Milwaukee comes into a matchup against Los Angeles as winners of five consecutive games. The teams play Saturday for the first time this season.

Damian Lillard had 29 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame their travel issues to beat the Miami Heat 125-96 on Thursday for their fifth straight victory.

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After being grounded in New Orleans all week by a historic winter storm and arriving in Milwaukee a little more than two hours before tipoff Thursday, the Bucks won their fifth straight game in convincing fashion.

Norman Powell scored 22 points, James Harden and Ivica Zubac each posted double-doubles, and the Los Angeles Clippers ... points and 15 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks dealt the depleted ...

The NBA announced Wednesday's game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Milwaukee Bucks has been postponed due to the inclement weather in New Orleans.

So the Clippers were set to play six games over nine days, starting with their 126-67 beatdown of the Brooklyn Nets at the Intuit Dome, the largest margin of victory in franchise history. Kawhi Leonard played 23 minutes 49 seconds and scored 23 points, both season highs. He was eight for 11 from the field while leading the Clippers in scoring.

The Louisiana snow storm has shifted many routine plans, and has now affected the NBA schedule. Tonight's home game for the New Orleans Pelicans against the Milwaukee Bucks has been postponed due the unsafe road conditions, the NBA officially announced on Wednesday morning.

James Harden passed an NBA legend while moving up to 14th on the NBA's all-time scoring list during the Clippers' game against the Lakers.

Since the 2020-21 season, the Clippers have lost just three of their 17 games against their city rivals. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Lakers play at the crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, which they share with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks. It's located in downtown L.A., on Figueroa Street. The name changed from Staples Center to crypto.com Arena in December 2021.