Here is what you need to know before the Lakers open their three-game road trip in Memphis.
1) The Lakers lost on Christmas Day, but they are looking to carry some of the momentum that carried them through the fourth quarter — their best frame of the season. They held the Clippers to nine points — the fewest by any opponent since March 2013 — while outscoring them by 18.
2) Kobe Bryant is the leading vote recipient for the 2016 All-Star Game, and it’s not close at all. The five-time champion has 719,235 votes — 209,033 more than second-place Stephen Curry and more than twice as many as third-place LeBron James (357,937).