LOS ANGELES — As part of the league’s schedule adjustments, the NBA rescheduled a combined six Lakers and Clippers games.
The league announced on Wednesday morning that the Lakers’ home game against the Charlotte Hornets that was originally scheduled for Jan. 9 but was postponed because of the wildfires in Southern California has been rescheduled for Feb. 19 at Crypto.com Arena, making the matchup the Lakers’ first game coming out of the All-Star break.
The game against the Hornets will be the first night of a home-road back-to-back, with the Lakers already scheduled to play the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center on Feb. 20 to start a two-game trip that will end with a matchup against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena on Feb. 22.
The Lakers’ home game against the Utah Jazz scheduled for Feb. 11 was also rescheduled for Feb. 10. They’ll play the Jazz again as scheduled on Feb. 12 in Salt Lake City, their final game before the All-Star break.
The Clippers’ home game against the Hornets that was scheduled for Saturday at Intuit Dome but postponed because of the wildfires was rescheduled for March 16.
To accommodate the rescheduled Clippers-Hornets matchup, the Clippers’ home game against the Washington Wizards that was originally scheduled for March 16 was moved up to Jan. 23, making the matchup a second night of a home-back-to-back after playing the Boston Celtics on Jan. 22.
The Clippers had two other schedule changes as part of the league’s announcement:
• Chicago Bulls at Clippers scheduled for Jan. 21 rescheduled for Jan. 20;
• Clippers at Jazz scheduled for March 19 rescheduled for Feb. 13.
The league said in its announcement that the date for the Lakers’ home game against San Antonio that was originally scheduled for Saturday will be announced at a later time.