Overview
- The Lakers downgraded Rui Hachimura to out with an illness, marking his second straight missed game.
- Stephen Curry remains out for Golden State with right patellofemoral pain syndrome, and Jimmy Butler is out for the season following ACL surgery.
- Draymond Green is listed as probable for the Warriors, and Kristaps Porziņģis was later ruled out after being questionable earlier Saturday.
- LeBron James is available and off the injury report as Los Angeles seeks to halt a three-game skid; the Lakers are 34-24 and the Warriors are 31-28.
- Sportsbooks list L.A. around -4 to -4.5 with totals near 228–229, with tipoff at 5:30 p.m. PT on ABC from Chase Center.