NBA Betting Picks: Detroit @ Sacramento
Added on Feb 23, 2010 by Jack Thurman in
With sportsbooks not offering much in the way of NBA betting action for Tuesday we’ll look out west for a game between a couple of teams going nowhere. Sacramento and Detroit will almost certainly be on the outside looking in come playoff time, but they’ll battle on Tuesday night at Arco Arena:
Detroit Pistons at Sacramento Kings
February 23, 7:00 PM Pacific
The Detroit Pistons have the look of a team that stop caring a long time ago, and the Sacramento Kings aren’t far behind them. Their records are nearly identical, though Detroit has marginally better recent form going 5-5 in their last 10 games while the Kings have dropped 8 of their L10 SU. Both teams have been awful against the pointspread, with Detroit cashing in only 4 of their L14 games and Sacramento getting the money in only 7 of their L19 games.
While Arco Arena is no longer one of the most fearsome venues in the NBA for opposing teams, the Kings do have a .500 record at home. The Pistons, meanwhile, are a woeful 6-19 away from Motown and 6-16 SU against the Western Conference. At this price, we’re not asking Sacramento to do a whole lot in terms of covering a margin so essentially they just need to win the game. We think they can still do that and be anxious to end a 4 game losing streak both overall and at home.
Bet Sacramento -2′ over Detroit