The Kings are playing the second of a B2B and are 3-0 SU in the front end of those and 0-2 in the back so far. LA is 3-2 with a rest advantage. The Clippers won by 17 in Sac-Town a few weeks ago and finally seem to be coming together on a four-game win streak overall. Just a half unit. The NBA schedule so far looks about as distasteful as the college hoops slate does.

De’Aaron Fox has a career-high 33.1 percent usage rate and is shooting 37.9 percent from behind the arc. That has helped him score at least 30 points in four of his last seven games. Two times during that stretch, he just missed with 29 points each. When he last faced the Clippers, he scored 40 points on 23 shot attempts. The Clippers are one of the oldest teams in the league and they just played a close game Monday against the Trail Blazers, so they could be a step slow on defense. Don’t expect them to be able to slow down Fox.