PROBABLE STARTERS Spurs: PG Stephon Castle (6-6, 2nd), SG Devin Vassell (6-5, 6th); SF Julian Champagnie (6-7, 4th), PF Harrison Barnes (6-8, 14th), C Victor Wembanyama (7-4, 3rd).

BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles will try to build upon its four-game win streak with a victory against San Antonio. Los Angeles went 50-32 overall and 36-16 in Western Conference play a season ago. The Lakers allowed opponents to score 112.2 points per game and shoot 46.3% from the field last season.

When the Lakers signed Jake LaRavia this summer, he was portrayed as a 3-point sniper, but he has been a lot more than that so far this season.

Coach JJ Redick acknowledges the buy-in from the players, who won on Monday night in Portland without LeBron James, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.

Austin Reaves hit a game-winner to lead the shorthanded Los Angeles Lakers to another win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Los Angeles Lakers have supplied an update on starting center Deandre Ayton prior to the club's Miami clash. Per the league's latest injury report, the Lake

During a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, Nick Smith Jr. was an unlikely hero who had a game he will surely never forget.