On Tuesday night, a battle between 2 Western Conference teams is going to happen as Sacramento Kings will host Denver Nuggets. With 17 wins and 14 losses, the Kings are in the 6th place in the standings while the Nuggets are the best team in the conference with 21 wins and 11 losses. In this game, I'm picking the Nuggets to win.

The Kings have struggled recently as they have 2 losses in the last 3 games and only 4 wins in the last 9 games. The last 2 losses have been at home against the Hornets and Wizards. Domantas Sabonis injured his thumb in the last game and now is questionable. He has an avulsion fracture of the right thumb. Although there's a chance that he's going to play, media reports that the hope is that he will return to action in the coming days. Sacramento and Denver will play 2 days in a row and there's no need to rush Sabonis back. In the last 5 games, the Kings have the 7th-best offense (117.8), the 24th-best defense (117.9) and the 17th-best net rating (-0.1).

The Nuggets have shown good basketball with 4 wins in a row and 7 wins in the last 8 games. The good news is that Michael Porter Jr. is back after 13 missed games. The team will be almost at full strength as Jeff Green is the only player who won't be playing tonight. In the last 5 games, the Nuggets just the 22nd-best offense (112.6) but the 6th-best defense (109.3) with the 10th-best net rating (3.3). Without Sabonis, Nikola Jokic should continue to dominate as he has collected 3 triple-double's in the last 4 games.

Sacramento's last game was on Friday while Denver played on Sunday. It will be the 10th time this season for the Kings when they have a rest advantage and they covered the spread just 2 times. It's a rest disadvantage for Denver and they have covered the spread 5 times out of 8 in these situations. The Nuggets have beaten Sacramento in the last 4 meetings by at least 6 points. It's going to be a tough night for Sacramento and Denver should continue to roll.

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周二晚上，萨克拉门托国王将主场迎战丹佛掘金，两支西部球队将展开一场较量。国王队以17胜14负的战绩排在联盟第6位，而掘金队则以21胜11负的战绩成为联盟最好的球队。这场比赛，我选掘金队赢。

国王队最近表现不佳，过去3场比赛输了2场，过去9场比赛只赢了4场。最近两场失利都是在主场对阵黄蜂和奇才。萨博尼斯在上一场比赛中拇指受伤，现在是否复出还是个问题。他的右手拇指撕脱性骨折。尽管他有机会参加比赛，但媒体报道称，希望他能在未来几天恢复比赛。国王和掘金将会连续打两天比赛，没有必要催萨博尼斯回来。在过去的5场比赛中，国王队的进攻(117.8分)排名第7，防守(117.9分)排名第24，净效率(-0.1分)排名第17。

掘金队在过去的8场比赛中取得了7场胜利，并取得了4连胜。好消息是小迈克尔·波特在缺席13场比赛后复出了。球队几乎是全员，因为杰夫·格林是今晚唯一不能上场的球员。在过去的5场比赛中，掘金的进攻排在第22位(112.6分)，防守排在第6位(109.3分)，净效率排在第10位(3.3分)。没有了萨博尼斯，尼古拉·约基奇应该会继续统治球队，因为他在过去4场比赛中拿到了3次三双。

国王队的最后一场比赛是在周五，掘金队是在周日。这将是国王队本赛季第10次有休息优势，他们只覆盖了2次。这对掘金来说是一个休息劣势，在这种情况下，他们8次有5次都做到了。掘金在过去的4次交锋中至少以6分的优势击败国王。这将是一个艰难的夜晚，国王和掘金应该继续前进。