Interestingly, there are four other games on tonight's nine-game NBA card with opening lines higher than this one. Welcome to the last two weeks of the regular season, where white flags are waving everywhere and oddsmakers forced to make us think twice about backing every big favorite. At the moment, for all of the manure at the bottom of the NBA, Washington is arguably the most odorous. Across the last nine games, only a win over the equally-wretched Sixers has broken the losing spell which includes allowing 162 to the Pacers last Thursday. Monday's 120-94 surrender to the Heat was merely the latest transgression. Sacto certainly has some urgency as it fights to stay in the West play-in field (the Kings are in, just barely, at the moment in tenth place), and could use a soft touch after losing six of seven, albeit vs. a mostly-grinding slate. Play Kings