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Up next for Lakers: at Phoenix

Kobe Bryant tries to work around the defense of Houston's Trevor Ariza during the first quarter of the Lakers' season opener against the Rockets at Staples Center.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
By Mike Bresnahan
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LAKERS AT PHOENIX

When: 7 PDT.

Where: US Airways Center.

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

Records: Lakers 0-1; Suns 0-0.

Record vs. Suns (2013-14): 1-3.

Update: Fully embracing an up-tempo concept, the Suns added free agent Isaiah Thomas as a backup to their already stacked backcourt of Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe. Versatile twins Markieff and Marcus Morris make up two-thirds of the Suns’ frontcourt. The Lakers have lost their last six games in Phoenix.

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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.

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