Overview
- Tip is set for Saturday at 5:30 p.m. PT (8:30 p.m. ET) at Crypto.com Arena on ABC.
- The season series is tied 1-1 in this last regular-season matchup, so the winner claims the tiebreaker.
- Los Angeles enters at 41-25 in third place in the West, with Denver at 41-26 in fifth.
- LeBron James is available after a recent return to the lineup, and the Lakers aim to extend a five-game home winning streak.
- Injury reports list Denver’s Peyton Watson out and Aaron Gordon probable, with the Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes listed as probable.