Lakers, Clippers set to resume home games

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THE Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers are set to resume their home schedules with games on Monday, (Tuesday in Manila) multiple outlets reported.

The Lakers had two home games postponed and the Clippers had one following a spate of wildfires in the Los Angeles area that began on Tuesday (Wednesday last week in Manila).

The Lakers will play host to the San Antonio Spurswhile the Clippers take on the Miami Heat in Inglewood, the same evening.

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The Lakers announced Sunday (Monday in Manila) that they will hold a donation drive at Crypto.com Arena before games on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) and Friday (Saturday in Manila).

The team said it will collect donations starting 1 1/2 hours before tipoff until the end of halftime to support area community and relief efforts, stemming from the wildfires.

The team also said it will collect drop-off donations at the Lakers UCLA Health Training Center in El Segundo on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) through Saturday (Sunday in Manila) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time.

The Lakers host the Miami Heat on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) and the Brooklyn Nets on Friday (Saturday in Manila). The club’s games against the Charlotte Hornets last Thursday (Friday in Manila) and the Spurs on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) were postponed due to the wildfires.

The Clippers had their Saturday (Sunday in Manila) game against the Hornets postponed. They also have a Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) home game versus the Nets.

The Clippers are slated to host the Lakers in Inglewood on Sunday, Jan. 19 (Sunday in Manila).

The largest of at least five Los Angeles-area fires was in Pacific Palisades, which claimed the home of Lakers head coach JJ Redick, as well as the childhood home of Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.

Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard left the team before a game Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) at the Denver Nuggets to assist his family after his home was in an evacuation zone.

According to latest reporting, 24 people have been confirmed dead and a combined 12,000 structures have been destroyed in the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire in nearby Altadena.

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