The Los Angeles Lakers will begin their final stretch of the 2018-19 NBA season with four consecutive games at Staples Center, which starts against the Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors have taken a slight control over the West’s No. 1 seed, up 1.5 games on the Denver Nuggets. A win against the Lakers would put them further in the driver’s seat.
Meanwhile, the Lakers are currently tied for the No. 10 spot in the Western Conference as well as the pick No. 10 in the 2019 NBA Draft with the Minnesota Timberwolves. With a Lakers roster made up almost entirely of G League players at this point in the season, securing that No.