Another night, another elite team.

Crazy stretch – three of the four best teams in the league in four nights. Luckily for the Kings, they stole one on the first night, thus keeping tonight's tilt from being a pressure-packed cardiac affair.

Honestly, I have no expectations for the Kings in this game. As long as Jason Hart doesn't hack at Josh Howard on a breakaway with 75 seconds left, sparking a riot that gets Artest suspended 15 games, I'm good with it. I just want to be entertained.

That said…

Los Mavericks are 4-point favorites in Sacramento. I doubt I need to suggest that the Mavericks are easily 4 points better than the Kings on any court. Vegas hasn't realized how mediocre the Kings are everywhere, including ARCO, yet.

This three-game swing against the West's best (excluding San Antonio) is already a victory with the win in Utah. A win tonight is frosting, in my lowered-expectations mind.

To frosting!