Lakers schedule takeaways: 15 back-to-back games could be a problem

The Lakers will open the upcoming NBA season the same way they ended the last — facing the Denver Nuggets under a national spotlight.

Austin Reaves is one of the Lakers’ most popular players and has a leading role on Team USA’s World Cup team, but he’s still a small-town guy at heart.The schedule includes 80 of the Lakers’ 82 games, with the last two determined in early December by how they fare during the in-season tournament.Lakers star Anthony Davis, right, drives against Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun during Game 1 of the Western Conference finals in May.

They also will play 15 back-to-backs, as will eight other teams including the Clippers, to tie for the league high, in a year when every team will play at least 13.The Lakers’ longest trips are a pair of six-game stretches, the first from Jan. 27 through Feb. 5 that spans both coasts, with games at Golden State, Houston, Atlanta, Boston, New York and Charlotte.

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