Lakers And Kings Starting Lineups
On Wednesday evening, the Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers are facing off in California.
For the game, both teams have announced their starting lineups.
Kings Lineup via Cameron Salerno: "The Sacramento Kings starting lineup in preseason game No. 2 vs. the Los Angeles Laker tonight:
PG: De’Aaron Fox
SG: Kevin Huerter
SF: Harrison Barnes
PF: Sasha Vezenkov
C: Domantas Sabonis"
Lakers lineup via Jovan Buha: "Lakers’ starters vs. the Kings:
D’Angelo Russell
Gabe Vincent
Taurean Prince
Rui Hachimura
Jaxson Hayes"
The Lakers have played two preseason games (1-1) and are coming off a 129-126 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.
For Wednesday's game, they will be without some of their best players, including Anthony Davis and LeBron James.
Meanwhile, the Kings have played one preseason game (0-1), and they are coming off a 112-99 loss to the Toronto Raptors.
Last season, the Lakers were the seventh seed in the Western Conference with a 43-39 record.
They beat the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors in the first two rounds of the NBA playoffs but were swept by the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals.
On October 24, the Lakers will play their first regular season game against the Nuggets in Colorado.
As for the Kings, they are coming off a season where they were the third seed in the west with an impressive 48-34 record.
They made the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2006 but lost to the Warriors in the first round in six games.