Wednesday's late-night NBA slate features a matchup between the New York Knicks and Sacramento Kings.
The pregame narrative: New York has lost four of six games since the calendar turned. Sacramento has won back-to-back games as a home underdog. Still, it's the Knicks who are laying 10.5 points on the road this evening.
Check out my Knicks vs. Kings SGP predictions for Jan. 14, featuring Karl-Anthony Towns and Russell Westbrook.
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Knicks vs. Kings predictions
Parlay: Knicks -9.5 | Town 10+ rebounds | Westbrook 2+ threes (+320)
Knicks -9.5 (-143): Sacramento's last two games:
- Dec. 12: 12-point win over the Los Angeles Lakers as +9.5 underdogs
- Dec. 11: 13-point win over the Houston Rockets as +14.5 underdogs
Backing New York might seem scary after those outings, but I can't ignore Sacramento's larger body of work. The Kings are 10-30 with six double-digit losses in their last nine games.
On top of that, they rank 29th in offensive rating and net rating this season, per NBA.com.
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The Knicks are a much more talented roster with no injuries on their ledger, and they just picked up a nine-point win over the Trail Blazers in Portland on Sunday.
Domantas Sabonis and Keegan Murray remain sidelined for the home side, and I don't see a third-straight underdog story playing out.
NBA SGP legs
Towns 10+ rebounds (-420): Losing Sabonis, who led the NBA in rebounding over the last three seasons, has been tough on Sacrameneto.
- The Kings are 28th in rebounding rate since Sabonis went down with an injury on Dec. 16.
- Over the last 30 days, they are giving up the second-most rebounds per game to oppsing centres (16.0), per Fantasy Pros.
Towns is averaging the second-most rebounds per game (11.4). He has reached this milestone in eight of his last 10 games and 28 of 36 games on the season.
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I like KAT to reach 12 rebounds at -121 as a standalone play, but I'll tease that mark down for this SGP.
Westbrook 2+ threes (-132): Finaly, I want to back Westbrook from 3-point land. That statement would be scoffed at just a few years ago.
The veteran guard is averaging 1.9 threes on 5.6 attempts per game (34.5%). That's the most makes since the 2016-17 season, when he won MVP.
Westbrook is coming off a two-game tear, where he went 2-0 against this line and shot 7-of-14 from beyond the arc.
He should stay hot against a Knicks team with the sixth-worst 3-point defence (37.2%) in the NBA.
Knicks vs. Kings SGP made at 11:15 a.m. ET on Jan. 14, 2026.
