So, why is Lakers vs. Hornets being played today? Here is why the game comes so soon after the All-Star break. The Lakers and Hornets are playing today because the game was rescheduled due to wildfires that impacted the Los Angeles area.

The absence of all three players was a factor in the Lakers losing 131-119 to Utah on Wednesday. They hold a 32-20 record and are in fifth place in the Western Conference, and they're just half a game behind the fourth-place Houston Rockets and three games behind the second-place Memphis Grizzlies.

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Will the Los Angeles Lakers' latest superstar, five-time All-NBA First Team guard Luka Doncic, be on hand to massacre the Utah Jazz for a second game in a row?

The Los Angeles Lakers and visiting Charlotte Hornets will return from the All-Star break earlier than previously planned when the teams meet for a make-up game Wednesday. Originally scheduled for Jan.

The Los Angeles Lakers will be the first team back on the court after the All-Star break. JJ Redick and company will play in the only game in Wednesday night’s NBA slate against the Charlotte Hornets in a game that was rescheduled from January’s fires in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Lakers have released their injury report for their first game back from All-Star Weekend, a makeup game against the Charlotte Hornets that was postponed due to the Southern California wildfires.

With both Luka Dončić and LeBron James nursing injuries to varying degrees, the Lakers are deliberating how and whether to use the pair coming out of the All-Star break.