The Los Angeles Lakers still don’t know their opponent for the first round of the NBA playoffs but they do at least know their schedule for the next few weeks. The NBA announced the full schedule for the first round of the NBA playoffs yesterday evening as the participants for this weekend’s play-in series were being decided.
Whoever wins this weekend between the 8th seed Portland Trail Blazers and 9th seed Memphis Grizzlies will play the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of the first round on Tuesday night. Below is the full schedule for the Lakers’ first round series. Much like the seeding games, the team’s will play every other day.
| #1 L.A. Lakers vs. Play-In Winner | |||||||||||
| DAY | DATE | ET | GM | AWAY | HOME | ARENA | TV/R | ||||
| Tue | 8/18 | 9:00PM | 1 | Play-In Winner | L.A. Lakers | AHA | TNT | ||||
| Thu | 8/20 | 9:00PM | 2 | Play-In Winner | L.A. Lakers | AHA | ESPN/R | ||||
| Sat | 8/22 | 8:30PM | 3 | L.A. Lakers | Play-In Winner | AHA | ABC | ||||
| Mon | 8/24 | 9:00PM | 4 | L.A. Lakers | Play-In Winner | AHA | TNT | ||||
| Wed | 8/26 | TBD | 5* | Play-In Winner | L.A. Lakers | TBD | TBD | ||||
| Fri | 8/28 | TBD | 6* | L.A. Lakers | Play-In Winner | TBD | TBD | ||||
| Sun | 8/30 | TBD | 7* | Play-In Winner | L.A. Lakers | TBD | TBD | ||||
