The Lakers will host the Sacramento Kings in Wednesday’s game, a team they have been trying to catch all year in the Western Conference standings. Both these teams are capable of performing well and will face each other twice next week. The spectators are also very excited about the game between these two teams.
- Match timings and TV schedule
- Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Sacramento Kings
- When: 7:30 pm PT, March 6
- Where: Crypto.com Arena
- WATCH: Spectrum Sportsnet
The Lakers and Kings both occupy play-in spots in the Western Conference standings. Both the Kings and Lakers are in almost equal positions with the Kings leading by only 1.5 games. In such a situation, Los Angeles will also come into the field with full preparation to win this match and reduce the gap. In such a situation, one thing is clear this game is very big for the Lakers, and the eyes of the spectators around the world are fixed on this game.
To fix their victory in the game on Wednesday, the Lakers can be seen performing their best, in this game, people are expecting that the Lakers will again play the same way they did after falling 13-2 in the first quarter. The latter had a spectacular turnaround in their win against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Sacramento is a team that is less offensive and has had to struggle and face a lot of problems this season against big and good defensive teams, since the Lakers are also a big and experienced team but then again the Lakers have to play with all their energy.
This game is going to be very important between both the teams but winning the game is more essential, hence there is going to be a dangerous and interesting battle between the two teams on the backcourt and front court. Russell, in particular, wasn’t averaging more than 20 points and 3.3 threes per game in the first two months of the season as he has been recently. Reeves, meanwhile, has contributed consistent offensive production all year but his defense has taken a hit since the All-Star break.
Fox and Monk have worked hard to provide better results for the Lakers this season, especially in their first two games in October and November. At that time, the Lakers’ current starting backcourt was quite strong, but now the situation is not the same as before. Russell, in particular, hasn’t seen much offense on this team and hasn’t averaged more than 20 points and 3.3 threes per game over the first two months of the season as he has recently.
Reaves, meanwhile, has shown consistent offense and production throughout the year, but since the All-Star break, the player has also appeared to adopt a defensive approach. So the team needs to look at its remaining players as well. There is a need to emphasize. Fox (26.8) and Monk (15.4) are two of the top three scorers playing for this Kings team, who are capable of getting off to a good start for a team that can be a headache for any team facing them. He is averaging the eighth-highest points per game (118.1) this season. He has performed like last season this season too and there are still flaws in his defense. The Lakers are fully capable of exposing the weaknesses of this team.
Davis has faced Sabonis approximately eight times throughout his career and has yet to win a single game against the Lithuanian-American big man. It was time for a change at AD, there was a lot of talk in the media that Sabonis should have been an All-Star in this year’s game instead of Davis. It won’t be easy for AD to go up against Sabonis, but he is a better player and can be expected to perform better.
Note that the Kings are ready to enter the field with full preparation. This team is making a comeback after the disappointing defeat to the Chicago Bulls last Monday and their fans have a lot of expectations from this team. In such a situation, it is expected that the players are seen with full enthusiasm to return to the game. The team may have fallen behind this season but this young team is fully prepared to take down any opponent every night.