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The Brooklyn Nets and LA Lakers lock horns on Friday at the Crypto.com Arena. The game will draw plenty of eyeballs, with D'Angelo Russell marking his return to LA after getting traded last month for Dorian Finney-Smith, who also potentially faces his ex-team if he plays.

The Nets are coming off an impressive 132-114 win at the Trail Blazers on Tuesday as Cam Johnson and D'Angelo Russell returned from their respective to give Brooklyn the kind of spark that they haven't had in awhile.

The Los Angeles Lakers are set to face off against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday evening in an exciting East-West showdown. As the game approaches, the team is op

Anthony Davis was a late scratch against the Nets on Friday night because of plantar fasciitis in his left foot. It marked his third missed game of the season.

The Brooklyn Nets head to Intuit Dome to face the Los Angeles Clippers in a non-conference matchup. The Nets are 14-26, which puts them in 12th place in the Eastern Conference. The Clippers are 21-17, which puts them in sixth place in the Western Conference.

The Lakers, who have a 21-17 record, ended a three-game losing streak on Wednesday by overcoming a 66-54 halftime deficit to defeat the Miami Heat 117-108. After playing the Nets, they will visit the Los Angeles Clippers, who are currently in fifth place, on Sunday, making these next two games very important for them.

Dorian Finney-Smith missed the Lakers' win on Wednesday due to the birth of his first child, but will he return on Friday versus the Nets?