Sacramento Kings vs. Charlotte Hornets Best Bets – April 4th, 2025

The Sacramento Kings travel to Charlotte to face the Hornets on Friday night at 6:10 Eastern time, so here are the best bets for the game. With 11 days remaining in the NBA schedule, predictions are more challenging due to unknown lineups. We do not have the most information as of these writings, so follow breaking injury news before making your bets later in the day (if you’re not trying to catch early in the day line value). Devin Carter (G) is a game-time decision for the Kings, and Jake LaRavia (F) is out. The Hornets have no one on the injury report, so let’s dive into Best Bets.

Sacramento Kings vs. Charlotte Hornets Best Bets Odds

Sacramento Kings vs. Charlotte Hornets Best Bets Match Details

• Fixture: Sacramento Kings vs Charlotte Hornets 
• Date and Time: Friday, April 4th, 6:10 eastern 
• Location: Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC 

Key Stats for Best Bets

Sacramento Kings

• Defensive Rating: 21
• Implied Team Total of Points: 115.5

The Kings bombard the Spectrum Center with their most important players, healthy. They scored 111, 123, and 113 points in the last three games. What stands out is the skid this team started on March 9th. They’ve lost three of 14 games and only covered five of those. For the season, the Kings scored an average of 112.17 points, which increased to 115.66 over the last three games. This team can backdoor its way into a play-in game with a strong season finish, but an 11-point domination seems unlikely. The Kings struggle to cover the spread with a pedestrian 41.7% on the season. They should win but not cover.

Charlotte Hornets

• Defensive Rating: 24
• Implied Team Total of Points: 105

The Hornets are collecting losses as if it’s a hobby. Developmental prospects can shine since LaMelo Ball is out for the season. They have been running an 11-man rotation over the last two games. Thanks to an empty injury report, we predict they will rerun that rotation. These Hornets averaged 102.6 points per game in the previous 10 but we estimate the team scoring around 109 in our model based on two numbers: the Kings allowed 116.8 points per game on the season and 118 over the last three games.

The Hornets should use the struggling Kings’ defense to keep it close. If they pull off a win, our correlated three bet today is optimal.

Best Bets

Today’s Bets Bets are the Hornets covering +10.5, topping their team total while keeping the Kings below theirs. Hornet’s opponents averaged 108 over the last three games and I will bet accordingly to this trend. Let’s use the data to find an edge and cash some tickets.

Final Pick

• Hornets +10.5 (-110, 1.1 Units)
• Hornets Over 105 team total points (TBD, 1 unit)
• King’s under 115.5 team total points (TBD, 1 unit)

2025 Official Plays for Total Apex Sports Bets from Chris Cash: 7 – 8* (-.9 units). *Five of the losses were due to injury news that was unknown at the time of writing.