Tipoff: 6:30 p.m. Where: Staples Center. TV: cS Radio: KHTK (1140 AM). Head to head: No one can blame Kings coach Reggie Theus for thinking the basketball gods were against him in this one. When the Kings and Lakers played Tuesday, it was the latest point in NBA history at which two teams in the same division met for the first time in a season. The Lakers left Arco Arena with a 117-105 win that featured all that is incredible about Kobe Bryant, who scored 17 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter.
Lakers update: The "Lake Show" keeps rolling. The Lakers have won 16 of 18 games and are alone atop the Western Conference. After downing the Kings, the Lakers routed the Clippers 119-82 Friday night.
Lakers injuries: SF Trevor Ariza (broken right foot, out); C Andrew Bynum (partially dislocated patella, out); C Chris Mihm (right ankle surgery, out); PF Vladimir Radmanovic (strained right calf, probable).
Kings injuries: SF Ron Artest (sore right foot, questionable); PF Shareef Abdur-Rahim (right knee surgery, out).
Probable starters
KINGS
No. Player Pos.
19 Beno Udrih PG
23 Kevin Martin SG
93 Ron Artest SF
33 Mikki Moore PF
52 Brad Miller C
Lakers
2 Derek Fisher PG
24 Kobe Bryant SG
4 Luke Walton SF
7 Lamar Odom PF
16 Pau Gasol C
– Sam Amick
