Sacramento is 13-17 on the season and shouldn't be laying this many points to almost any team, even with its current three-game winning streak. The Kings won at Minnesota on Friday as DeMarcus Cousins scored 32 points, and his team shot 52.5 percent, including 51.7 percent from three-point range. Don't expect that same kind of performance here from the Kings, who are averaging 44.9 percent shooting for the season. Surprisingly, Philadelphia has covered the spread eight of the last nine meetings, including the last four in a row, and that was when the 76ers were even worse than they are now. The Sixers come off a 123-116 loss at Phoenix when both teams shot better than 50 percent, and Joel Embiid led Philly with 27 points. Rudy Gay is questionable for the Kings with a hip flexor strain, and Philadelphia has covered eight straight in Sacramento. Play the 76ers.
This pick was released to clients on December 26, 2016 at 12:06PM ET.
NBA
Philadelphia at Sacramento
December 26, 2016
10:35 PM Eastern
1 unit on Philadelphia +8.5 (-110) (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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