Three Things to Know: Lakers at Kings 10-29-23

The Lakers are back in action when they travel to Sacramento to face off against the Kings on Sunday night. The game tips off at 6:00 pm PT on Spectrum SportsNet

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A byproduct of the Lakers preseason approach of resting some of their key starters and taking an appropriately cautious approach

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towards any player ailment was that they did not get a chance to build on their continuity of roster and get more reps together as a full group.

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This has shifted some of this cohesion building and learning of what groups can function well together to the start of the regular season. Because of this approach, there will be some

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bumps in the road and not every grouping will yield results worthy of continued investment. Such are the growing pains of a new season.

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One grouping that is showing early positive returns, however, are the lineups in which the Lakers are playing a bigger frontline with LeBron James and

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Anthony Davis flanked by Christian Wood. Through two games, this trio has shared the court for 18 minutes and, in that time the Lakers are a whopping +32.

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More than half of that positive plus-minus comes from the +17 from the team's 4th quarter comeback vs. the Suns where, led by that big frontcourt trio playing the entire quarter together,

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the Lakers turned a 12-point deficit into a 100-95 victory. Accounting for that, though, shows the Lakers are still a +15 in six minutes those three

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