Overview
- Tipoff is 10 p.m. EST at Golden 1 Center for the teams’ third matchup of the season, with the Lakers having won 125-101 on Dec. 29.
- The Lakers are 23-13 and fifth in the West after dropping two straight and going 4-6 over their last 10 games.
- The Kings are 9-30 and 6-13 at home, coming off a 13-point win over the Rockets that ended a six-game slide, with the league’s worst offensive rating and 28th-ranked defense.
- Injury report lists Domantas Sabonis (knee) and Keegan Murray (ankle) out for Sacramento, with Austin Reaves (calf) and Adou Thiero (knee) out for Los Angeles, and Rui Hachimura expected to return off the bench.
- ESPN’s Shams Charania reported a three-game suspension for Dennis Schröder after an altercation with Luka Dončić, with Sacramento expected to lean on Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan and to give more backcourt minutes to Russell Westbrook, Malik Monk and Keon Ellis.