Trying to reduce miles traveled for teams, the NBA scheduled teams to play the Lakers and Clippers on back-to-back nights 10 times this season. Another five teams will play the two with a night off in Los Angeles in the middle. Toronto upset the Lakers on the first night before running out of gas the next against the Clippers. Or, more likely, it could reinforce something executives and talent evaluators around the league think — that the injury-depleted Trail Blazers need to make a trade. … Shai Gilgeous-Alexander returns to Staples Center with the Thunder this week to play the Lakers and Clippers.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 16, 2019 19:43 UTC