Kamenetzky: Cali Report – Lakers alive, Griffin AWOL, Curry balling, Downtown Sacramento

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4-15-Kings-300x200With just a few weeks remaining in the regular season, the stakes couldn’t be any higher for California’s quartet of teams.

The Clippers and Warriors are trying – with opposite results – to manufacture a roll heading into the playoffs, while the Lakers are scrambling just to qualify. Meanwhile, the Kings are simply trying to figure out where they will lay their heads next season.

It’s always dramatic on the left coast, and this upcoming week should prove no exception. Here’s a look at what’s shaking.

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Five Biggest Impact Players in West Playoff Race

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There are less than a dozen games left in the NBA regular season, and the most dramatic race still going on is a five-team scrum in the Western Conference for three playoff spots. Those five clubs – the Warriors, Rockets, Lakers, Jazz and Mavericks – are separated by five games in the standings.

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Mighty Moke’s Free Agency Rankings (Version 2.0)

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bjenningsIt’s been a very interesting week in the Association.

Aside from the obvious jostling in our weekly free agent rankings, the Miami Heat have now won 18 games in a row and have our very own Chris Sheridan wondering whether or not they can challenge the NBA’s all-time winning streak of 33 consecutive games.

That record belongs to the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, who began their championship season by winning every game they played in November and December.

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Mighty Moke’s Free Agent Rankings

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ferryThe Atlanta Hawks will have truckloads of money under the cap this season, and most believe that GM Danny Ferry has his eyes set firmly on Dwight Howard.

But if you’re Mark Cuban, and Chris Paul let it be known that he wanted to come play for you and with Dirk Nowitzki, do you make a run at him? Or would you go out and try to use the available cap space on, say, Al Jefferson and Brandon Jennings?

We don’t know what we would do either. What we do know is that once the trading deadline passes, most NBA teams (and fans) immediately set their sights on June’s draft and the beginning of the free agency period.

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Six Analytical Reasons The Lakers Have Improved This Month

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Players, coaches and management often talk about the “little things” that win basketball games.

These standard cliches and generic quotes lead to the rolling of many eyeballs around the world, but minute adjustments can actually make a difference in a team’s results and could even help change the public’s perception of a team.

Case in point: The 2012-2013 edition of the Los Angeles Lakers.

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