Lakers play host to Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night

Lakers guard Jodie Meeks has averaged 13.7 points and 4 rebounds per game through the first three games for L.A. this season.

By Mike Bresnahan

Nov. 2, 2013 12 AM PT

LAKERS VS. ATLANTA

When: 6:30.

Where: Staples Center.

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

Records: Lakers 1-2; Hawks 1-1.

Record vs. Hawks (2012-13): 1-1.

Update: The Lakers haven’t lost at home to Atlanta since 2006. The Hawks made over their frontcourt during the off-season, adding former Utah forward Paul Millsap after losing Josh Smith to Detroit via free agency. Hawks point guard Jeff Teague is off to a hot start, averaging 20.5 points and 10.5 assists.

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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.

Lakers play host to Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night

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