Sacramento wraps up its east coast road trip in Atlanta as the Kings (3-10) face the Hawks (2-12).
Let’s face it. Both the Kings and the Hawks are struggling. They’re second-to-last and last in their respective conferences. The season hasn’t been pretty.
Both teams are near the bottom in efficiency and have a combined five wins. It happens. In a league with 30 teams, a few of them inevitably stink.
The Kings are a team with veterans like Zach Randolph and George Hill, who command minutes and much of the offense. This is despite their youth movement in a rebuild since they traded franchise player DeMarcus Cousins last season. The Kings are 2-2 over their last four, with wins over the Thunder and Sixers, but haven’t won on this three-game road trip.
The Hawks still remain a shell of the 2015 team that won 60 games. They could string together a couple more wins considering their schedule has been lopsided toward the road — they’ve played 10 on the road already in 14 games. From this game against the Kings, to the end of the month, they have one road game.
Both teams do have promising rookies. The Kings have De’Aaron Fox, who hit a game winner to beat the Sixers on Nov. 9, and the Hawks have John Collins, who has burst onto the scene in his early NBA action.
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 15
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Venue: Philips Arena
TV Info: NSCA, FSSE
Live Stream: League Pass, FuboTV
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Oddshark lists the Hawks as 4.5-point favorites. That’s a pretty steep line for teams who are so similar in both record and production. That is, in categories that aren’t offensive efficiency. The Hawks are averaging about four points more per 100 possessions.