The Los Angeles Lakers are set to take on the lowly Washington Wizards in what will be their second-to-last home game before they embark on a six-game road trip

The NBA trade deadline is in 15 days and the Los Angeles Lakers continue to be mired in mediocrity.At 23-18, the Lakers enter Wednesday in sixth place in the Western Conference and just one game ahead of the Dallas Mavericks (23-20) for the final non-Play-In Tournament spot in the playoff picture.

At 40 years old, LeBron James shouldn’t be having the type of individual success on the court that he is having. But the Los Angeles Lakers superstar is made of different stuff. On Tuesday night, the

This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions from our partners’ links in this content.

We've got another exciting interconference contest on Tuesday's NBA schedule as the Los Angeles Lakers will host the Washington Wizards. Los Angeles is 22-18 overall and 14-6 at home, while Washington is 6-35 overall and 1-17 on the road.

The Wizards are simply a bad basketball team. Losers of 10 straight, Washington is led by Jordan Poole and Kyle Kuzma. The Lakers lost Sunday to the Clippers to snap a modest 2-game winning streak. Anthony Davis leads LA in scoring (25.6) and rebounding (11.8) for the season.