3 THINGS TO LOOK FOR

MATCHUP OF THE GAME

Last year, the Kings did a very poor job of containing Tyreke Evans despite the fact that they knew his strengths and weaknesses better than any other team in the NBA. Evans averaged 21 points on 48.3% from the field, 6.8 assists and 5.3 rebounds in four games against Sacramento, all numbers much higher than his season averages. Sacramento especially had a hard time keeping him out of the lane. Rudy Gay is questionable to play tonight or else he'd be guarding him, so it's likely up to Omri Casspi to guard Evans. Evans has shown a lot of improvement as an outside spot shooter this year (46.4% from three on 3.1 attempts a game), but it's still preferable to let him settle for jumpers than get to the basket. Right now he's shooting just 36.2% on two point field goal attempts, including a career-low 43% from 0-3 feet, but he's even worse from 3 feet to the three point line. Evans is also New Orleans' leading passer at 7.2 assists a game, so forcing him to try to do things on his own will likely be part of the game plan as well.

PREGAME LIMERICK

PREDICTION

Kings 104, Pelicans 103 after New Orleans' Game Winning attempt is a 1-4 flat for Tyreke Evans.