The Los Angeles Lakers will face the MIlwaukee Bucks tomorrow night in an NBA game FREE Live streaming online from the Bradley Center at 8:00 PM ET
With Pau Gasol out again, Los Angeles seeks its longest winning streak in four months while sending Milwaukee to a third losing streak of at least nine games Thursday night.
The Lakers (24-46) were missing high-profile stars Gasol, Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash on Tuesday, but used a balanced attack to set a franchise record with 51 points in the third quarter en route to a season-high total in a 127-96 home win over New York.
They went 19 for 26 from the field during the historic outburst, shooting 57.8 percent overall and just one 3-pointer shy of the single-game club record with 18 on 28 attempts.
Los Angeles, however, will be without Gasol (vertigo) for the second straight game and Nash (nerve irritation) for the 60th time this season when it goes for its first three-game run since Nov. 17-24. Gasol, averaging team highs of 17.5 points and 9.8 rebounds, won't travel with the team on a trip that also takes the Lakers to Minnesota.
The Lakers have scored 111.5 per game -- 9.2 above their season average -- while shooting 48.4 percent overall and 44.9 percent from beyond the arc in their last four.
They may be able to maintain that production against the Bucks, who have surrendered 111.9 points per game during their eight-game skid. NBA-worst Milwaukee (13-58), which also allows a league-high 38.5 3-point percentage, has endured previous losing streaks of nine and 11 games this season.
Although former Lakers guard Ramon Sessions had a career-high 28 points Monday, the Bucks dropped their ninth straight and 19th in 20 road games in a 106-98 loss to the Clippers.
Brandon Knight put up a career-high 37 points for the Bucks in that contest, but he's totaled 15 points while missing 19 of 24 shots in his last two games.
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