Pleased to see ya, K-Mart.

TANGENT

Going to Sactown Royalty II: The Peachquel? Well then you might be interested in the official StR Night II t-shirt. We loved all the entries, but there could be just one winner. And that winner was M4L, a Kings fan lurker who submitted this gem:

THE SCOUTING REPORT

HighTops has the word:

THE KEY BATTLE

Luis Scola vs. Carl Landry. As HighTops notes, we could very well see Hayes stuck on Landry. But since each backcourt is stacked offensively, it could really come down to interior scoring, and Landry and Scola are the best on their respective teams in that category. Scola is skilled and crafty (deadly combo), while Landry is measured yet fierce. While Landry's numbers have improved over the past week, he's still not fully integrated into the Kings attack. Maybe he never will be — the guard dominant play with splashes of post has worked well in the past three games. We'll see.

DISPARAGING NAME PAUL WESTPHAL WILL USE TO MOTIVATE SPENCER HAWES

Linda.

BOLD PROCLAMATION

The Rockets will have fewer than 27 offensive rebounds, but more than two.

BOLD-ER PROCLAMATION

BOLDEST PROCLAMATION OF ALL

DETAILS

5:30 PM PT. Two Game Threads (5:30 and 6:45) and a post-gamer (8:15).