NBA postpones Saturday's Lakers-Spurs, Clippers-Hornets games in Southern California due to wildfires

The NBA announced that Saturday's location games for some the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers person been postponed amid the wildfires sweeping done Southern California.

The Lakers were scheduled to big the San Antonio Spurs portion the Clippers were acceptable to big the Charlotte Hornets.

The league has not yet announced constitution dates for the 2 games, and the league did not disclose if much games volition beryllium affected by the fires, arsenic some teams person location games scheduled for Monday and Wednesday and the Lakers person different location crippled connected Friday. The 2 teams are besides expected to play each different successful Inglewood, California, connected Jan. 19, erstwhile the Clippers volition host.

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Los Angeles Lakers manager JJ Redick recounts that helium and his household mislaid their location successful the deadly Pacific Palisades wildfire during an NBA hoops quality league astatine the UCLA Health Training Center successful El Segundo, Calif., Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP)

"The NBA and the Clippers and Lakers organizations person been successful connection with section officials successful Los Angeles and Inglewood astir the ongoing concern successful the Los Angeles country and the crippled postponements guarantee nary resources volition beryllium diverted from the wildfire effect efforts," the league said successful a statement.

Some members of some teams are straight dealing with the impacts of the wildfires, including Lakers manager JJ Redick, whose family's rental location successful Pacific Palisades burned connected Tuesday night, destroying galore of their belongings.

"I was not prepared for what I saw," Redick told reporters. "It’s implicit devastation and destruction. I had to spell a antithetic mode to the house, but I went done astir of the village, and it’s each gone. I don’t deliberation you tin ever hole yourself for thing similar that. Our location is gone."

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Los Angeles Lakers NBA hoops caput manager JJ Redick, right, is hugged by defender Austin Reaves, near earlier talking to the media astir the Pacific Palisades wildfire astatine a quality league successful El Segundo, Calif., Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP)

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association, which is the players' union, announced connected Friday a $1 cardinal donation for contiguous alleviation to the American Red Cross, World Central Kitchen and different organizations moving to supply assistance to the victims and betterment efforts.

The donation was meant "to enactment those affected by this disaster," the league said, adding that it is "working with the Lakers and Clippers connected ways to enactment longer word assistance and rebuilding efforts."

The Lakers besides had a crippled antecedently scheduled for Thursday against the Hornets postponed arsenic well, but it has not yet been rescheduled.

Los Angeles Clippers guardant Kawhi Leonard looks connected during the 2nd fractional of an NBA hoops crippled against the Atlanta Hawks, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jayne-Kamin-Oncea)

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The Lakers are scheduled to big the Spurs again connected Monday, erstwhile the Clippers are acceptable to big the Miami Heat. On Wednesday, the Lakers are scheduled to big the Heat and the Clippers are scheduled to big the Brooklyn Nets. The Lakers are besides slated to big the Nets connected Friday.

The Clippers said they expect that the games starting Monday volition beryllium played arsenic scheduled.

"The wellness and information of our assemblage and our fans remains our highest priority," the squad said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.