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  GAME DAY PREVIEW Game time: 8:00pm ET
LA Lakers (30-5) at Milwaukee (20-15)
 
 
TEAM DIV. STANDING W L PCT HOME ROAD CONF STREAK LAST 10
LA Lakers 1st, Western Conf 30 5 .857 18-2 12-3 20-4 Won 15 10-0
Milwaukee 4th, Eastern Conf 20 15 .571 12-5 8-10 14-11 Won 2 6-4

MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- The league-leading Los Angeles Lakers hope to match the second-longest winning streak in franchise history tonight when they visit the Milwaukee Bucks.

SEASON SERIES
Jan. 12
Jan. 28
LA Lakers at Milwaukee, 8:00pm ET
Milwaukee at LA Lakers, 10:30pm ET

Shaquille O'Neal had 31 points, 19 rebounds and fell one assist shy of his first career triple-double as the Lakers rolled to their 15th straight win, 130-95 over the Denver Nuggets on Monday.

Kobe Bryant scored 30 points for the Lakers, who won 16 in a row during the 1990-91 campaign, the last time they made the NBA Finals.

In 1971-72, Los Angeles reeled off 33 consecutive victories, the longest winning streak in the history of professional sports.

The Lakers are 3 1/2 games ahead of second-place Portland in the Pacific and have not lost since a since a 103-91 setback at Sacramento on December 8. They have won 22 of their last 23, dating to November 21.

The Bucks enter the game with a modest two-game winning streak and have won their last six at the Bradley Center since a 101-99 setback to Denver on December 11.

Ray Allen scored 26 points as Milwaukee handed Charlotte its worst loss in franchise history, 137-87, here on Monday. Milwaukee shot a scorching season-best 64 percent (55-of-86) from the field and set a franchise record with 13 3-pointers in 23 attempts, improving to 12-5 overall at home.

Milwaukee has dropped seven straight to Los Angeles and has not beaten the Lakers since November 5, 1994.


LA LAKERS
10-game log
MILWAUKEE
10-game log
Dec. 29
Jan. 4
Jan. 5
Jan. 7
Jan. 8
Jan. 10
Jan. 12
Jan. 14
Jan. 15
Jan. 17
Phoenix
@ LA Clippers
LA Clippers
Charlotte
@ Seattle
Denver
@ Milwaukee
@ Indiana
@ Minnesota
Seattle
W 103-87
W 122-98
W 118-101
W 87-83
W 110-100
W 130-95




Dec. 30
Jan. 3
Jan. 4
Jan. 6
Jan. 8
Jan. 10
Jan. 12
Jan. 14
Jan. 15
Jan. 17
Cleveland
@ Philadelphia
Atlanta
@ Detroit
Washington
Charlotte
LA Lakers
@ Toronto
Toronto
@ Atlanta
W 91-90
L 120-124
W 116-113
L 95-101
W 130-129
W 137-87






 


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