Los Angeles Lakers are squaring off with Los Angeles Clippers in a crucial NBA game.
Los Angeles Lakers vs Los Angeles Clippers NBA game will tip off at 10 pm (ET) and 7 pm (ET). The Los Angeles NBA derby will be live telecast on ESPN. The live streaming will be live streamed on Spectrum SportsNet and Fubo TV.
Los Angeles' two teams are set to meet for the first time this season when they square off Wednesday. With the Lakers set to play host, the team's 12 championship banners from their Los Angeles tenure will hang over the proceedings — the titles earning fans from multiple generations. The franchise has 17 championships overall.
Despite the Lakers' pedigree, the Clippers have gotten the most from the teams' recent matchups. The Clippers have not lost to the Lakers over the previous three seasons, going 11-0. Even when the Lakers won the title at the end of the fractured 2019-20 season, the teams split the four regular-season games.
The Clippers, though, are an assemblage of local talent, with the pending trade for 10-time All-Star James Harden only adding to that collection. Harden, a product of Artesia High School in nearby Lakewood, Calif., joins three other All-Stars from the Los Angeles area: Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Russell Westbrook. Norman Powell is from San Diego.
Harden's chances of making his Clippers debut Wednesday are a long shot, giving coach Tyronn Lue at least a little more time to figure out a plan for sharing one basketball among so many scorers.
For now, Lue will continue with a plan that has led to three victories in four games, including a 118-102 win over the visiting Orlando Magic on Tuesday.
The Lakers also faced the Magic this week,