Three Things to Know: Lakers vs Warriors - 3/5/22

The Lakers (27-35) will look to avoid their fifth-straight loss when they face the Warriors (43-20) in primetime at Crypto.com Arena. The game will be nationally televised on ABC beginning at 5:30 p.m. Pacific, with the pregame show on Spectrum SportsNet at 4:30 p.m.

Here are three things to know before this evening’s contest:

LAST TIME THEY MET

The two teams met exactly three weeks ago in a game that featured a 15-point Laker comeback, a LBJ milestone, and a bitter ending in an otherwise wild showdown.

L.A. held a six-point lead with three minutes left in the fourth, but the Warriors’ Klay Thompson knockdown four-straight shots, including a game-tying three and from there on it was a race to…