The Los Angeles Lakers host the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place.
After going a solid 4-2 during their six-game Grammy road trip, the Lakers finally return home and will get to enjoy a home-heavy schedule over the next six weeks or so. They start that favorable stretch with a contest against the defending NBA champs who swept them out of the Western Conference finals last May.
Los Angeles is on a three-game winning streak. With a 27-25 record, it is in ninth place in the Western Conference, 3 1/2 games behind the fifth-place Phoenix Suns.
At 35-16, the Nuggets are in third place and are tied for the best record in the West with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves. They have won seven of their last nine games and may be starting to ramp things up in preparation for the stretch run.
The Lakers visited Denver on opening night of the regular season and lost 119-107. LeBron James and crew will surely be looking for revenge this time around.
How to watch
Here’s when you should tune in to see the game:
- Date: Feb. 8, 2024
- Time: 7 p.m. ET
- TV Channel: TNT, Spectrum SportsNet
- Live Stream: Sling TV (watch for free)
Lakers versus Nuggets injury report
Nuggets: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (right hamstring tightness) is questionable and Vlatko Cancar (left knee surgery) is out.
Lakers: Anthony Davis (bilateral Achilles tendinopathy and left hip spasm) and LeBron James (left ankle peroneal tendinopathy) are questionable and Cam Reddish (right ankle sprain), Jarred Vanderbilt (right midfoot sprain) and Gabe Vincent (left knee surgery) are out.
Probable starting lineups
Nuggets
- G – Jamal Murray
- G – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
- C – Nikola Jokic
- F – Michael Porter Jr.
- F – Aaron Gordon
Lakers
- G – D’Angelo Russell
- G – Austin Reaves
- C – Anthony Davis
- F – Rui Hachimura
- F – LeBron James
