Clippers, Lakers to resume their wildfire-delayed schedules on Monday
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NBA games are scheduled to return to wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Monday night, with the Clippers planning to resume their schedule when they host the Miami Heat and the Lakers set to host Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. The Clippers said at practice Sunday that the NBA had given the go-ahead for the game at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, south of the sprawling Palisades fire. The Spurs were told that, barring changes, they will play the Lakers on Monday as well at Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles.
“I pray this nightmare ends soon!” Lakers star LeBron James posted on social media. It’ll be the Clippers’ first game in five days after having their home game against Charlotte on Saturday postponed because of the deadly wildfires across Los Angeles. The Lakers had two home games pushed back, one against the Hornets on Thursday and the other being the first in a planned two-game series against the Spurs on Saturday.
“When people are losing their homes, kids are losing schools, losing lives, it’s very difficult to approach the game of basketball because life is bigger than basketball,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said. “Hopefully we can bring some kind of joy with the game coming back tomorrow and some togetherness and try to put some smiles on people’s faces in tough times.”.
Instead of spending the day before a game resting, the Clippers’ Terance Mann planned to leave practice and scour a storage unit he keeps for useful items. “I just want to give a lot of clothes, some money, shoes, whatever I can,” he said. “I’m going to go help people out and donate and drive around and do what I can do to help.”.
