Dallas vs. Sacramento
Well, I mentioned Dallas going up against a high school team in my last post? Here it is. OK, OK, OK... well, maybe not. Sometimes the sleeper teams are the most competitive. And then sometimes, they are exactly what they are billed as, a sleeper team, one that lies down and takes their beating like they are supposed to (IE: Mavs in the mid 90's, actually the entire decade of the 90's, really).
Mavs sport the best record (61-12) in the NBA and are 4 wins away from clinching the #1 seed in the Western Conference. Should they win tonight, they will clinch the division. They already have a home-court advantage in the first round, since they will have the 2nd or better record in the Western Conference (I say second, because all San Antonio can do is tie with the Mavs at this point). The Kings have a 30-42 record, and have clinched a losing record. They are 5 1/2 games behind the Clippers for the #8 seed.
In "Reality World", the Kings are or at least should be thinking about the lottery and next season, and not so much about winning games at this point. What I mean by that is player evaluation. What should be happening is the playing of lower-key and bench players, especially the youth, if any to see if they have learned anything of the course of the year. Maybe Douby, Price, Potapenko, and Williams can play when they get some minutes? Who knows really. I don't think they are in the NBA simply to take up space... do you?
The Kings are coming off of loses to both LA teams, the Clippers and the Lakers, respectively. The Kings also won two of their last twelve, winning against Phoenix 107-100 and Orlando 95-83. So this team can play if they want to, but the question is: do they want to play tonight?
Dallas last played the Kings and won 106-104 on January 27th. The Mavs also played them on December 18th and December 1st, winning both of those times, as well: 109-91 (the 18th) and 109-90 (1st). This is the last game of the season for the two teams, and unless the Kings decide that they can all of a sudden break out of the egg shell that they some how put themselves in, and the miracle that would need to happen to the other teams, the Mavericks and the Kings will not see each other in the playoffs. I'm definitely bored talking about this game... geez.
Mavs are going to return to form, no stress on Dirk tonight as he begins to knock down everything he puts up, the game is going to look more lopsided than five fat people all sitting on one side of a paddle boat.
Forecast: Mavs over Kings 120-87
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