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The Los Angeles Lakers have made a remarkable turnaround with four wins in their last five games, and now they'll meet the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, looking to make it a perfect 4-0 in the season series.
Given the poor performance of the Lakers in the mid-range, and the Kings on the glass, we should be able to find three players here who excel in these areas and bring us the promise of big games.
Let's build a same-game parlay for Kings vs Lakers on Saturday, December 28 and lay out a few props that will work well as standalone straight bets as well.
DraftKings NBA Odds for Kings vs Lakers SGP: +350
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I'll repeat myself in a bit, but one thing to know here is that the Kings shy away from shooting at the rim with the second-lowest frequency in the league.
Anthony Davis hasn't needed a second invitation to crash the boards this season, averaging over 11 per game and 12 this month -- throwing away his last game against the Warriors which was cut short due to injury after just seven minutes.
Davis corralled a total of 34 rebounds in the back-to-back between these two teams roughly 10 days ago, and should have a way in here once again with the Kings sitting 25th in rebounding rate this month.
Most importantly, Sacramento has struggled on the defensive glass -- and while Davis isn't really an elite offensive rebounder he's the best on the floor among the players we can expect to see for a reasonable amount of time.
He's tallied 12 on the offensive glass in three games against the Kings, and that should help him pad his total as we look for a big night.
While I previously went after DeMar DeRozan both times these two teams met a week or so ago thanks to his mid-range prowess, the Lakers took the ball out of his hands and put the onus on other Kings to score the ball.
Fox has proven capable in the mid-range, where the Lakers remain one of the worst defenses in the league, and he's also continued o excel in passing the ball with nearly seven assists per game this month.
Los Angeles has allowed the fifth-most assists per 100 possessions to opponents this season, and that should put this combo prop in play with Fox averaging over 35 points and assists against the Lakers this season and has hit this number in all three contests.
The Kings continue rank second-to-last in shot frequency at the rim, and in an offense like this it's become clear that Domantas Sabonis is best used as a facilitator and shooter inside the arc.
Though the assists have fluctuated for Sabonis, that hasn't been the case in this season series where he's notched at least five in all three games and has averaged eight.
We covered the Lakers' generosity in the assists column above, and while it's been difficult to pick out a scorer in these meetings we can be sure the Kings will have a good chance at scoring the ball given their love for shooting in the mid-range. That should mean plenty of passes into buckets, and I think Sabonis should lead the charge.
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