Lakers To Open Preseason At Anaheim's Honda Center

EL SEGUNDO, CA — The Los Angeles Lakers will open preseason play Sept. 30 at Honda Center against the Minnesota Timberwolves and play two home preseason games at Staples Center, the NBA team announced Thursday.

The Lakers' reduced six-game preseason schedule also includes a third game at Staples Center, Oct. 13 against the Los Angeles Clippers when they will be the road team. The Lakers home preseason games at Staples Center will be played Oct. 2 against the Denver Nuggets and Oct. 10 against the Utah Jazz.

The Lakers' preseason schedule also includes an Oct. 4 game at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario against Denver and an Oct. 8 game in Las Vegas against the Sacramento Kings.

Tickets for the games in Anaheim, Ontario and Las Vegas will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday online at ticketmaster.com. Tickets for the preseason games at Staples Center will be available at a later date.

The preseason schedule was reduced from eight games under terms of the league's new collective bargaining agreement that will take effect July 1.

— City News Service, photo courtesy of the LA Lakers