The Los Angeles Lakers look to snap a season-worst eight-game losing streak when they host the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night at Staples Center in the second of a five-game homestand.
Despite a largely uncompetitive loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, which Kyle Kuzma shared his frustrations with the team’s play by saying they “gave up,” the Lakers saw the return of veteran center Brook Lopez.
Now they’re poised to welcome back Lonzo Ball, after he missed the last six games due to a sprained left shoulder. Los Angeles hopes Ball’s presence, coupled with facing a team that’s dropped 14 of their last 20 games, puts them back in the win column.