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LeBron James will potentially make his return to the Lakers lineup Tuesday night, depending on how he feels, his first playing time of the 2025-26 NBA season.

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LA will kick off a home-and-home battle against a chippier-than-expected Utah Jazz (Lauri Markkanen and co. often perform competently at the beginning of the year only to be weakened by "injuries" by the spring.), and will have a five-day reprieve before touching down in Salt Lake City for a Sunday rematch.

“That OKC game woke us up,” Ayton said. “Especially with the energy from me, myself, coming in with different spirits and understanding ‘Forget the back to back. This is Lakers basketball. We trying to win a game and finish the road trip strong.’ We didn’t rely on what we did yesterday or what time we came in [last night], it didn’t matter.”

In the summer of 2022, the Lakers, who were starved for young, potential-laden players, brought in Scotty Pippen Jr., a 6-foot-2 guard who is the son of Hall of Famer Scottie Pipp

Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers are back at home and heavily favored against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night. The Lakers are 10-4 this season (8-2 in thei