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Six days after they ended their regular-season schedule with a 131-107 win<\/a> over the Utah Jazz<\/a>, the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> will begin their best-of-seven first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets<\/a> on Saturday. Game 1 of that series will start at 5:30 p.m. Pacific time and will take place at Crypto.com Arena.<\/p>\n

The Lakers are obviously underdogs with Luka Doncic<\/a> and Austin Reaves<\/a> still out due to hamstring and oblique strains, respectively, and no firm timeline for either’s return. But everyone else is expected to be available for them, even though LeBron James<\/a> admitted this week he’s been fighting off an illness, per The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the Rockets, there has been a bit of a surprise development. Kevin Durant<\/a> is listed as questionable due to a knee contusion, although it seems the Hall of Famer is fully expected to play on Saturday. They will continue to be without big man Steven Adams<\/a> and point guard Fred VanVleet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Game 2 of this series will be on Tuesday, which will give both teams plenty of time to rest and recover after beginning this battle.<\/p>\n

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