In place of my normal pregame blather atop the starters comments, betting line, and haiku, I'll turn things over tonight to BulletsForever.com's Mike Prada for answers to some key questions on the Wiz:

If Mike's 50-win prediction for the Wizards doesn't look good, how does my 50-win prediction for the Kings look?Anyways, good to get some insight from someone who watches the Zards night after night. Let's now mind our own manor… but with a twist.

In honor of the big hubbub going down between the New York Times and the White House, let's imagine the Maloofs demanded to redact my statements about the now officially woeful spirited Sacramento Kings. Enjoy.

Well. The Kings are 3.5-point favorites. This morning, I guessed the line would settle at even, or possibly -1.5 for the Kings. Hrm. I'm basing my decision to pick the Kings on the following: 60 points on Kobe notwithstanding, Gilbert is much worse on the road than at home; the Wizards offense is pretty bad on the road in total; and the Wizards lost Monday against a Denver team whose starting lineup was Andre Miller/Yakhouba Diawara/Linas Kleiza/Eduardo Najera/Marcus Camby. And Kevin Martin is expected to be back. So, the Kings.

This is likely the toughest game remaining this month (depending on the fate of the Denver game). Winning would be awesome. TNT affair, backend of the two-fer. Enjoy!