The Los Angeles Lakers’ annual Grammy road trip ended with a trip to Madison Square Garden to take on a streaking New York Knicks team.
The Knicks entered the primetime matchup as the hottest team in the league, winning their last five games. Meanwhile, the Lakers came in shorthanded as Anthony Davis was out of the lineup nursing his abdominal injury. On paper, Los Angeles looked overmatched as New York has the size, physicality and depth to test the shorthanded unit.
However, the purple and gold played arguably their best two-way game of the 2024-25 season as they managed to pull off a 128-112 victory to close out their East Coast trip.