Game 4: Monday, May 22 at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.

Game 3: Saturday, May 20 at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.

Game 2: Thursday, May 18 at Denver, 5:30 p.m.

Game 1: Tuesday, May 16 at Denver, 5:30 p.m.Now, the team moves on to take on the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. Just like the Memphis Grizzlies, the Golden State Warriors were disposed of in six games by the Lake Show. Western Conference Finals vs Denver Nuggets This article will be updated periodically to reflect the latest news. Thus, be prepared for each series that LA plays in to start on the road and follow the 2-2-1-1-1 format.Īs of the time of writing this, the NBA has only announced one confirmed start time for the Lakers-Grizzlies matchup. The Lakers are not going to have home-court advantage in any playoff series they play (unless the eighth seed miraculously makes the Western Conference Finals against LA). Here is everything you need to know about the Lakers’ playoff schedule, which will continuously be updated as the NBA Playoffs roll along. It could impact the Lakers’ playoff schedule as well. Getting to the playoffs as a seventh seed was a big deal for LA. If the Lakers would have lost in the play-in and advanced as the eighth seed then they would have had to play the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers/Phoenix Suns.

While they still have to get through some tough teams, the Lakers have to beat the Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings/Golden State Warriors to reach the Western Conference Finals. This is an ideal situation for the Lakers, who definitely ended up on the easier side of the playoff bracket by being the seventh seed. The Lakers are now penciled in as the seventh seed in the Western Conference and will take on the second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies. The Los Angeles Lakers have officially advanced to the NBA Playoffs after defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA Play-In Tournament.

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