The 2020-21 NBA season is fast approaching, as training camps are now underway, and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers are preparing for their first preseason game on Dec. 11.
That exhibition contest will be against the L.A. Clippers, who ended the 2019-20 season in disappointing fashion by blowing a 3-1 series lead against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals.
Following a four-game preseason slate against the Clippers and Phoenix Suns, the Lakers will have to go right into the regular season, despite just a two-month break from their championship run.
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