Up next for the Lakers: Sunday vs. Orlando

Orlando guard Victor Oladipo shoots between Phoenix center Miles Plumlee, right, and guard Eric Bledsoe.

By Mike Bresnahan

March 22, 2014 7:35 PM PT

When: 6:30.

Where: Staples Center.

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

Records: Lakers 22-46; Magic 19-50 through Friday.

Record vs. Magic: 0-1.

Update: Pau Gasol had 21 points, 11 rebounds and six assists but the Lakers lost to Orlando two months ago, 114-105. Orlando owns the league’s worst road record, an abysmal 4-32 going into Saturday’s game at Utah. Magic shooting guard Victor Oladipo has an outside shot at winning the league’s rookie-of-the-year award. He was averaging 13.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists before Saturday.

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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. Orlando

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