Some Round 1 updates, Kings fans.
Here’s what we know.
The Kings will play the Oilers in Round 1. As has been confirmed now for a few days.
The Kings have home-ice advantage for the first time since 2016, secured with Monday’s win over the Oilers at Rogers Place. With that, naturally, comes Games 1 and 2 being played at home and as we know. Should make for a busy Crypto.com Arena this coming week, with the Lakers also home for Games 1 and 2.
The NBA released its Round 1 playoff schedule last night, which has the Lakers playing in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 19 and Tuesday, April 22. So, that puts some dates on the calendar for the Kings to work off of and leaves us with the following scenarios for Round 1 –
Game 1 -…