LAKER GAME POINTS
Patrick204

Kings looked great last night.

Beat the Lakers now and beat them later. Who cares who we get for the playoffs.

The Mavs might be able to take the Lakers or the Spurs during the playoffs. They just need Finley and some more baskets. Don't count them out. Nowitski and Nash badly want to win and they are ready for it.

Gerald Wallace is our secret weapon against the Spurs. Let him rebound and drive against Duncan until they both foul out. Wallace and Pollard together could cause Duncan some fits.

I bet Peja gets past Bowen in the playoffs. Just as he got past Fox in the last two years.

The Lakers will play as physical as they can on Thursday, hoping to intimidate and possibly sideline a King or two. Shaq gets away with "clean" hard fouls that have the force of flagrant fouls, and he will use them. I bet the Kings respond in kind.

Hallama

I doubt the Kings 'pack it in' and give more minutes to their reserves...the Kings are only one game back of Dallas and San Antonio for the top seed although the Spurs own the tie-breaker. So they have a legit chance at gaining homecourt in the 2nd round vs. the Mavs (ehem, Lakers) and making the Maloof's a few more dollars with an extra home game... Some people say homecourt advantage doesnt' matter, but it does to the Malooooof's

By beating the Lakers on Thursday, the Kings would almost cement their first round matchup with the Jazz and inch closer to the Mavs for homecourt. A victory would also push the Lakers into a certain first round matchup vs. the Mavs (more likely) or Spurs...if the Lakers do get the win Thursday, I'd bet they make the 5th seed over either Minny or Portland.