Just a week ago, the Los Angeles Lakers took down the Sacramento Kings on the road in back-to-back games. Now, they have the chance to sweep the season series back at home against the Kings, who have lost five straight games and are now going through some major changes after firing head coach Mike Brown.
Defense was the story for the Lakers in both of those contests as they held the Kings, who are top-10 in points per game and offensive rating, to just 100 and 99 points, respectively. It is that level of effort and execution on defense that has allowed the Lakers to look much better as a team over the past couple of weeks and that will need to continue.