The previously postponed game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers scheduled for Jan. 28 at Staples Center has been rescheduled, as well as a couple of other games scheduled for the second to last week of the NBA regular season.
The Clippers-Lakers game, with the Lakers as the home team, will be played on April 9 at 10:30 p.m. EST and the game will be televised nationally on TNT, according to an announcement from the NBA. But as a result of this rescheduled game, the NBA also had to reschedule a handful of other games that are listed below. For those who are wondering, this now means the Lakers will play in a back-to-back-to-back at home from April 7-9.
Three other games were rescheduled as part of this process:
- The Chicago Bulls at Clippers game originally scheduled for Wed.,April 8 will be played on Mon., April 6 at 10 p.m. ET.
- The Golden State Warriors at Lakers game originally scheduled for Thu., April 9 will be played on Tue., April 7 at 10 p.m. ET and will remain televised on TNT.
- The Bulls at Lakers game originally scheduled for Tue., April 7 will be played on Wed., April 8 at 10:30 p.m. ET.
The Lakers regular season schedule ends in Phoenix on April 15.