NBA postpones Lakers, Clippers Saturday home games due to Los Angeles wildfires

Posted by Admin January 11, 2025 NBA

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The NBA on Friday postponed Saturday’s San Antonio Spurs-Los Angeles Lakers game in Los Angeles and the Charlotte Hornets-Los Angeles Clippers game in Inglewood, California, “due to the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area,” the league announced in a news release.

“The NBA and the Clippers and Lakers organizations have been in communication with local officials in Los Angeles and Inglewood about the ongoing situation in the Los Angeles area and the game postponements ensure no resources will be diverted from the wildfire response efforts,” the league said.

The Lakers’ game scheduled for Thursday against Charlotte was also postponed.

The NBA and National Basketball Players Association announced they are donating $1 million to the American Red Cross, World Central Kitchen and other organizations “to support those affected by this disaster and are working with the Lakers and Clippers on ways to support longer term assistance and rebuilding efforts.”

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard took time away from the team to be with family who were evacuated, and Lakers coach JJ Redick said the house he was renting was lost in the devastating fires in the L.A. area.

“I was not prepared for what I saw,” Redick told reporters. “It’s complete devastation and destruction. I went through most of the village and it’s all gone. And I don’t think you can ever prepare yourself for something like that. Our home, our home is gone. And look, we were, we were renting for the year to try to figure out where we wanted to be long term. And everything we, we owned that was of any importance to us almost 20 years together as a couple and 10 years of parenting was in that house.”