Up next for the Lakers: Sunday at New York

Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony is averaging 24.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists a game this season.

By Mike Bresnahan

Jan. 31, 2015 5:08 PM PT

When: 11 a.m. PST.

Where: Madison Square Garden.

On the air: TV: ESPN, TWC SportsNet, TWC Deportes; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 13-34; Knicks 9-38.

Record vs. Knicks (2013-14): 1-1.

Update: The Knicks are 28th in the NBA in scoring (92.7 points a game) and 29th in rebounding (39.9 a game). Not that the Lakers are immune from bad team stats — they’re 29th in defense, surrendering 106.2 points a game. Undrafted point guard Langston Galloway has been one of the few fun Knicks stories, averaging 13.3 points over the last six games.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Up next for the Lakers: Sunday at New York

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