New Orleans was an underdog in all five games versus Sacramento this season... and went 5-0 straight-up. NOLA was an NBA-best 20-11-1 record ATS as underdogs this season, winning 18 of those 32 games outright. Even without Williamson, New Orleans is dangerous at home. One only needs to look at the Pels' 133-100 win over the Kings without Zion on Jan. 7 as evidence they can win this game. By the way, Sacramento was fully healthy for that contest, as even Kevin Huerter and Malik Monk took the floor.

The Kings took advantage of a past-its-prime Golden State squad on Wednesday. The outcome still surprised me, given Sacramento's injuries and the way it finished the regular season. With that said, I'm betting against the Kings again on Friday night in New Orleans.