Up next for the Lakers: Saturday at Charlotte

Thunder center Steven Adams tries to control a loose ball in a battle with Lakers center Robert Sacre in the first half.

By Mike Bresnahan

Dec. 13, 2013 12 AM PT

LAKERS AT CHARLOTTE

When: 4 PST.

Where: Time Warner Cable Arena.

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

Records: Lakers 10-12; Bobcats 10-13.

Record vs. Bobcats (2012-13): 2-0.

Update: The Lakers often have trouble on the road against the Bobcats, who have made the playoffs once in their 10-year existence. The Lakers are 3-5 in Charlotte since the Bobcats began play but actually won there last season after trailing by 20, 100-93. Point guard Kemba Walker leads the Bobcats with 16.8 points and 4.4 assists a game.

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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: Saturday at Charlotte

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