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Head coach JJ Redick talks to Marcus Smart #36 of the Los Angeles Lakers in the huddle during a timeout in the second half against the Phoenix Suns
The Los Angeles Lakers’ schedule has entered a tough stretch, beginning with Thursday night’s matchup with the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena. If the Lakers want to be taken seriously as contenders then they need to beat some quality teams during this stretch,
The Los Angeles Lakers make the short trip to San Francisco on Saturday night for a Western Conference battle against the Golden State Warriors. The game is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET (5:30 p.m. PT) with tickets still available to watch live.
All due respect to the short-handed Warriors. And the league-worst Kings. And the feisty-but-still-mediocre Pelicans. But the Lakers were supposed to win those games. And that isn’t meant to take credit away from the Lakers — or the three-game winning streak they’re on after Tuesday’s home victory over the Pelicans.
LeBron James' playmaking sparks a Los Angeles winning streak in our Pelicans vs. Lakers predictions for March 3.
Following the Lakers’ 110-101 win over the lowly Pelicans on Tuesday — an odd game in which the latter actually held a lead with around five minutes left in the fourth — head coach JJ Redick was asked about the trust he had in veteran guard Marcus Smart.