Sacramento has won four of the last five against the Bulls, going 4-1 against the spread in those contests. The Kings have also been playing against a not-so-light slate in building up the wins, with five of their six wins against teams with a winning record and inside the current playoff space in each conference.

Why the Nets can cover. Although the Nets enter with six losses over their last seven games, they lost by 14 points or fewer in three of those contests, including two losses by fe

The Jazz have covered in each of their last five games, while Brooklyn has dropped four in a row against the spread (as well as straight up), all as underdogs. The Nets are also just 1-7 straight up in their last eight games, and it’s hard to see them turning that around on the road without most of their key players.

We've got a matchup of two of the top teams in the league in an interconference contest on Friday's NBA schedule as the New York Knicks will host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a pairing of two of the top-five teams in the NBA by winning percentage.

The Jazz enter this matchup following a 114-106 loss at the Phoenix Suns on Saturday in which Utah came close to beating a Suns team led by Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley