Up next for the Lakers: Sunday vs. Atlanta

By Mike Bresnahan

March 2, 2013 12 AM PT

When: 6:30.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: TV: TWC SportsNet, TWC Deportes; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 29-30; Hawks 33-24.

Record vs. Hawks (2011-12): 1-0.

Update: The Lakers haven’t lost at home to Atlanta since February 2006, a string of six consecutive victories. In a scheduling quirk, the Lakers haven’t played the Hawks yet this season. Atlanta had won four consecutive games, three of them on the road, until a 92-87 loss Friday at Phoenix. Hawks forward Josh Smith had five turnovers and only five points on two-for-11 shooting in that game. He is averaging 17.2 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists this season.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Up next for the Lakers: Sunday vs. Atlanta

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