The Philadelphia 76ers are trending in the right direction, but they could have their hands full with Domantas Sabonis and the visiting Sacramento Kings when the teams square off Wednesday.

Sacramento lost, 117-104, at the Wells Fargo Center, against a 76ers team missing former MVP Joel Embiid and All-Star Paul George, and that was also playing on the back end of a back-to-back.

Maxey scored 30 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers past the Sacramento Kings 117-104 for their fourth straight victory.

The 76ers will be in front of their home fans on Wednesday, but a look at the spread shows they might need that home-court advantage. Having just played yesterday, they will get right back to it and host the Sacramento Kings at 7:30 p.m. ET at Wells Fargo Center. The 76ers are coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.

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The Sacramento Kings will face off against the Philadelphia 76ers at 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Wells Fargo Center. Philadelphia is 18-27 overall and 8-13 at home, while Sacramento is 24-22 overall and 11-10 on the road.

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The 76ers are heading into the second leg of a back-to-back, as they handily beat the Los Angeles Lakers at home on Tuesday night. Star guard Tyrese Maxey dominated with 43 points with co-stars Paul George and Joel Embiid sidelined.

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A big change for the Kings has been the firing of Mike Brown and the promotion of Doug Christie to interim head coach. In his 15 games as bench boss, the Kings are 11-4 straight up and 10-4-1 betting the Over.

Sacramento Kings will face the Philadelphia 76ers on January 29 with De'Aaron Fox available and no players injured. The Kings are at full strength and looking to improve their standing. In contrast, the 76ers are dealing with several key injuries,

Sabonis registered his eighth triple-double of the season Wednesday, but his 13 points were just two shy of a season low set during the Nov. 13 win over Phoenix. Over his last 10 games, the star big man has averaged 21.