NBA releases 2nd half of the schedule

Well the second half of the schedule has been released. Depending on how you view this season’s home court team issues the Lakers could be in for a rough March or it could be a time when they get themselves playing to form, again. The NBA remains committed to all teams playing the full 72 game slate. Below is a downloadable link for the whole shebang.

Some items of note:

1. The Lakers don’t kick off the second portion until Friday, March 12th earning a couple of extra days off. Good for LeBron and thus the entire team.
2. There are 5 more back-to-back games. Feels like a lot…
3. The Lakers play a grand total of 3, count ’em, three road games in March (Golden State 3/15 which is one of our B2B games as we then fly to Minnesota…, Phoenix 3/21, and New Orleans 3/23) so if home cooking can cure what ails us (in addition to the ASB) then March should see us on quite the right path.
4. The last 2 days of games are all TBD, one assumes the League wants as much wiggle room as possible to add games that have been missed due to COVID at the end of the schedule.
   
   Going to be interesting. Lakers games listed below:

MARCH

12, vs. Indiana; 15, at Golden State (ESPN); 16, vs. Minnesota; 20, vs. Atlanta; 21, at Phoenix; 23, at New Orleans (TNT); 25, vs. Philadelphia (TNT); 26, vs. Cleveland; 28, vs. Orlando; 31, vs. Milwaukee (ESPN).

APRIL

2, at Sacramento; 4, at Clippers (ABC); 6, at Toronto (in Tampa Bay); 8, at Miami (TNT); 10, at Brooklyn (ABC); 12, at New York (ESPN); 13, at Charlotte; 15, vs. Boston (TNT); 17, vs. Utah (ESPN); 19, vs. Utah (ESPN); 22, at Dallas (TNT); 24, at Dallas (ABC); 26, at Orlando; 28, at Washington.

MAY

2, vs. Toronto; 3, vs. Denver (ESPN); 6, at Clippers (TNT); 7, at Portland; 9, vs. Phoenix; 11, vs, New York; 12, vs. Houston; 15, at Indiana; 16, at New Orleans.