Up next for the Lakers: Friday vs. Philadelphia

Lakers tonight VS. PHILADELPHIA When: 7:30. Where: Staples Center. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 710, 1330. Records: Lakers 43-15, 76ers 22-35. Record vs. 76ers: 1-0. Update: The Lakers beat the 76ers, 99-91, last month in Philadelphia as Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson had a scoring duel. Bryant had 22 of his 24 points in the second half, while Iverson scored 21 of his season-high 23 in the second half. Iverson has taken an indefinite leave, and has missed the 76ers’ four-game trip, to be with his ill daughter. -- Barry Stavro