Here is what you need to know before the Lakers return home against the Philadelphia 76ers.
1) We’ve got a battle between two of the NBA’s best young cores
In all likelihood a handful of future all-stars will be taking the court tonight. On the Lakers’ side there are Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma. The Sixers’ end features Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Robert Covington.
With all this young talent, it will be interesting to see which matchups prove most important toward the final result.
Ball and Simmons are both stat-sheet-filling, oversized point guards that affect nearly every area of the game.