On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Lakers will host the Sacramento Kings. Before the game, the Lakers assigned Maxwell Lewis and Bronny James to the South Bay Lakers (G League). South Bay is playing the Cleveland Charge (in Ohio) on Friday and Saturday.

Sacramento will try to break its five-game losing streak when the Kings play Los Angeles. The teams play Saturday for the first time this season.

The Los Angeles Lakers are back at Golden 1 Center to face the Sacramento Kings for their second matchup in just three days. Both teams are hovering near the bottom of their conference. The Lakers are 15-12, which puts them in seventh place. The Kings are 13-15 and in 12th place.

T he Los Angeles Lakers once again find themselves in the heat of the playoff race at 17–13, currently occupying the sixth seed in the Western Conference. Stars LeBron James and

The Los Angeles Lakers are trying to compete and win right now as LeBron James’ career winds down and the Lakers play out the final days of the James-Anthony Davis pairing. This season, the Lakers have shown the capabilities of a contender at times,

Los Angeles has a few draft picks to work with in trade talks as well as some other assets. The Lakers have the chance to either go for the big swing or just simply add around the

With the league giving so much power to the players in terms of their desired landing spots and roles, this tends to be the result. Some aren't fans of this but in the end, it keeps the players happy to perform well on the biggest stages.

Since their first appearance in 1961, the Lakers have played on Christmas 50 times. That number is second-highest among all NBA teams, behind only the New York Knicks. The Lakers' 24 wins is tied with the Knicks for most all-time and they've generally played better than New York on yuletide, losing only 26 contests to the Knicks' 32 losses.

LeBron James claims a history-making Christmas Day win as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors.

After a strong start to the season, the Golden State Warriors have hit a slump. Following a 12-3 start, the Warriors have dropped 10 of their last 13 games before heading into a primetime matchup on Christmas Day against the Los Angeles Lakers.