Kings vs. Warriors Preview: Back in action

The Kings get ready to finish off the season with a visit from their Bay Area rivals. They'll have to do it without DeMarcus Cousins and possibly Marcus Thornton.

By Str Archive | 0 Comments | Feb 26, 2019

MATCHUP OF THE GAME

Without Cousins, Gay is going to be the focal point of Sacramento's offense and he's going up against perhaps the best perimeter defender in the NBA. If he gets shut down, the Kings have very little chance of winning this game. Conversely, he'll have to work on the defensive end to make sure Iguodala doesn't contribute more offensively than is normal, since that's just a bonus for the Warriors.

3 THINGS

3. When you think Warriors, you tend to think of incredible offense, but the Warriors have actually been a similar offensive team to the Kings this year. They're just 12th in Offensive Rating (Kings are 13th). Instead, the Warriors have been fantastic on defense with the 3rd best defensive rating in the league. Bogut's a big part of that, but so is Andre Iguodala.

PRE-GAME HAIKU

PREDICTION

Kings 118, Warriors 101 after a laundry mixup has the Kings and the Warriors wearing each other's jerseys.

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