The Los Angeles Lakers are the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, and they begin the front end of a back-to-back on Sunday against the New Orleans Pelicans.

Austin Reaves averaging 28.5 points per game, which is ninth-best in the league. He’s doing this while also nabbing 5.9 rebounds and dishing out 6.7 assists per game. Deandre Ayton is averaging 15.6 points per game along with 8.4 rebounds per game.

Dallas Mavericks star Anthony Davis was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Dallas last season, but based on his three-word message to his former coach JJ Redick following his revenge game vs. the 17-time NBA champions, there’s no bad blood between the two.

According to the game's Last Two Minutes Report, the Lakers benefited from a pair of missed calls. The first was a missed loose ball foul from Maxi Kleber with 10.5 seconds to go and the other was a foul away from the play on Marcus Smart in the final five seconds.

The Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers have announced their starting fives for their late-night Emirates NBA Cup clash, set to tip off at 8 p.m. PT in Crypto.co

Here we dive into where the Lakers rank as a team in notable categories and where their top stars have been among the best of the best as L.A. sits third in the West at 11-4.

This season, Davis is averaging 20.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 52% overall and 27.3% on 3-pointers. Dallas was 2-3 with him in the lineup and has gone 3-11 during his absence. The Mavs (5-14) are tied with the Sacramento Kings for the second-worst record in the Western Conference.

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed forward Drew Timme to a two-way contract. In a corresponding move, the team has waived two-way center Christian Koloko. Timme (6’10”, 235) most recently suited up for the South Bay Lakers,

It's no secret that LeBron James' age is a factor at this point in his career, but even at 40 years old, he isn't opposed to playing back-to-backs.