NBA Best Bets: Rockets vs. Kings Picks for March 1
Published 11:39 pm Friday, February 28, 2025
The Houston Rockets (37-22) host the Sacramento Kings (30-28) after winning three home games in a row. The Rockets are favored by 4.5 points in the matchup, which begins at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
Why don’t you take a look at the best bets available (according to our computer predictions) for Saturday’s game, before you place a wager on this contest?
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Rockets vs. Kings Game Info
- When: Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET
- Where: Toyota Center in Houston, Texas
- TV: NBCS-CA and SCHN
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Rockets vs. Kings Best Bets
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Pick ATS: Rockets (- 4.5)
- Houston has covered the spread 32 times in 59 games.
- Sacramento has 23 wins in 58 games against the spread this season.
- The Rockets’ ATS record as 4.5-point favorites or more is 15-15.
- The Kings have two wins ATS (2-3) as a 4.5-point underdog or greater this season.
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Pick OU:
Under (228.5)
- In 24 of 59 games this season, the Rockets and their opponents have scored more than 228.5 points.
- The Kings have combined with their opponents to score more than 228.5 points in 32 of 58 games this season.
- The average point total in Houston’s games this season is 222.8, 5.7 points fewer than this matchup’s over/under.
- Sacramento has a 229.9-point average over/under in its matchups this season, 1.4 more points than this game’s total.
- The Rockets are the 16th-highest scoring team in the league this year. The Kings have scored the 13th-most points.
- This outing features the NBA’s 18th-ranked (Kings) and fourth-ranked (Rockets) scoring defenses.
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Moneyline Pick: Rockets (-210)
- This season, the Rockets have won 28 out of the 38 games, or 73.7%, in which they’ve been favored.
- The Kings have been underdogs in 13 games this season and have come away with the win five times (38.5%) in those contests.
- Houston has a record of 13-7, a 65% win rate, when it’s favored by -210 or more by bookmakers this season.
- This year, Sacramento has won one of three games when listed as at least +170 or better on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rockets have a 67.7% chance to win.
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