A s a result of the ongoing wildfires across Southern California, the NBA has postponed Saturday's games between the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs and Crypto.com Arena
The Palisades fire is forcing evacuations. TV stations are sending reporters including former San Antonio journalists like Camila Rambaldi and Niku Kazori.
NEW YORK - The Spurs and Lakers game scheduled for Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena will be postponed due to the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area.The
Los Angeles Lakers game in Los Angeles and the Charlotte Hornets-Los Angeles Clippers game in Inglewood, California, “due to the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area,” the league announced in a news release.
The NBA announced that Saturday's home games for both the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers have been postponed as the wildfires sweep through Southern California.
While wildfires continue to burn in Los Angeles County and Southern California, the San Antonio Spurs will reportedly restart their road trip on Monday night.
Three of the seven NBA games scheduled for Saturday have been postponed indefinitely -- two because of the California wildfires and one because of a winter storm in Atlanta.
The Pacific Palisades Fire and four other nearby infernos have killed at least five people. The Pacific Palisades Fire alone has scorched nearly 27 square miles of Southern California, destroying at least 1,000 structures as of press time, according to the latest figures from NBC News.
Two NBA games scheduled for Saturday in the Los Angeles area were postponed due to the wildfires that continue to rage in the region. The San Antonio Spurs were due to oppose the Lakers in Los Angeles, and the Charlotte Hornets were set to face the Clippers in Inglewood, Calif.
Norman Powell scored 29 points while James Harden and Ivica Zubac chalked up double-doubles as the Los Angeles Clippers overturned an early 13-point deficit to beat the Miami Heat 109-98 on Monday in Inglewood,
Lakers coach JJ Redick and Warriors coach Steve Kerr said family members are safe after being forced to evacuate due to the Palisades wildfires.
The Lakers and the Clippers both went back to work Monday night in Los Angeles' first two NBA games since catastrophic wildfires killed at least 24 people and destroyed significant sections of their hometown.