The Los Angeles Lakers have only two exhibition games remaining on their preseason schedule before they officially start the 2020-21 season and accept their championship rings for the 2020 NBA title, which the Lakers captured barely over two months ago in the NBA bubble down at Disney World.
As the Lakers continue their preseason schedule, they will face one of the only other teams that could say it left the bubble being better than they were before they arrived: the Phoenix Suns.
The Suns were one of the best stories of the seeding games. They went 8-0, barely missing the postseason, thanks to Damian Lillard’s incredible run. After their 8-0 run in the bubble, they made one of the biggest moves of the offseason by trading for Hall of Fame-level point guard Chris Paul, who helped lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to the fifth seed in the West last season.
Date: Dec. 16
Time: 6 p.m. PST/ 9 p.m. EST
TV Channel (Local): NBA TV, Spectrum SportsNet