PHILADELPHIA — As part of nine changes to the NBA schedule, the league announced Tuesday morning that the Lakers’ home game against the San Antonio Spurs, which was originally scheduled for Jan. 11 but was postponed because of the wildfires in Southern California, has been rescheduled for March 17 at Crypto.com Arena.
To accommodate the rescheduled games around the league, the Lakers’ home game against the Milwaukee Bucks on March 18 was pushed back to March 20 at Crypto.com Arena.
The Lakers had two home games postponed because of the wildfires – the aforementioned game against the Spurs and a matchup against the Charlotte Hornets on Jan. 9 that the league previously announced has been rescheduled for Feb. 19, making it the Lakers’ first game after the All-Star break.
The schedule changes will lead to the Lakers playing six games in eight days from March 13-20 – including three sets of back-to-back games:
- March 13: at Milwaukee;
- March 14: at Denver;
- March 15: Off;
- March 16: vs. Phoenix;
- March 17: vs. San Antonio;
- March 18: Off;
- March 19: vs. Denver;
- March 20: vs. Milwaukee.
