Lakers vs Kings

The Los Angeles Lakers hope to repeat their last performance against the Sacramento Kings in an effort to shrink the Pacific Division gap.

And in the midst of a relatively winnable segment of games, L.A.’s focus has to be at a season-high. It’s the best way to watch player interviews, exclusive coverage from events, participate in live shows, and more! Their relatively clean health bill this season is part of the way they’ve carved out the No. The Lakers are 1-3 since their last meeting with the Kings, losing to three playoff teams in the Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Philadelphia 76ers. The Kings, meanwhile, have a clean injury report and are fully healthy for the Wednesday night outing. The Lakers should not have any new injuries outside of Davis, Austin Reaves and Lonnie Walker IV.

The Los Angeles Lakers host the Sacramento Kings for a divisional battle Wednesday night! It's time to continue our NBA odds series with a Kings-Lakers ...

This should be a close game but it’s hard to bet against the Kings when they are playing this well. LA is (11-10) at Crypto.com Arena and only (9-14) on the road. The Lakers are at home where they do play a bit better on the season. They are on a 4-game win streak and play the Lakers for the third time in less than a month. The key as always will be how LeBron plays. The Kings have leapfrogged the Boston Celtics as the top offensive team in the NBA averaging a massive 120 points per game. They are playing as efficiently as a team can play in this generation of basketball and the Lakers have not proven they can stop them this season. As for Fox, he averages 23.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 6.0 assists on the year. He can also dish the rock, leading the team with 7.1 assists per game. Sacramento is also third with a 49.3% FG percentage as a team and third in assists per game at 27.1. The good news is that they are only two games out of 6th in the West. Not many would have predicted that, yet the Kings continue to impress.

The Lakers couldn't beat the Domantas Sabonis-less Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

It wasn’t enough, however, and that was it for good basketball for the Lakers as they failed to score on the following possession and only managed a Nunn three in the closing seconds. We’re a long way from tiebreakers being a factor for the Lakers, but everything helps as they try to claw their way up the standings. The Lakers already have such a slim margin for error and those substitutions along with those three poor offensive possessions during the rally in the final two minutes were crucial moments where the Lakers fell short tonight. The Lakers are now 20-25 on the season and are two games back from a play-in spot. He was a perfect 7-7 from the field, good for 16 points (including two clutch free throws to seal the game for the Kings). couldn’t get much done in the second and third quarters, and a fourth-quarter rally fell short, as L.A.