Are The Kings In The Middle Of A Significant Collapse?
Check Out The Kings vs Lakers Odds For Wednesday's Western Conference Matchup
The Los Angeles Lakers added their third win in four games and are now sitting at 34-29 this season. The Lakers are still hunting prime playoff position and could use a home win over the Sacramento Kings, who also have 34 wins on the season.
Because of that, the Kings have ultimately played three fewer games than the Lakers up to this point and are ahead of the Lakers in the Western Conference. The Kings are currently 34-26 on the season. However, they’ve lost three of their last four games and are struggling to find consistency at this very moment.
Can the Lakers escape with another win at home against the Kings?
The current Kings vs Lakers odds for this matchup have the Lakers favored by 2.5 points, with the total at 235.5.
Take a look at our favorite bet for this game below.
Sacramento Kings vs Los Angeles Lakers 
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Location: crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
Streaming: NBA League Pass
Kings vs Lakers Odds & Trends
The Lakers have been dominant at home this NBA season. They’ve won 23 of 33 games at crypto.com Arena despite being 35-29 overall. Meanwhile, the Lakers have gone 27-35 against the spread and have hit the Over in five more games than the Under this year.
On the other hand, the Kings are 18-15 on the road but sitting at 30-28-1 against the spread this season. Like the Lakers, the Kings have hit the Over in five more games than the Under.
The Lakers and Kings have played each other twice this season. In both games, the Kings earned wins and covers. The first game was a high-scoring overtime matchup that went Over, while the other game was a 15-point win by the Kings on the road.
This game will be the third of four meetings between the Kings and Lakers this season.
Sacramento’s Collapse Against Chicago
The Sacramento Kings looked like they had an easy win against the Chicago Bulls when up 22. However, the Bulls rallied back for a 113-109 stunner to hand Sacramento another loss.
The Bulls added 36 points in the fourth quarter and allowed the Kings to only 18 points. Sacramento scored 20 or fewer points in two quarters in the loss, ultimately hurting Sacramento’s chances of winning the game.
After the loss, head coach Mike Brown said everyone in the locker room was down. There are a couple of ways we can look at this.
The Kings are so angry that they’ll come back and dominate in the next game, or they’ll stay down, and it’ll all start to go downhill from here for the Kings.
Will Spencer Dinwiddie Make Any Real Impact With The Lakers?
Spencer Dinwiddie has played nine games for the Lakers since moving to Los Angeles at the NBA Trade Deadline.
Dinwiddie has struggled to make a significant impact with the Lakers since coming over. He’s had a couple of 10-point games, but he’s got more three or fewer points than 10-point games with the Lakers.
Head coach Darvin Ham was asked about Dinwiddie’s play. Ham said he told Dinwiddie to be aggressive and to attack the rim.
But he hasn’t really done any of that with the Lakers yet. He’s had moments but no consistency. To begin March, the 30-year-old point guard has averaged 2.5 points in two games despite playing 22 minutes a night.
No More Wasting LeBron James’ Time
The Lakers vowed to get LeBron James back into the NBA playoffs this year. James has also played many games this season when he probably would’ve sat out of those same games last season.
The mission is simple. It’s to make the playoffs. Once you do that, anything can happen with LeBron James on your team.
James and the Lakers already won the NBA In-Season Tournament earlier this year. The Lakers know what they’ve got.
That said, Los Angeles is playing much better basketball than the Kings right now. Although they have beaten the Lakers twice this season, the Lakers should get their revenge in this game.
The Sacramento Kings won’t see the foul line much and have only scored 117.5 points per 100 possessions. That’s about where they’ll be in this game against the Lakers, who allow 115.8 points per 100 possessions.
On the other hand, the Lakers have shot a much better effective field goal percentage of 56.9% and should keep that shooting up against a Kings defense that has also allowed a 56.9% effective field goal percentage on defense.
Los Angeles won’t win the second-chance battle and won’t win many offensive rebounds. But the Lakers will still get to the foul line much more consistently, especially at home.
The Lakers always make getting to the foul line a part of the game plan, and it’ll work against a Kings team with a 21.6 free throw rate defensively this year. That ranks 25th in the NBA.
The Kings and Lakers have a few players who could make their way into the top of the NBA 3 point leaders list with more consistency.
That said, the Lakers are shooting the ball much better and are now favorites against the Kings with these NBA betting lines. This is despite the Kings already going 2-0 against the Lakers this season.
You would’ve lost if you bet the Lakers in your NBA picks and parlays in previous games against the Kings. But in this one, we’ve got a feeling you’ll win.
After reviewing the Kings vs Lakers odds, back the Lakers at -2.5 at home.
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