The Lakers' homestage, Staples Center, will be renamed crypto.com Arena on Christmas Day, which also means that the Lakers' home game against the Spurs on December 24, Beijing time, is staples Center's last game.
In this regard, the Lakers' official Twitter also released a long tribute to staples center:
In addition, Lakers president Jenny Bass added:
"The fond memories and history here will not be erased by the name change, let's take this opportunity to remember the good times of this arena and let us create more good times in the future."
The Lakers will also have a series of celebrations and commemorative activities before the game against the Spurs on December 24, Beijing time.
On the other hand, the Lakers announced that the team's veteran Trevor Ariza has triggered a health and safety agreement and entered the quarantine phase, which also means that Ariza cannot play for the Lakers against the Spurs:
In Ariza's absence, the only available forward players in the Lakers' squad are LeBron James and Cameron Ariza, but the Lakers may still allow Horton Tucker some playing time in the forward position.
Finally, it should be mentioned that the AMERICAN media Shannon Sharp said in the show that he did not believe that Westbrook could lead the Lakers forward in The absence of Davis:
"I don't want Russell to do more on the pitch, you want an inefficient, error-prone player to do more on the pitch? I need Russell to operate less. ”
In fact, Westbrook has had a better performance in the past period of time, but this is not enough to help the Lakers win, especially after Davis' absence, the overall performance of the Lakers is even more difficult.