February 23 – The Los Angeles Lakers will look to get back on track Friday night when they play the rubber match of their three-game season series against the visiting San Antonio Spurs.
The Lakers, minus LeBron James (sore ankle), will head home after a 128-110 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Thursday in San Francisco. Los Angeles played its second consecutive contest without James and had a three-game winning streak snapped. Los Angeles has won six of its past eight games to get back into the postseason conversation.

Anthony Davis led the Lakers with 27 points and 15 rebounds in Thursday’s loss, with D’Angelo Russell adding 18 points, Austin Reaves 16 and Taurean Prince 12. The game was decided from beyond the arc as Los Angeles was outscored by 18 points on 3-pointers.
The Lakers know the formula to win — it’s just a matter of getting healthy and accentuating the positives.
“It’s not much rocket science behind it. It’s just if we have to, we’ll go back and watch the games where we played well and just replicate that,” Reaves said. “You can’t control always making shots or missing shots and all that, but you can control effort and playing the right way. You can definitely look back and see the position that we were in last year and how we finished the season, carrying that momentum into the playoffs.”