Los Angeles Lakers (3-1, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (1-2, ninth in the Western Conference)

Inglewood, California; Wednesday, 10:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Lakers -4.5; over/under is 228.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Lakers play the Los Angeles Clippers after Luka Doncic scored 41 points in the Lakers' 136-129 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Clippers finished 42-40 overall, 10-6 in Pacific Division play and 23-18 at home in the 2025-26 season. The Clippers averaged 113.8 points per game while allowing opponents to score 112.6 last season.

The Lakers went 53-29 overall and 33-19 in Western Conference games last season. The Lakers allowed opponents to score 114.6 points per game and shoot 48.3% from the field last season.

The teams meet for the second time this season. In the last matchup on Oct. 24 the Lakers won 125-117 led by 28 points from Austin Reaves, while Darius Garland scored 26 points for the Clippers.

INJURIES: Clippers: Max Strus: out (foot), Yanic Konan Niederhauser: out (lisfranc), Jordan Miller: out (shoulder), Brandon Ingram: out (heel), Rui Hachimura: out (quad), Bradley Beal: out (knee).

Lakers: Adou Thiero: day to day (knee), Cameron Carr: day to day (oblique).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.