Sacramento at Seattle

This is a trap game for everyone who will have noticed how poorly the Sonics were playing prior to the playoffs. Lewis has been out a while and he is arguably their best player. Also, Ray Allen was nursing a sore ankle over the final two weeks. They now have all hands back on deck, and their starting lineup that produced a 43-19 record in the regualr season is back in tact. Now they get to atone for their poor embarrasing play of late in front of a riled-up crowd. Home teams revenging a loss where opponent scored 100 or more points, off an embarrassing road loss scoring less than 80 points are 82-42 (66%) since 1996. This is good value for a home team that is a lot better than the team it is matched up with. Two stars on the Sonics minus the points.