Up next for Lakers: Sunday vs. New York

Lakers tonight

VS. NEW YORK

When: 6:30.

Where: Staples Center.

On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 26-11, Knicks 21-14.

Record vs. Knicks (2009-10): 2-0.

Update: The improved Knicks are 11-7 on the road this season, including a 121-96 victory Friday in Phoenix. Amare Stoudemire’s first season with New York has been a statistical success, the former Suns All-Star averaging 26.3 points and nine rebounds a game. The Lakers have won their last six games against the Knicks and haven’t lost to them since February 2007.

—Mike Bresnahan