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Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers will take on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, April 2.
The Thunder have won the first two games of the four-game season series. The fourth game will be played on April 7.
The Thunder have won three straight games and will enter the game as the Western Conference’s top team with a 60-16 record. The Lakers have won 13 of their last 14 games and compiled a 50-26 overall record. The Lakers’ recent success has helped the team push its way up the conference standings; they currently sit in third place.
Thursday night's game will serve as one of the toughest games remaining on the Lakers' regular-season schedule and provide a sense of where the team stands against one of the league's best teams ahead of the postseason.
The Lakers have not made it past the first round since 2023, when the team reached the conference finals as a seventh seed but was then swept by the Denver Nuggets.
Doncic has led the way for Los Angeles this year with an MVP-like season, but the supporting cast around him has stepped up when needed, too. LeBron James produced a triple-double on March 30 in a 120-101 victory over the Washington Wizards while Doncic was suspended. Austin Reaves also showed the ability to produce early in the season, scoring 51 points against the Sacramento Kings and 41 against the Portland Trail Blazers on back-to-back nights.
Doncic has nearly averaged a triple-double with 33.8 points, 8.3 assists and 7.8 rebounds per game this season in 63 games played. He leads the league in scoring.
Here’s how to watch the big Western Conference showdown:
How to watch Lakers vs. Thunder- When: Thursday, April 2
- Time: 6:30 p.m. PT (9:30 p.m. ET)
- Where: Paycom Center (Oklahoma City)
- TV: Spectrum SportsNet
- Streaming: Amazon Prime
- Nov. 12: Thunder 121, Lakers 92
- Feb 9: Thunder 119, Lakers 110
- April 2: Lakers at Thunder, 6:30 p.m. PT (9:30 p.m. ET)
- April 7: Thunder at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. PT (10:30 p.m. ET)
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: How to watch Lakers vs Thunder live stream, TV info
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