Up next for the Lakers: Friday at Chicago

By Mike Bresnahan

Dec. 9, 2010 12 AM PT

Lakers tonight

AT CHICAGO

When: 5 PST.

Where: United Center.

On the air: TV: Channel 9, ESPN; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 16-6, Bulls 12-8.

Record vs. Bulls: 1-0.

Update: The Lakers had a hard time against Chicago without Carlos Boozer a little more than two weeks ago, overcoming a mid-fourth-quarter deficit to win at home, 98-91, thanks to 21 points each from Shannon Brown and Lamar Odom. Bulls point guard Derrick Rose had 30 points and eight assists in that game. Boozer is now back from a broken wrist and the Bulls are on the upswing, winning their last three games.

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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 at Chicago

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