The final game of the night features the lowly Charlotte Hornets visiting the Sacramento Kings.
The pregame narrative: The Hornets are playing like they’re ready for the draft lottery and I’ll happily fade them tonight. I also have picks on a pair of power forwards — Keegan Murray and Miles Bridges — in this +440 SGP.
Check out my Hornets vs. Kings same-game parlay predictions for Feb. 24.
Hornets vs. Kings predictions
Parlay: Kings -8 | Murray 2+ threes | Bridges over 23.5 points (+440)
Kings -8 (-215): Sacramento laid an egg in its first game back from the break, losing 132-108 to the Golden State Warriors.
But three days rest and a game against the Hornets should have the Kings feeling motivated to get back into the win column.
Dating back to the start of February, Charlotte is 2-8 and is coming off a 141-88 beatdown by the Portland Trail Blazers.
This will be the Hornets’ fourth game since the all-star game so fatigue is sure to be a factor.
Charlotte is 1-6-1 against this spread since Feb. 1.
SGP legs
Murray 2+ threes (-167): The Hornets allow the seventh-most points and fourth-most 3s to opposing power forwards, per Fantasy Pros.
That sounds like a dream matchup for Murray, who takes a good chunk of his attempts from the perimeter.
He is having a down-shooting season, but this is still very much an achievable line.
- Murray hits 1.8 threes on 5.6 attempts per game (32.7%).
- Those are career lows. Last season, he hit 2.4 threes per game at a 35.8% clip.
He’s tapping into that shooting form lately, hitting two-plus 3s in six of the last nine games at a 39.6% rate.
Birdges over 23.5 points (-106): Bridges has quietly been a good scorer on a bad team.
Since Jan. 15, the athletic forward is averaging 22.8 points and 33.8 minutes per game. And now he draws a great matchup for his position.
The Kings concede the most points to PFs (24.7) per game.
Charlotte has been at the receiving end of many blowouts this season, often capping Bridges scoring ceiling.
But even last time out, when the Hornets lost by 53 to the Blazers, Bridges had a team-high 17 points and 16 shot attempts in a measly 23 minutes of action.
Those types of huge losses don’t come often so chances are this game is at least close enough for Bridges to crack 30 minutes.
If that’s the case, he’s in the position to have a high-scoring night.
Picks made at 2:14 p.m. ET on 02/24/2025.
Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.