Los Angeles Lakers vs Sacramento Kings Preseason Game Preview: Who Will Win? Schedule, Lineup and Past Matches
The Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings will go head to head in a pre-season match up on Thursday night, October 13, 2016 at 10.30 p.m. The game will be held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Lakers pre-season performance
The Los Angeles Lakers are currently 2-2 in their pre-season. They started their campaign with a convincing victory over the Kings last October 4, held at the Honda Center in Anaheim California. The final score of that match was 103-84.
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At least on the offensive end, the signs are good for the Los Angeles Lakers as the regular season draws near. They have scored more than 100 points on 3 of their first 4 pre-season games. The last game against Portland was especially remarkable from beyond the arc, shooting 8 threes as a team.
D'Angelo Russell has a very productive pre-season thus far, scoring 66 points and dishing 9 assists in 3 games. Julius Randle also contributed with 29 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in his last 2 pre-season games.
Russell has been making waves in the pre-season. According to SB Nation, head coach Luke Walton has noticed his resilience as a point guard, saying "This is the point guard! He's the leader!"
Kings pre-season performance
The Sacramento Kings, on the other hand, are 1-2 in their pre-season standing. After losing to the Lakers in their first match, they lost to the Golden State Warriors in a game held on October 6 at the SAP Center at San Jose. They won their next game against Maccabi Haifa, a professional Israeli basketball club, last Monday, October 10, with a score of 135-96.
In three games played by the Sacramento Kings, star center DeMarcus Cousins, fresh from a gold medal victory in the 2016 Rio Olympics scored 45 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. Meanwhile, Rudy Gay had 22 points and dished 9 assists.
In their firs two pre-season games, the Kings struggled in terms of shooting accuracy, but against the Israeli team, they shot 67.1 percent from the floor and even hit 10 three-point shots.
Pre-season Schedules
After facing the Kings, the Los Angeles Lakers will face the Golden State Warriors at the T-Mobile Arena in October 15. In October 19, they will face the Warriors again, this time in Valley View Casino Center at San Diego, California. Finally, on October 21, they will go up against the Phoenix Suns at the Honda Center.
Meanwhile, the Sacramento Kings will face the Washington Wizards on October 15 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Finally, they will go up against the Los Angeles Clippers on October 18, at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.
