Kings v 36ers NBL betting tips & multi picks – October 21, 2022

Round four of the 2022/23 NBL season continues this Friday night with the Sydney Kings taking on the Adelaide 36ers at Qudos Bank Stadium in Sydney. The Kings could not have started their season much stronger as competition leaders, with the 36ers looking to build on their first win of the regular season.

Kings captain Xavier Cooks continues to lead his side with the support of Derrick Walton Jr and Dejan Vasiljevic, while Chris Randall Li will be the man for the 36ers taking the Kings head-on.

The Kings come into this game as heavy favourites with online bookmakers, and so they should be, given they are atop the competition ladder having won four of their first five games with some coming by huge margins. However, what has not been factored into the pricing for this match is the lack of fatigue the 36ers will have, given they have only played two games so far this season. That will play heavily into the hands of the visitors, and they are a great value play to beat the Kings at $2.65.

Randall Li put on a scoring clinic last week against the Hawks with support from Antonius Cleveland and Robert Franks en route to their win, while Walton and Vasiljevic have shown this season they are lethal scorers. Given the sheer volume of talent taking the court in this match, this is sure to be a high-scoring affair exceeding the 176.5 line for total match points.

The backcourt combination of Walton and Vasiljevic has been one that clubs so far this season have struggled to slow offensively. The 36ers may struggle to do the same given Walton’s ability to score and spread the floor with Vasiljevic’s lethal three-point shooting. Should the 36ers struggle to contain the Kings backcourt, particularly in the first half, the Kings will have the lead at halftime by 1-10 points, paying $2.20 with BetOnline.

Key matchup: Dejan Vasiljevic vs Chris Randall Li

The battle between these two in the backcourt will be brilliant to watch as this match unfolds and fatigue sets in. The 36ers have had a very soft start to the 22/23 NBL season, and Randall Li showed against the Hawks how lethal a shooter he can be from the perimeter. Vasiljevic has been in very similar form for the Kings and will have surely popped up on the 36ers scouting report alongside Walton and Cooks. Shutting down Vasiljevic will create more defensive focus inside the 3 point line for the 36ers and provide fewer scoring opportunities for the Kings. Should the 36ers control Vasiljevic, and Randall Li continues his shooting form, the 36ers will be very hard to beat.

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