The Milwaukee Bucks are on the road at the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday in National Basketball Association action. These two teams played in January, in Milwaukee, with the Bucks coming away with a 143-142 thrilling win.
The Bucks are now 42-23 on the season and coming off a win. Milwaukee is 7-3 in their last 10 games, but have struggled on the road. Milwaukee is 17-16 away from home. The Bucks are just a half game ahead of Cleveland in the East.
The Sacramento Kings are coming off a loss at home to the Rockets on Sunday. Sacramento fell to 36-27 on the season. The Kings are 7th in the West, ½ game behind the Phoenix Suns, and ½ game ahead of the Dallas Mavericks.
The Sacramento Kings are -1 in this game at home over the Bucks.
Road Warrior Bucks
This is the fourth and final game of the road trip for the Milwaukee Bucks. After losing to the Warriors, and the Lakers, they were able to beat the shorthanded Clippers. Milwaukee used 16 fourth quarter points from Damian Lillard in the win. Lillard finished the game with 35.
Lillard is second on the team with 24.7 points per game. He is also leading the way with 6.8 assists per game. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the leading scorer for the Bucks with 30.8 points per game. The Greek Freak is making more than 61% of his shots on the season as well. The Bucks are without Khris Middleton for this game with injury.
The Bucks are heading back home after this game. Milwaukee will host the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday, and the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. The Bucks have a big road game next week at Boston, before heading back home for three home games.
Up and Down Kings
The Kings would love to find consistency over the final 19 regular season games. The Kings would also love to make sure they are in the Top 6 in the West to avoid the play-in game. The Kings are 3-3 over their last six, with a win over Minnesota, and a loss to the Rockets in the same stretch.
The Kings are scoring 118.2 points per game. De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis combined for 47.1 of those. Fox is at 27 per game, while Sabonis is at 20.1. Sabonis is also picking up over 8 assists per game. The Kings need to finish 12-7 to match their record from a season ago.
Next up for the Kings is a home game against the Lakers on Wednesday. The New York Knicks come to town on Saturday night, and the Grizzlies will visit next Monday. After that, the Kings will play three straight road games.
Bucks Top Kings
The Milwaukee Bucks are the better team here. But, the Kings are one of the toughest teams to predict in all of the league. The Kings can win any night and get beat every night.
This is a crazy team to predict. In the end, we will take the team with more talent to win this game on the road. Our final betting pick for this game is the Milwaukee Bucks +1 or -105 over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday.
