" Keith Smart and Marcus Thornton have been in a battle the past few days – for tickets.

The Kings head coach and shooting guard are natives of Baton Rouge, La., near where the Kings play the New Orleans Hornets tonight.

So, naturally, both said they are trying to secure as many seats as they can in New Orleans Arena.

Not that it sounds as if their respective family members would mind sitting together.

"My mom and his family all go to the same church," Thornton said. "His brother plays the drums there. So we're all connected in some kind of way." "