Both the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers may be without multiple key players in Saturday night's matchup.

The Lakers were without another of their normal starters – forward Rui Hachimura – on Saturday night as well, but Reaves and Ayton could be back in the lineup as early as Tuesday’s game against

The Lakers starting five took another hit before the game against the Clippers on Saturday night, with Rui Hachimura a late scratch.

Marcus Smart’s impact on the Los Angeles Lakers is usually measured in defensive possessions, vocal leadership, and tone-setting toughness. On Thursday night, it was measured in dollars.

The Los Angeles Lakers are 0.5 games behind the third seed and one game behind the second seed in a stacked Western Conference, but they are not genuine title contenders. Over the last week or so, they lost to the less-than-full-strength San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Cup Quarterfinals,

This will be just the second game this season that Markkanen will miss, and the Jazz could be in trouble without him. In his lone absence, the Jazz suffered a 31-point loss to the

The Los Angeles Lakers just got scarcer. So there’d be an urgency to bring in backups. But not today. After a hard-fought win against the Jazz yesterday, the team is going into tomorrow’s game against the LA Clippers even more short-staffed.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Marcus Smart was fined for making an obscene gesture at an official during the team's win over the Utah Jazz.

Markeiff Morris felt that Lakers star LeBron James didn't get enough respect from the team last season in the wake of the Luka Doncic trade.