It all comes down to this – one game to keep your season alive. It promises to be an exciting game between the Warriors and Kings, these two teams crossed paths in the postseason last year and Golden State came out on top in 7 games. They’ve also been neck and neck this year in the regular season with each team winning 2 games, with 3 of those games being decided by just a single point. If we look at a larger sample size though, the Warriors have had the upper hand in head-to-head meetings winning 14 of the last 20 games, they’ll enter Tuesday’s games on a run of 7 wins in 8 road games overall. They are also the healthier team here, Stephen Curry took the night off in their regular season finale vs Utah, so he should be fresh in this one.
I hate to say it, but this is the end of the road for the Sacramento Kings. The timing of the injuries to Kevin Huerter and Malik Monk couldn’t be any worse, this is one of those games where we will see just how much they miss those two rotational players. In order to beat the Warriors you have to be at your best and it’s pretty obvious that this team just isn’t that at the moment. They’ve won just two of their last 7 regular season games, which is why they ended up in the play-in tournament in the first place. De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis are doing their best to keep them afloat, but in games of this magnitude you have to have a deep roster to compete. Sacramento is just 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games vs Golden State.
