The Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings collide as part of a busy late-night slate in the NBA on Monday.
The pregame narrative: Sacramento is slipping and should have a hard time slowing Memphis’ offence, which averages an NBA-best 122.7 points per game. Desmond Bane and Domantas Sabonis are featured in this same-game parlay recommendation.
Check out my +335 Grizzlies vs. Kings SGP predictions for March 17.
Grizzlies vs. Kings predictions
Parlay: Grizzlies over 117.5 points | Bane 3+ threes | Sabonis 15+ points (+335)
Grizzlies over 117.5 points (-121): Memphis is 8-2 against this number in its last 10 games without star point guard Ja Morant, who is out tonight.
The only times the Grizzlies fell short were against the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors, two teams in the top 10 in defensive rating.
Sacramento is 19th in defensive rating and 23rd this month.
Memphis scored 133 points on the Kings the last time these teams played (a 138-133 loss).
Morant’s absence cuts into some upside but the fast-tempo Grizzlies have done well without him and play at the top pace in the NBA.
Memphis has scored 120-plus points in four straight games, while the Kings have allowed 120-plus in three consecutive.
This game has the second-highest total of the night.
NBA SGP legs
Bane 3+ threes (-118): The Grizzlies guard failed to hit this number in the two games he played against the Kings earlier this season but this is a great matchup.
Bane will need to shoulder a bigger load on offence without Morant and the Kings are dreadful at containing the 3-ball.
- Sacramento ranks last in the NBA in opponent 3-point percentage.
- Each of the last three teams to face the Kings made 20-plus threes and shot better than 50% from the outside.
- Bane has hit this number in three straight games without Morant.
The 26-year-old’s production is down this season and so is his 3-point volume, but Bane is still shooting a solid 38.0% from downtown.
Sabonis 15+ points (-195): Sabonis played on Friday for the first time in two weeks. And while he fell short of this number, it was encouraging to see him log 30 minutes.
The Kings big man scored 17 points in each game against Memphis this season and is averaging 19.4 PPG.
This is a very achievable number for him despite a dip in scoring since De’Aaron Fox was traded.
Excluding a game he was limited to one minute, Sabonis has hit the 15-point mark in 46 of 56 contests.
Grizzlies vs. Kings predictions made at 12:41 p.m. ET 03/17/2025.
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