Up next for the Lakers: Sunday vs. Indiana

By Ben Bolch

Jan. 22, 2012 12 AM PT

When: 6:30.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 10-7, Pacers 10-4.

Update: Lakers forward Derrick Caracter, who hasn’t played this season because of a torn knee ligament, participated in limited drills Saturday and has been cleared to practice. He could make his season debut in the next week. The Pacers have seven players who average at least 10 points a game, led by forward Danny Granger (16.2 points), center Roy Hibbert (13.6 points, 10.1 rebounds) and free-agent acquisition David West (11.6 points).

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

Up next for the Lakers: Sunday vs. Indiana

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