Lakers vs. Clippers game time, TV schedule and more
The suddenly slipping Clippers face their Los Angeles rival Lakers, who are looking to get back to .500 with a win Friday night.
After streaking to 17 consecutive wins, the Clippers have dropped their last two contests, including a 115-94 defeat at the hands of the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.
As has been most of their season to this point, the Lakers are a bumpy work in progress. After winning five in a row, the Lakers have fallen in two of their last three, including a 103-99 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers at home on Tuesday night. This prompted Kobe Bryant to say that this Lakers team, currently 15-16 overall, is "old" and "slow," except in Bryant's typically more colorful language.
Despite the two straight losses, the Clippers still possess the Western Conference's second-best record at 25-8, only a sliver of percentage points behind the 24-7 Oklahoma City Thunder. On Nov. 2, the balanced Clippers defeated the Lakers in their first meeting, 105-95, despite 40 points from Bryant.
