Up next for the Lakers: Sunday vs. Toronto

Lakers star Kobe Bryant will play in his first game Sunday since suffering a torn Achilles' tendon last season.

By Mike Bresnahan

Dec. 7, 2013 4:52 PM PT

When: 6:30.

Where: Staples Center.

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

Records: Lakers 10-9, Raptors 6-12.

Record vs. Raptors (2012-13): 1-1.

Update: Kobe Bryant returns against a team that hasn’t beaten the Lakers at Staples Center since 2001, a string of 10 consecutive games. Despite their poor record, the Raptors are close to the top of the Atlantic Division, trailing Boston (9-12) by 1½ games. Only three players average double-figure scoring for Toronto: DeMar DeRozan (21.3 points), Rudy Gay (19.4) and Kyle Lowry (14.3).

mike.bresnahan@latimes.com

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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. Toronto

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