Will the All-Stars play for their respective squads on Friday night?
Will 20-time Los Angeles Lakers All-Star power forward LeBron James and three-time All-Star Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young, both dealing with ailments today, suit up for their respective squads in their tilt on Friday night?All-NBA center Anthony Davis, who had been probable to play with plantar fasciitis, has been upgraded to available.
Starting Lakers point guard Austin Reaves has been out since the Lakers' 101-93 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on November 29 with a left pelvic contusion. His primary backup , perpetual trade chip D'Angelo Russell, is slated to start for him once again. Russell has been averaging 16.0 points on .520/.556/1.000 shooting splits, 4.5 assists , 2.0 rebounds and 0.5 steals in the two games he's started without Reaves. Russell sat out L.A.
A cadre of backup Lakers big men are on the shelf. L.A. center Jaxson Hayes , power forward/center Christian Wood and power forward Jarred Vanderbilt are all on the shelf once again. Vanderbilt and Wood have yet to play this year. Elsewhere on Atlanta, backup center Cody Zeller remains away from the team for undivulged reasons. He has yet to play a game with the Hawks this year. Two-way players Dominck Barlow, Seth Lundy and Keaton Wallace are with Atlanta's G League club, the College Park Skyhawks — as is young standard roster Hawks center Mouhamed Gueye.
The matchup tips off at 4:30 p.m. PT in State Farm Arena. The 12-11 Hawks are four-point favorites to hold off the 12-10 Lakers at home, according to
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