1 week Ago By Ryan Dyrud, LAFB Network
The NBA regular season is coming to a close, and the Los Angeles Lakers have locked up the third seed. Their opponent has not been decided yet, but there is one thing that we know for sure. The Lakers will host Game 1 at Crypto.
com Arena. Shockingly, this will be the first Game 1 at Staples Center/Crypto.com Arena since April 29, 2012.
The Lakers will host a Game 1 at Staples Center/Crypto.com Arena for the first time since April 29, 2012 pic.twitter.
com/nlgQLGVJK5 Los Angeles Lakers To Host First Game 1 Since 2012 In 2012, the Lakers hosted the Denver Nuggets and won the series in a nail-biting seven games. They would go on to lose in the second round in five games to the Oklahoma City Thunder. It is incredible to think that a team with as much history and caché as the Purple and Gold has not hosted a Game 1 in 13 years.
It goes to show what the organization has gone through since the retirement of the late great Kobe Bryant. It should be noted that Los Angeles was the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference in 2020, so they would have hosted Game 1 in every series, but that was during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the NBA Playoffs were played in the infamous “bubble.
” The Lakers will not know who they will host until all the games have concluded on Sunday. There are a number of different scenarios that can play out, but it looks like there will be 3 teams LA could face. West scenarios pic.
twitter.com/vQG091mmaV The most likely scenarios include the Lakers playing the Warriors, Timberwolves, or Nuggets. Regardless of who the opponent is, Crypto.
com Arena will be rocking, and JJ Redick’s team is the healthiest it has been all season long. This article first appeared on LAFB Network and was syndicated with permission..
