The Brooklyn Nets get a break from the heavyweights of the Western Conference when they complete a road back-to-back with a visit to the California capital to take on the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. Playing without Kevin Durant, Joe Harris and now LaMarcus Aldridge, the Nets have opened a five-game Western swing with losses to the Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns, the teams with the two best records in the West. The trip ends with two more traditional Western powers -- the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets -- so the Nets find themselves with a heightened sense of urgency as they take on a reeling Kings squad that has lost seven straight.