The Sacramento Kings will travel to take on the Brooklyn Nets Sunday night in the battle of the tanks. Both teams may be trying to lose this game as the season winds down to an end, and both the Kings and the Nets sit below 20 wins. The Kings have a couple more wins overall, but Sacramento holds the worst road record in the NBA of 6-31. The Kings have lost five of their last six games. The Nets are 9-26 on their home floor this season, but they are currently on a 10-game losing streak. They will be returning home from a 4-game road trip for this one. As you would expect from 2 tanking teams, the injury list is long and heavy. The Kings will be without Russell Westbrook, Keegan Murray, Drew Eubanks, De\u2019Andre Hunter, Domantas Sabonis and Zach LaVine. DeMar DeRozan is still available for this game, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if the 36-year-old is a late add to the injury list after the Kings played in Atlanta last night. The Nets will be without Danny Wolf, Michael Porter Jr, Egor Demin and Day\u2019Ron Sharpe. They will still have Noah Clowney and Nic Claxton available and playing in this game.<\/p>\n
Now, I could pretend to find some statistics that supports a side in this one \u2014 but, realistically, there is no number that can provide an edge in a game like this. These are 2 teams that are trying to lose at this time, and the question really falls under which team will do a better job tanking this matchup. With the Kings traveling in from Atlanta in the second half of a back-to-back, I think the Kings have a better chance of falling short in this matchup. The Nets are returning home from a road trip, and motivation may be there to provide the hometown crowd with a good effort. Overall, I\u2019ll take the Nets on their home floor as slight underdogs.<\/p>\n
Kings vs Nets prediction: Brooklyn ML (+100) available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.<\/p>\n
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