The Kings come in off a 94-89 loss at home against the Bobcats on Tuesday and have just one win in their last six games.
Los Angeles will look to build off two sold performances as they beat the Nuggets 107-97 at Denver last Friday, followed by a 120-91 win at home against the Jazz on Tuesday. This will be just the third game in the last eight days for Los Angeles.
Taking a look at the NBA spreads for tonight's game, oddsmakers have the Lakers favored by 13.5 points with the total set at 199.
Winning on the road hasn't been easy for the Kings this season. Sacramento is just 4-16 away from home, but two of their last road wins have came against winning teams, including a 96-81 thrashing of the Trail Blazers on Monday.
Despite the Kings struggle to win games lately, their last five losses have been decided by seven points or less. A big reason for that is the play of point guard Tyreke Evans, who is averaging 22.4 points, 5.4 assists and 5.4 rebounds over his last five games.
Evans had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists in the loss to Charlotte, but didn't get much help from the rest of his team. Carl Landry scored 19 points off the bench and Jason Thompson added 14, but no other player scored in double-figures. DeMarcus Cousins had just nine points after scoring 35 in the previous two games and Beno Udrih had just six points after averaging 15.5 over his last four.
Getting things going against the Lakers figures to be quite the challenge for the Kings, as they are averaging just 90 points against Los Angeles this season.
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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
