Up next for the Lakers: Friday vs. Charlotte

Lakers center Robert Sacre battles Bobcats big men Bismack Biyombo, left, and Cody Zeller for a rebound during a game earlier this season in Charlotte, N.C.

By Mike Bresnahan

Jan. 30, 2014 12 AM PT

When: 7:30.

Where: Staples Center.

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

Records: Lakers 16-30; Bobcats 20-27.

Record vs. Bobcats: 1-0.

Update: Despite a poor overall record and a 1-7 mark in their own division, the Bobcats are currently in eighth place in the Eastern Conference. Kobe Bryant had 21 points and forced Ben Gordon into a wild off-balance three-point attempt with 2.5 seconds left as the Lakers won in Charlotte last month, 88-85.

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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: Friday vs. Charlotte

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