Beijing time on December 16th! The NBA regular season continues, with the Lone Rangers playing at home against the Lakers today. Previously, Davis missed the Lakers' last two games due to sore knees. According to the latest news, Anthony Davis will play in today's game against the Lone Rangers, and it is worth mentioning that in the two games that Davis is absent, the Lakers have won two consecutive games.
In addition to Davis, head coach Vogel said he expects Kent Bazmore to get playing time today, Bazemore has been focused and Vogel is also trying to find ways to give him another chance to play.
However, the Lakers are still expected to be affected by certain personnel, after the team players Dwight Howard and Malik Munch triggered the league's health and safety agreement. In addition to this, Tarren Horton Tucker tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss several games. But at the same time, Mavericks head coach Kidd also announced in today's interview that the team's three players will miss this game, namely Doncic, Sterling Brown and Willie Cauley Stein.
At present, both teams have temporarily won two consecutive wins, while in the Western Conference rankings, the Lakers are temporarily in 6th place with 15 wins and 13 losses, and the Lone Rangers are 14 wins and 13 losses in seventh place, in addition, the Lakers are still 2 wins away from the fourth place in the West.
Although the Lakers have formed a big three this season, it seems that it has not achieved the expected effect. It has been reported earlier that the Lakers have opened an internal discussion about trading Westbrook. According to reporter Keith Smith, players signed this year's offseason can already be traded from December 15, local time. As a result, most of the players in the league are now eligible to be traded, including Westbrook who joined the Lakers in the offseason.