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Up next for the Lakers: Sunday at Cleveland

Lakers forward Nick Young tries to cut off a drive by Cavaliers forward LeBron James during their game last month at Staples Center.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
By Mike Bresnahan

When: 12:30 PST

Where: Quicken Loans Arena.

On the air: TV: Channel 7; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 13-37; Cavaliers 31-21.

Record vs. Cavaliers: 0-1.

Update: Just when you thought the Cavaliers had turned the corner, they lost to punchless Indiana on Friday, 103-99, ending a 12-game winning streak. LeBron James sustained ankle and wrist injuries in the game but finished with 25 points, six rebounds and five assists. Kobe Bryant handed out a career-high 17 assists against Cleveland last month but the Lakers lost at Staples Center, 109-102. James had 36 points, five rebounds and five assists that day as the Cavaliers broke a six-game losing streak.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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