Lakers open season at home against the Warriors, will host Rockets on Christmas Day
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Lakers and NBA fans in general will get a quick view of two of the league’s longtime greats when LeBron James and the Lakers open the regular season against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Oct. 21 at Crypto.com Arena, the league announced Tuesday morning.
The game, scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m., will be nationally televised on NBC and it will give Lakers fans a chance to see Luka Doncic’s new and trimmed body.
Also, the Lakers will play the Houston Rockets and newly acquired Kevin Durant on Christmas Day at home, one of five games on the holiday being broadcast by ABC and ESPN. The game, set to tip off at 5 p.m., will give fans another chance to see the league’s veteran superstars go at it again.
The NBA will release the full schedule soon.
The Lakers will start training camp Sept. 29 and will play six preseason games.
The first preseason game is against the Suns at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs on Oct. 3. The rest of the preseason game are: at Golden State on Oct. 5; against the Warriors at Crypto.com Arena on Oct. 12; against the Suns in Phoenix on Oct. 14; against the Dallas Mavericks at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Oct. 15; against the Sacramento Kings at home on Oct. 17.
