{"id":321858,"date":"2025-01-16T12:31:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=321858"},"modified":"2025-01-16T12:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:31:32","slug":"rockets-vs-kings-predictions-january-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-predictions-january-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets vs. Kings same-game parlay predictions Jan. 16: Fade DeRozan and back VanVleet in +340 wager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two red-hot teams battle in Sacramento on Thursday when the Kings host the Houston Rockets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Sacramento is surging under interim head coach Doug Christie but I&#8217;ll still back Houston to cover an alternate spread. Player prop bets on DeMar DeRozan and Fred VanVleet round out this +340 wager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Rocket vs. Kings same-game parlay predictions for Jan. 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rocket vs. Kings predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights\"><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:106422\">Embed: #106422<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Rockets +10.5 + DeRozan under 19.5 points + VanVleet over 2.5 threes (+340)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Rockets +10.5<\/strong> (-400):<\/strong> Sacramento&#8217;s season was in a tailspin before management made a bold coaching change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad started 13-19 under Mike Brown, who was one season removed from bringing the Kings to the playoffs for the first time since 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Replacing Brown seemed rash at the time, but it&#8217;s paid dividends so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sacramento has won seven of its last eight and is sitting at .500 right before the midway point of the season. Still, I like Houston to cover this heavily teased spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Rockets are 13-6 straight up on the road this season.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Houston has won five straight games and seven straight on the road.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Rockets have only lost by 11+ points three times this season (7.7%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kings might be rolling but they&#8217;ve still only covered a -10.5 spread twice in their last 14 games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>DeRozan under 19.5 points<\/strong> (-122):<\/strong><\/strong> DeRozan is having his best scoring month (23.1 PPG) of the season but you can chalk that up to volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sacramento&#8217;s small forward is shooting 44.9% from the field and 35.7% from deep in January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is attempting 19.4 shots per game, which gives him a high floor as a scorer. But Houston is an incredibly tough matchup, and I can see him deferring to Domantas Sabonis and De&#8217;Aaron Fox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rockets have the best mid-range defence (39.2%), according to Cleaning the Glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeRozan takes 74% of his shots from that area of the court, which ranks in the 100th percentile for all NBA players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>VanVleet over 2.5 threes<\/strong><\/strong> (+102):<\/strong> Sacramento&#8217;s 3-point defence was an issue under Brown, and it hasn&#8217;t gotten better under Christie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The squad ranks 28th in opponent 3-point percentage on the season (38.5%) and 21st in January (38.2%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VanVleet is shooting an abysmal 32.9% from deep this season, but he&#8217;s attempting 7.6 threes per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Toronto Raptor is also on a nice little heater, shooting above 40.0% from deep in three straight games, while clearing this line twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping he can stay hot in a plus matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 11:24 a.m. ET 01\/16\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two red-hot teams battle in Sacramento on Thursday when the Kings host the Houston Rockets. The pregame narrative: Sacramento is surging under interim head coach Doug Christie but I&#8217;ll still back Houston to cover an alternate spread. Player prop bets on DeMar DeRozan and Fred VanVleet round out this +340 wager. Check out my Rocket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":321881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-321858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rocket vs. Kings predictions: Jan. 16 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Rocket vs. Kings same-game parlay predictions for Jan. 16. 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