The Los Angeles Lakers are facing a tough schedule and are shorthanded heading into their match against the Portland Trail Blazers. Both Luka Dončić and Jarred Vanderbilt will be sidelined, with LeBron James also listed as questionable. Lakers' head coach JJ Redick noted that Dončić would not have a minutes restriction, though it's unclear if this includes back-to-backs. The team's history of resting key players during back-to-back games raises questions about their strategy for the remainder of the season, especially as they manage players’ health while aiming for play-in seeding.
It'll be interesting to see how the Lakers continue to manage this moving forward. This is the first of eight back-to-backs for the remainder of the season.
In the past, the team rested Anthony Davis for back-to-backs throughout the second half of the season even as the team was fighting for play-in seeding.
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