{"id":579359,"date":"2026-02-03T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/579359\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:50:27","slug":"lakers-vs-nets-preview-last-stop-of-the-roadtrip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/579359\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers vs. Nets Preview: Last stop of the roadtrip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverscreenandroll.com\/lakers-scores-results\/106956\/lakers-vs-knicks-recap-box-score-stats-final-lebron-james-luka-doncic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:tough loss against the New York Knicks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">tough loss against the New York Knicks<\/a>, the Lakers (29-19) look to redeem themselves against the Brooklyn Nets (13-35) on Tuesday. This is the last stop in their Grammy road trip.<\/p>\n<p>Start time and TV schedule<\/p>\n<p>Who:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverscreenandroll.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Lakers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>\u00a0vs. Brooklyn Nets<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>When:\u00a04:30 p.m. PT, Feb. 3<\/p>\n<p>Where: Barclays Center<\/p>\n<p>Watch: Spectrum Sportsnet<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers were once again confronted with some harsh realities in Sunday\u2019s loss against the Knicks:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They\u2019re not going to win many games whenever they shoot 12-45 (28.6%) from the 3-point line<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Losing one quarter by a wide margin can significantly affect the game\u2019s outcome<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They have a tough time against opponents who rebound the ball well<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Their struggles against teams above .500 continue (9-11) has become a concern<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Frankly, these points have been reccurring issues throughout the season and the purple and gold have shown very little to no signs of improving. Whether that\u2019s because of roster construction, injuries, JJ Redick\u2019s coaching, players underperforming or everything at once, it\u2019s fair to say that the Lakers won\u2019t go far if these issues continue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In fact, after the annoying loss to New York, Los Angeles fell to seventh in the competitive Western Conference standings which, as we all know, is play-in territory. This didn\u2019t last long thanks to the Suns\u2019 loss a few hours after, but it\u2019s a warning on what can happen if they don\u2019t start stringing some wins.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Luckily for them, they\u2019ll have a good chance of improving their record right away when they take on a rebuilding Nets team on Tuesday. The Nets are pretty much Michael Porter Jr\u2019s team right now along with a bunch of serviceable role players like Cam Thomas, Noah Clowney and Nic Claxton. They can be competitive at times but truth to be told, there\u2019s no reason for the Lakers to lose to them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Now in jeopardy of being a play-in team, this has become sort of a must-win game for the purple and gold. They can\u2019t lose games like this anymore, especially with seven of their next 10 games coming against teams above .500. The Nets are one of the very few teams in the league with a bottom-tier offensive and defensive rating. They don\u2019t shoot and rebound the ball well. If there\u2019s a group that\u2019s worse than the Lakers in pretty much everything, it\u2019s them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The goal is to make sure MPJ \u2014 who is averaging 25.6 points a game \u2014 doesn\u2019t go off. Same goes with Claxton, who shouldn\u2019t dominate the boards and in the paint against Deandre Ayton. If the Lakers can manage to make sure the Nets don\u2019t have an anomaly type of shooting performance or feast inside the paint, then they should be able to handle them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Lakers should also use this as another \u201cget right\u201d game before they head home and their schedule gets tougher. Their biggest competitors will be themselves, especially if their offense underperforms again. Hopefully, the team that shows up is the one that\u2019s determined to close their road trip on a winning note and is serious about being a competitive playoff team this season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Let\u2019s see if the Lakers can do just that on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Notes and Updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Lakers\u2019 injury report lists Bronny James Jr., (left lower leg soreness) and Austin Reaves (left calf strain) are questionable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Adou Thiero (right MCL sprain) is out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For the Nets, Haywood Highsmith (right knee surgery) is out and Noah Clowney (lower back sprain) is probable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">You can follow Nicole on Twitter at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicoleganglani\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@nicoleganglani;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@nicoleganglani<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a tough loss against the New York Knicks, the Lakers (29-19) look to redeem themselves against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[3515,1013,7264,7,1006,670,247,3803,959,1586,2293,1661,251,150,368,6,671,1136,191,2728,3805],"class_list":{"0":"post-579359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-adou-thiero","9":"tag-austin-reaves","10":"tag-barclays-center","11":"tag-basketball","12":"tag-bronny-james","13":"tag-brooklyn","14":"tag-brooklyn-nets","15":"tag-brooklynnets","16":"tag-cam-thomas","17":"tag-deandre-ayton","18":"tag-haywood-highsmith","19":"tag-jj-redick","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","22":"tag-luka-doncic","23":"tag-nba","24":"tag-nets","25":"tag-new-york","26":"tag-new-york-knicks","27":"tag-nic-claxton","28":"tag-noah-clowney"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116006317311782691","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}