{"id":387692,"date":"2025-12-21T14:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T19:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=387692"},"modified":"2025-12-21T14:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T19:20:16","slug":"rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets vs. Kings SGP predictions Dec. 21: Bet on Reed Sheppard to continue breakout season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings headline Sunday&#8217;s NBA action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: These are two teams with opposite aspirations at this point in the season. The Rockets can build on yesterday&#8217;s victory over the Denver Nuggets with another win over the Kings, who sit in the basement of the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Rockets vs. Kings SGP predictions for Dec. 21, featuring Reed Sheppard and Alperen Sengun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjY1NzMyJnA9MzExMjU%3D\">Join NorthStar Bets to start betting on the NBA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rockets vs. Kings predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parlay: Rockets ML | Sheppard over 2.5 threes | Sengun over 9.5 rebounds (+300)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Rockets ML <\/strong>(-625)<\/strong>: I&#8217;ll keep this portion short and sweet &#8230; the Kings are a bad basketball team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They sit 15th in the west and are 1-9 in their last 10 games. Both Domantas Sabonis and Zach LaVine will be out for this contest as both All-Stars continue to recover from injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjY1NzMyJnA9MzExMjU%3D\">Bet on NBA futures at NorthStar Bets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That leaves a thin roster to work with, and it&#8217;s been apparent in the results. Sacramento is on a five-game losing streak, averaging 107.8 points per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the full season, that would be the worst offence in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though the Rockets are on a back-to-back, they are far superior to the Kings, so it shouldn&#8217;t matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After losing the first two games of the season, Houston has won 17 of 23 games, catapulting the squad firmly into a playoff position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, they dismantled the Kings with LaVine, 121-95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"product_only\"><a href=\"cacheembed:122331\">Embed: #122331<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Sheppard over 2.5 threes<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> (<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>+104):<\/strong> The second-year pro is starting to find his groove at the NBA level. He is averaging 13.4 points while canning 44.2% of his 3s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guard attempts 6.2 shots from beyond the arc a night, so that efficiency is extremely impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And he&#8217;s coming off a great outing against the Denver Nuggets. He hit six of nine triples, finishing with 27 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheppard played over 30 minutes in that contest and should be asked to do a lot of heavy lifting again tonight, being one of the youngest players on the roster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that&#8217;s the case, he should at the very least take a handful of 3s, which is plenty enough for him to clear this mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kings allow the fourth most points per game to shooting guards (23.48).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjY1NzMyJnA9MzExMjU%3D\">Back LeBron and Doncic on Saturday night<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Sengun over 9.5 rebounds<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> <strong><strong><strong><strong>(<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>-117):<\/strong> Another position the Kings struggle to contain is centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big men average 16.76 rebounds per game against Sacramento, which is the most in the NBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kings are missing Sabonis inside. They don&#8217;t have a suitable replacement for the three-time rebounding champ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sengun is averaging right around this number of rebounds (9.3), but he should be in for above-average performance on the glass tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had double-digit rebounds in four of the past five games, including 10 boards against the Kings on Dec. 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sengun played under 30 minutes in that game because the Rockets won by close to 30. That proves he can cash this wager even if with a lopsided score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Rockets vs. Kings<\/em> <em>predictions made at 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 20, 2025. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNjY1NzMyJnA9MzExMjU%3D\">Sign up to NorthStar Bets today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar\">Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings headline Sunday&#8217;s NBA action. The pregame narrative: These are two teams with opposite aspirations at this point in the season. The Rockets can build on yesterday&#8217;s victory over the Denver Nuggets with another win over the Kings, who sit in the basement of the Western Conference standings. Check out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":387709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-387692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rockets vs. Kings predictions: SGP picks Dec. 20 | The Boost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Rockets vs. Kings SGP predictions for Dec. 21. NBA betting odds, same-game parlay for Sunday&#039;s game in Sacramento.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rockets vs. Kings predictions: SGP picks Dec. 20 | The Boost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out our Rockets vs. Kings SGP predictions for Dec. 21. NBA betting odds, same-game parlay for Sunday&#039;s game in Sacramento.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Boost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-21T19:20:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2025\/12\/CP175506654-scaled.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1712\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Spencer Closs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spencer_Closs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Spencer Closs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/\",\"name\":\"Rockets vs. Kings predictions: SGP picks Dec. 20 | The Boost\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-21T19:20:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-21T19:20:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d\"},\"description\":\"Check out our Rockets vs. Kings SGP predictions for Dec. 21. NBA betting odds, same-game parlay for Sunday's game in Sacramento.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/\",\"name\":\"The Boost\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d\",\"name\":\"Spencer Closs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Spencer Closs\"},\"description\":\"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.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spencer_Closs\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/author\/scloss\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rockets vs. Kings predictions: SGP picks Dec. 20 | The Boost","description":"Check out our Rockets vs. Kings SGP predictions for Dec. 21. NBA betting odds, same-game parlay for Sunday's game in Sacramento.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rockets vs. Kings predictions: SGP picks Dec. 20 | The Boost","og_description":"Check out our Rockets vs. Kings SGP predictions for Dec. 21. NBA betting odds, same-game parlay for Sunday's game in Sacramento.","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/","og_site_name":"The Boost","article_published_time":"2025-12-21T19:20:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1712,"url":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2025\/12\/CP175506654-scaled.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Spencer Closs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spencer_Closs","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Spencer Closs","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/","name":"Rockets vs. Kings predictions: SGP picks Dec. 20 | The Boost","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-12-21T19:20:16+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-21T19:20:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d"},"description":"Check out our Rockets vs. Kings SGP predictions for Dec. 21. NBA betting odds, same-game parlay for Sunday's game in Sacramento.","inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/rockets-vs-kings-sgp-predictions-december-20-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/","name":"The Boost","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d","name":"Spencer Closs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg","caption":"Spencer Closs"},"description":"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.","sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spencer_Closs"],"url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/author\/scloss\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387692"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":387721,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387692\/revisions\/387721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}