Up next for Lakers: Sunday vs. Washington

Lakers tonight
VS. WASHINGTON
Time:
6:30
On the air:
TV: FSN West; Radio: 710; 1330.
Where:
Staples Center.
Records:
Lakers 51-18; Wizards 21-46.
Record vs. Wizards
:
1-0.
Update:
The Lakers are in the middle of a five-game winning streak. They are also playing their fourth straight opponent that has a record below .500. The Wizards have lost 10 consecutive games, 12 of 13. The Wizards have fallen on hard times, especially after guard Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton, a former Laker, were suspended for a gun incident in the team’s locker room.
— Broderick Turner