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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns live stream, TV channel, time, odds, how to watch the NBA Preseason

The Los Angeles Lakers will meet the Phoenix Suns in NBA Preseason action on Wednesday night from the Footprint Center.

The Los Angeles Lakers will meet the Phoenix Suns in NBA Preseason action on Wednesday night from the Footprint Center.

The Lakers will look to bounce back after a 123-97 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in their first game, they will be without most of their starters again tonight. As for the Suns, they are also coming off a loss and will look to their bench players and depth tonight to win one at home.

We have you covered throughout the NBA Preseason, here is everything you need to know to stream the NBA action tonight.

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Phoenix Suns

  • When: Wednesday, October 6
  • Time: 6:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: NBA TV
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

NBA Odds and Betting Lines

NBA odds courtesy of Tipico Sportsbook. Odds last updated Wednesday at 1:05 p.m. ET.

Los Angeles Lakers (-1) vs. Phoenix Suns

O/U: 217.5

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Notre Dame football could be in cards if Maria Taylor heads to NBC

Could NBC’s Irish coverage look a little different in 2021?

Maria Taylor recently found herself in the middle of a controversy involving ESPN colleague Rachel Nichols. Consequently, she took over for Nichols as host of “NBA Countdown” for this year’s NBA Finals coverage. However, Taylor’s days with the four-letter network appear to be numbered. A report from Front Office Sports indicates that Taylor is extremely close to a deal with NBC.

The reported deal, which the source says is “at the half-yard line”, would offer Taylor a variety of opportunities. One possibility is said to be NBC’s Notre Dame football coverage. It doesn’t specify what role she would have as that obviously can’t be determined as of yet, but it does open up the discussion of who on the current broadcast team she could replace.

Kathryn Tappen has been the sideline reporter since she joined NBC in 2014. Jac Collinsworth only has one season as the pregame/halftime host under his belt. It will be worth keeping an eye on what NBC does as the 2021 season gets closer to kickoff.

Jalen Rose broke into tears while honoring his mother on NBA Countdown

Wow.

It feels like we’ve all known Jalen Rose, the flashiest member of the Fab Five, for so long now. He was such a graceful player, and has been a thoughtful analyst of the game for more than a decade now.

Part of what makes his story resonate is that his first name — a combination of James, for his father, and Leonard, for the man who drove his mother to the hospital — had such an interesting story and became so popular.

This is the first Mother’s Day Jalen had to spend without his mother Jeanne, who created the name and guided her son to a life of prominence that made it spread.

He broke into tears as he discussed how much he misses her.

“We fell in love with basketball together. My father played in the league and to not know him… She was like, ‘You’re going to make it, you’re going to get us out the hood, I promise you.’ And I was like ‘I’m going to do it, Ma.’ And I did it. We did it.”

Jimmy Walker, the No. 1 pick in the 1967 NBA draft, was Rose’s biological father but the two never met; Walker died of cancer in 2007.

Rose had tweeted earlier this year about his mother’s battle with cancer. She died in early February.

Here’s more on how she come up with name Jalen.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=474691427114288

Go hug — or call — your mom, if you can.

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