 on Friday night.

Brandin Podziemski added 21 points, and Stephen Curry had 20 points as role players stepped up for the Warriors.

DeMar DeRozan led the Kings with 34 points and Domantas Sabonis finished one assist shy of a triple double with 14 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists.

The Warriors got off to a hot start in the second quarter and led by 20. They were 11 of 23 from deep in the first half to take a 68-53 lead at halftime. Golden State maintained a 100-83 lead heading into the fourth.

Markelle Fultz, the No. 1 overall pick in 2017, scored eight points in his debut with the Kings after signing with them last week.

Takeaways

Warriors: The new-look Warriors continue to impress since acquiring Jimmy Butler, improving to 4-1 with him in the lineup. They are two games over .500 for the first time since December.

Kings: The Kings dropped to 3-4 since trading De’Aaron Fox. They have allowed over 110 points in each of their last five games, as the Warriors shot 54%.

Key moment

The Kings cut a 20-point lead to nine midway through the third quarter, but the Warriors responded with an 11-0 run — capped off by five straight points by Curry — to push the lead back to 20.

Key stat

The Warriors took much better care of the basketball than in their two prior games against the Kings this season. They turned the ball over just 12 times, after having 19 and 22 turnovers in the earlier losses.

This is how we previewed this game....

Warriors are slight favourites for this one, currently priced at odds of 1.72 against Sacramento's 2.12

Both sides are having pretty crap seasons, although since the arrival of Jimmy Butler, the Warriors have seen a distinct improvement in results.

GSW lie 10th in the West, 28-27-51%, 13-14 on road, 6-4 L10 on a W1 streak. SAC are 9th, also 28-27-51%, 14-13 at home, 5-5 on an L1 streak. Beautiful symmetry and balance between the two teams.

Warriors (-2.5) at odds of 1.90

Butler's arrival has revitalised the Warriors, who are 3-1 on the road 4 games into Big Jimmy B's San Fran career/ Whilst Butler has scored well (over 21 ppg in this period) the biggest impact is that he releases and supports Steph on offense. Steph's up to 31 ppg since JB arrived. We'd bet Warrior

Returns $19.00 for a $10 bet

Jimmy Butler (GSW) Over 27.5 Points + Rebounds at odds of 1.86

Butler is the man (of the last 4 games), and has beaten this line in every GSW game so far (was 9/14 in Miami - so still healthy). likely to play 30+ minutes, Jimmy should beat this for a fifth time.

Returns $18.60 for a $10 bet

Domantas Sabonis (SAC) Under 14.5 Rebounds at odds of 1.86

Whilst he has beaten this line in 4 of his last 5, three of them were against New Orleans, an utterly crap team. He's missed this line in 4 of 5 games against mid ranking defenses. He'll miss again.

Returns $18.60 for a $10 bet

Another decent tipping performance, another two from three. GSW hammered SAC, so our spread bet came in easily. Butler missed his target so we lost, but Sabonis missed his by 1 point, so we won that Under bet. $30 staked, $37.60 returned. Like shelling peas.