Sacramento Kings vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction: Rising Thunder takes on top-quality offense of the Kings

The NBA prediction scene ain’t easy. Sometimes the predictions can fail by a point or so and when the points tally runs in three figures, the margin is next-to-nothing. To add to the trickery, even a struggling team can turn the table on a winning team and the home-court advantage is certainly huge. In another tricky NBA scenario, the Sacramento Kings are going to take on the Oklahoma City Thunder

The Kings enter the game after defeating the Lakers 116:111 as De’Aaron Fox scooped up 31 points continuing his dominant performance against the Lakers. The Kings have won five in a row and they have now won at least five in a row twice in a row. Because of these amazing returns, Sacramento has attained 25 wins and 18 losses. They are one of the if not the best offensive teams and have scored 130+ in five of the last six games and have been scoring a large number of points throughout the season. Fox is a superb all-around, Sabonis gets the crucial rebounds and inside scorer whereas Harrison Barnes has hit his best scoring streak of the season.

The Thunder comes into the game after defeating the Pacers 126:106 as Isaiah Joe dropped 23 points. This was the fourth straight win for Oklahoma City and they have now won seven of their nine games, to improve to 22 wins, however, they are one game under the 50% record with 23 losses. The offense is so much better than last season and after winning just 24 games last season, they are on course to win around 40. Lately, the offense hasn’t been all about their leading scorer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and thanks to Josh Giddey, the offense has been elevated further. The team has also found more depth and their above-average defense has made them a tough team. The rebuild is at a rapid pace for the Thunder.

The Kings have been in a great rhythm offensively and now Harrison Barnes is also catching fire. On the other hand, the Thunder has also done a great job offensively, especially with the way the support has increased around Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Domantas Sabonis is questionable for the game and his presence has been huge but his backup Richuan Holmes can bring terrific rebounding although he is not the same type of scorer. Overall, I see a close game but I believe the Kings will win here with a scoreline of 126:121.