The Lakers prevailed in the opener of a six-game road stretch and are making the cross-continent trip after winning 118-108 on Saturday night at Golden State. They are on a three-game winning streak for the first time in a month. The Hornets have won four of their past six games.

We’re back once again for our coverage of Monday’s NBA slate as we head to North Carolina for this next meeting between cross-conference foes. The Los Angeles Lakers (25-18) will take on the Charlotte Hornets (12-30) in their first meeting of the season.

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This season, the Los Angeles Lakers are struggling just as much as the LA natives wrestling with the inferno. After a stumbling onset, the Lakers are currently sitting in 5th place in the West with a 25-18 record under their brand-new head coach,

Things are starting to come together for the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers followed up Thursday's blowout victory over the Boston Celtics by shutting

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick has clarified his comment about his team not having much margin for error. That comment was brought up in Redick's postgame press conference after the Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 118-108 at Chase Center and made it clear he was not referring to the roster then.

The Los Angeles Lakers won over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday with a 118-108 victory as Anthony Davis led the way for Los Angeles.

Anthony Davis led the way in a dominant Los Angeles Lakers victory over the Golden State Warriors to start their road trip.

LaMelo Ball scored 25 points, Miles Bridges had 22 and the Charlotte Hornets beat the New Orleans Pelicans 123-92 on Saturday night. Seth Curry had 16 points on 4-of-6 3-point shooting. The Hornets had a 27-8 first-half run and led 63-45 at the break.

Video highlights of Los Angeles Lakers stars Anthony Davis and LeBron James dominating the Golden State Warriors offensively.

Los Angeles is 11-13 against opponents over . The Hornets are shooting 43.1% from the field this season, 4.3 percentage points lower than the 47.4% the Lakers allow to opponents. The Lakers average 111.