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NBA basketball thrills return this Friday. In the early morning at 05:00 Bulgarian time, “Sacramento Kings”, where native star Alexander Vezenkov plays, hosts the “San Antonio Spurs” team. The match will be broadcast live on Diema Sport 3. Various betting options and odds for all 12 matches of the program can be found at efbet.com in the “Basketball” section.
Unfortunately for us, Vezenkov’s ankle injury has worsened and he will be treated for another 4 weeks. The winger has a third-degree ankle luxation with severely sprained ligaments after an accident during training. Thus, expectations are that last season’s EuroLeague MVP will be back in action for his team’s final games of the regular season, if all goes well with his recovery. He also did not play in the previous meeting of his team, when the “Sacramento Kings” won their visit to the “Denver Nuggets” with 102:98.
Now the “Kings” are again considered a big favorite. Their odds for the final winner (including overtime) are 1.25*. The San Antonio Spurs success rate is 4.25*.
“Sacramento” still has a chance to directly qualify for the round of 16 in the playoffs after the end of the regular season, as they are in eighth place in the Western Conference with a balance of 31 wins and 23 losses, while the sixth-placed Phoenix Suns do not have a much better balance (33-22). Their Friday opponent “Spurs” is firmly in the last 15th place in the Western Conference with a balance of 11 wins and as many as 44 defeats.
In the absence of Vezenkov, coach Mike Brown will bet on the wings Keegan Murray and Harrison Barnes, the center will be Domantas Sabonis, and the guard – Kevin Hurter. The team’s star player De’Aaron Fox will again be expected to produce the most points.
“Sacramento” to win the first half and the match carries a coefficient of 1.32*. Let the first half be for “Spurs”, and the final result for “Kings” – 5.20*. A tie in regular time is quoted at odds of 18.00*. A win for “Sacramento Kings” with Handicap -20.5 equals 5.40*, and with Handicap -14.5 the rate is 2.95*. You can also bet on which of the two teams will be the first to reach 30 points in the match: “SAC Kings” – 1.49*; “SA Spurs” – 2.65*. You can also guess the total number of points in the match: Odd – 1.85*; Even – 1.86*.
The NBA All-Star Game also took place this past weekend. Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard scored 39 points, hitting 11 three-pointers. Thus, he ensured the victory of the Eastern Conference team over the Western Conference with 211:186 in the All-Star Game. Lillard, 33, was also named Player of the Game in Indianapolis. The Eastern Conference team also set the all-time record for points scored by a team in the All-Star Game. The current 211 has knocked off the top spot held by Kobe Bryant’s Western Conference team, which scored 196 in 2016.
In the “Long-Term Events” section of effect we find that the favorite to win the NBA this season is the team “Boston Celtics” with odds of 3.65*, followed by “Denver Nuggets” with 5.60* and “Los Angeles Clippers” with 6.40*. The chances of “Sacramento Kings” to lift the title are rated at 70.00*, and to win the Western Conference – 30.00*.
*Coefficients are subject to change. Current odds can be viewed immediately before placing a bet on the efbet.com platform.
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