THE WEEK AHEAD: 2 GAMES

Tuesday at Indiana, 4 p.m. PST, Ch. 9 (5:30) -- Nothing like going to Indiana, where the basketball is pure and so is the seething hatred. Ron Artest serves the last of his four-game suspension, leaving Kobe Bryant and Reggie Miller to work out their problems on their own.

Thursday at New York, 4:30 p.m. PST, Ch. 9, TNT -- In their final game before scattering for the All-Star break, the Lakers go to famed Madison Square Garden and try to locate the afro Phil Jackson left there in the ‘70s.