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The San Antonio Spurs (11-44) open up the 2nd half of the season Thursday night on the road against the Sacramento Kings (31-23). Tip-off is 10 p.m. ET at Golden 1 Center. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Spurs vs. Kings odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.

Season series: Kings lead 1-0 with a 129-120 in-season tournament win on Nov. 17

The Spurs entered the All-Star break losing 8 of their last 9 games. Their last game was a 116-93 road loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Feb. 14. They did not cover the 11.5-point spread as the underdogs.

The Kings lost 4 of 6 entering the All-Star break but won their last game on Feb. 14 over the Denver Nuggets 102-98 on the road when they were 5-point underdogs.

Spurs at Kings odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 10:28 a.m. ET.

Moneyline (ML): Spurs +310 (bet $100 to win $310) | Kings -400 (bet $400 to win $100)
Against the spread (ATS): Spurs +9.5 (-115) | Kings -9.5 (-105)
Over/Under (O/U): 240.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
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Spurs at Kings key injuries
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C Charles Bassey (knee) out
F Marcus Morris (not with team) out
Kings

F Domantas Sabonis (illness) doubtful
F Sasha Vezenkov (ankle) out

Spurs at Kings picks and predictions
Prediction
Kings 123, Spurs 110

Moneyline
The Spurs are 6-23 on the road this season and lost 4 of 5 road games before the break while the Kings are 15-9 at home.

There is nothing about this matchup that should lead you to believe the Spurs will win this game outright, and betting the Kings at -400 isn’t worth the action.

PASS.

Against the spread
The Spurs have been much better against the spread than winning games outright. They are 25-30 ATS overall and 13-16 ATS on the road.

But they have not covered the spread in their last 5 losses. Six of their last 7 losses have been by double digits.

BET KINGS -9.5 (-105).

Over/Under
The Spurs’ last 11 games have not reached 240 total points while 4 of the Kings’ last 6 have surpassed 240 points.

The Spurs are averaging only 107.1 points per game over their last 10.

So even if the Kings hit 120, as the Spurs have only scored 120 or more once in their last 12 games, it’s going to be hard for the Over to hit.