The Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings close out Friday's NBA slate with an intrastate showdown in California's capital.
The pregame narrative: Los Angeles hasn't performed well without James Harden this season, and new addition Darius Garland isn't available to fill his shoes just yet. The Clippers are favoured, though, against a Kings squad that has lost 10 straight.
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Clippers vs. Kings predictions
SGP: Kings +10.5 | Leonard 6+ rebounds | Collins 2+ threes (+340)
Kings +10.5 (-435): Sacramento entered Thursday's NBA trade deadline on a 10-game losing streak with a 12-40 record, and the team opted to keep Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan.
It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.
I don't want to spend too much time talking about the Kings' organizational failures, though, and think they're worth backing on a heavily-teased spread tonight.
- Sacramento has covered this line in five of its last 10 games and nine of its last 14.
- Los Angeles is 2-4 SU without Harden, and 1-5 ATS vs. this line. It most recently lost by 23 points to the Cleveland Cavaliers after trading The Beard.
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The Clippers also traded Ivica Zubac at the deadline for Bennedict Mathurin, but the Canadian guard isn't available tonight.
That means L.A.'s starting rotation will consist of Leonard, Collins, Kobe Sanders, Kris Dunn, and Brook Lopez. I can't see that group winning by 11 points.
NBA SGP picks
Leonard 6+ rebounds (-167): Leonard's career year is almost certainly going to be wasted on the middling Clippers. He's mainly done damage as a scorer, but he should feast on the glass tonight.
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Zubac averaged 11.0 rebounds per game (fifth in the NBA) and is no longer on the court. On the other side, Sabonis, the three-time reigning rebounding champ, is questionable with back soreness.
Even if Sabonis plays, I expect Leonard to have an uptick in production as a rebounder.
The Claw is averaging 6.1 boards this season.
Clippers vs. Kings prop prediction
Collins 2+ threes (+110): Finally, I like Collins to drain a pair of 3s.
The power forward was lights out from deep over his last 20 games.
- 2.2 threes per game
- 57.1 3PT%
- 14-6 vs. this line
Sacramento skews as a semi-difficult matchup, allowing the 11th-fewest 3s per game.
But Collins is going to get plenty of looks with L.A.'s skeleton squad lineup, and has already cashed this wager against the Kings in December.
Clippers vs. Kings predictions made at 10 a.m. on Feb. 6, 2026.
