NBA Tuesday: Greg Frank picks Kings vs Hornets in a matchup of Buddy Hield and Devonte Graham

2-1 Monday. 45-49-1 overall.

Kings (-4.5) @ Hornets (206.5)

Pick: Hornets +4.5

Relative to expectations, the Charlotte Hornets have been one of the NBA’s biggest surprises in the first half. Their win total opened at 23.5 and they’ve already won 12 of their first 29 games. If you had the over, you’re sitting in a nice spot right now. The Hornets enter tonight’s game having won three out of four as well. Those three wins came against Washington, Brooklyn and Chicago. Lottery teams like Washington and Chicago have accounted for most of Charlotte’s wins but the Hornets have held their own against the fringe playoff teams like Brooklyn as well. Sacramento fits the fringe playoff team description as the Kings figure to be in the 6-10 range in the West for the majority of the rest of the season. A team like Charlotte when playing well does not require a major adjustment from oddsmakers because there’s likely never going to be a large amount of support for the Hornets amongst bettors. That’s why you get them catching 4.5 points against an average team at home tonight. We’ll take that spot every time.

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