It’s an interconference battle of sub-.500 teams as they meet in hopes of improving their standing in the playoff picture on the hardwood in the Windy City. The Los Angeles Lakers are on the road as they make the trip to face the Chicago Bulls Wednesday night. Los Angeles was dropped 118-108 by these same Bulls at home Sunday, losing outright as a five-point favorite, in their previous contest. Chicago fell 124-112 on the road to the Clippers in the second game of a back-to-back situation Monday night. In the all-time regular season series between the teams, the Lakers own a 94-66 advantage but the Bulls have won three straight meetings after taking the victory Sunday. Will the Lakers earn a split of the season series or can the Bulls sweep the two-game set?
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Los Angeles saw their three-game win streak snapped as they were beaten at home by Chicago Sunday in their previous contest. The Lakers entered Tuesday 37-38 on the season, leaving them last in the Pacific Division, eight games behind the Kings for the top spot. They were tied for 9th in the Western Conference playoff picture, 14 games behind Denver for the top spot, 1.5 games back of Minnesota for the final guaranteed spot and half a game ahead of the Mavericks for the final spot in the play-in tournament. Against Chicago, Los Angeles was down three after the opening quarter before giving up an 11-2 run to start the second quarter, leaving them down 12. The Lakers never got closer than eight the rest of the way. Los Angeles shot 50.7% from the field, including 13 of 36 from three-point range, turned the ball over 18 times and allowed Chicago to shoot 54% in the contest. LeBron James finished with 19 points and eight rebounds off the bench in the loss to lead the Lakers.
The Lakers are 10th in the league in scoring offense as they put up an average of 116.4 points per game. Los Angeles is 6th in rebounding with 45.4 boards per contest and 16th in assists with 25.1 per game. The Lakers stand 21st in the league in scoring defense as they allow 116.7 points per night. LeBron James is leading the team with 29.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 6.9 assists per contest this season. Anthony Davis contributes 25.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and two blocks a night while D’Angelo Russell chips in 18 points, 3.1 rebounds and 6.2 assists per contest. Lonnie Walker IV (12.2 points) and Malik Beasley (13 points) also are averaging in double figures. Thomas Bryant (9.9 points, 5.8 rebounds), Dennis Schroder (12.2 points, 3.9 assists), Rui Hachimura, Troy Brown Jr., Jarred Vanderbilt, Mo Bamba, Wenyen Gabriel, Damion Jones and Austin Reaves (12 .3 points) are looked to contribute for coach Darvin Ham. The Lakers are 11th in the league in field goal percentage as they shoot 47.9% from the floor as a team. Los Angeles is 26th in the league with 10.7 triples per game while standing 26th in three-point shooting by shooting 34.2% from downtown.
Bamba (ankle) last played on March 5 and has missed the last 10 games. He is expected to be back sometime in early April. Russell (hip) missed the last two games and is day-to-day: watch for any updates on his status for this game.
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