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LAKERS TONIGHT

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Opponent--Philadelphia 76ers.

Site--Forum.

Time--6:30.

TV--Fox Sports West.

Radio--KLAC (570), KWKW (1330).

Records--Lakers 21-9, 76ers 8-19.

Record vs. 76ers--1-0.

Laker update--They are 12 games above .500 for the first time and now face a team they already defeated by 12 points on the road. Elden Campbell has scored in double figures in 15 consecutive games, moving within three of tying the best run of his career. He’s averaging 14 points and 9.1 rebounds and shooting 51.8% in those 15 and 15.4 points, 11.6 rebounds and 52.5% the last five. Four of the five have come with double-doubles.

76er update--This is not only another stop in a seven-game, 13-day trip, but the midpoint of a three-game stretch in which the 76ers play the Jazz, Lakers and SuperSonics, teams that are a combined 64-25. The 76ers lost, 110-84, Saturday at Utah. No. 1 pick Allen Iverson is averaging 22.1 points a game, but shooting 39.2%. The other starting guard, Jerry Stackhouse, is shooting 37.9%.

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