Los Angeles Lakers will kick-start their title defense with a four pre-season games, two against their cross hall neighbors Los Angeles Clippers and two against Phoenix Suns.
Lakers will take on Clippers in their pre-season opener on Friday, December 11th.The tip-off will be at 7:00 PM PT, both teams will face off two days later on Sunday, December 13th for second game, scheduled at 6:30 PM PT.
The regaining Champions will travel to State of Arizona to play remaining two pre-season games against Chris Paul and Phoenix Suns. Games are scheduled for December 16th & 18th and 6:00 PM PT tip-off.
Lakers and Heat are the two teams with shortest off-season for 2020-21 season. Considering LeBron’s age and work load, Lakers might shutdown their star player for most of the pre-season games. The Regular season games of 2020-21 NBA season set for December 22nd start.