Knicks vs. Lakers is a rivalry that runs back to when the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants were a thing. So was “Dewey defeats Truman!” and legal segregation. They go back a while, obvs. Today the two teams meet with each missing a former MVP: L.A.’s weathervane, LeBron James, is suspended for tonight’s game after pulling a hamstring running away from Rochester native and Piston big man Isaiah Stewart in the near-fracas two nights ago after James cheap-shotted Stew. Anthony Davis is listed as probable. Kendrick Nunn and OAKAAKUYOAK Trevor Ariza are also unavailable for the visitors.
The Knicks are without Taj Gibson and Derrick Rose.