If they win tonight at home against Sacramento, the Lakers clinch the top spot in the West, an obvious advantage in the tightest regular-season race since the league moved to a 16-team playoff format in 1983-84.

• 他们只要赢下今天主场和萨克拉托的比赛，他们就会在西部登顶，将会在自从1983-84赛季联盟将东西部季后赛名额提高到16支之后常规赛竟争最激烈的西部有一个明显的优势。