The Phoenix Suns face the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena Wednesday night. The game is very important in terms of the Western Conference standings.
The Suns are one game ahead of the Los Angeles Clippers (38-35) for fourth place in the Western Conference. Phoenix is very unlikely to catch the Sacramento Kings (third place), Memphis Grizzlies (second place) and Denver Nuggets (first place) since it is four games behind Sacramento for the No. 3 seed.
The Lakers are in a different situation. Los Angeles is one game back of the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference and must make a push without superstar forward LeBron James, who is out for an undetermined amount of time due to a right foot injury.