![]() Timberwolves at Raptors - After being kind in letting the Lakers beat them, Toronto could throw them an even bigger bone with a couple of important home wins this week. Magic at Clippers - The Clippers absorbed a 50-point game from Steph Curry to win on Wednesday but the defense is very clearly still an issue. If they don’t steady the ship, they could fall out of this race entirely.Ĭeltics at Trail Blazers - Don’t think of this as rooting for the Celtics to win, but rooting for the Blazers to lose. ![]() Pelicans at Rockets - New Orleans is really slipping down the standings after being the No. Timberwolves at Bulls - Minnesota slipped up against the Celtics to stay just a game above the Lakers, which helps ease some of the pain of LA’s loss to Houston. Warriors at Hawks - The big note in this match-up is the Warriors will be without Draymond Green, who picked up his 16th technical foul against the Clippers on Wednesday. Thunder at Raptors - After looking set to tank away the season, OKC is back in the thick of things and ahead of the Lakers in the play-in spots. Still, win a pivotal game against Dallas on Friday to kick off your four-game homestand and things again feel quite a bit better.īut this homestand will be important for the Lakers to build some separation and move back up the playoff race.Īs things stand heading into Thursday’s game, the Lakers are the 10th seed, a half-game behind the Thunder and a full game behind the Timberwolves and Mavericks while sitting a half-game ahead of the Jazz and Pelicans. It’s the nature of the Western Conference playoff race but it’s a frustrating set of results for the Lakers. They’ve won the important game against New Orleans but dropped contests to New York and Houston. Over the last week or so, the Lakers have started to sputter a little bit when it comes to making up ground in the playoff race.
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