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The former arena roommates in Los Angeles meet up at the former shared home on Friday, Feb. 20 as the Los Angeles Lakers host the LA Clippers at crypto.com Arena.
This NBA game is scheduled to start at 10 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, FanDuel Sports Network SoCal and Spectrum Sports Network. Fans looking to watch can do so for free by using DIRECTV, which offers a free trial, or FuboTV, which also offers a free trial as well as up to $30 off your first month. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but has promotional offers available for streaming the game. You can stream ESPN Unlimited on your phone, tablet, smart TV or gaming console, and those with DIRECTV, FuboTV or Hulu + Live TV can access ESPN Unlimited through their package.
Where to Watch NBA Games Today
Streaming ServiceStarting Monthly PriceFree TrialFree Trial LengthMax DiscountDIRECTV$89.99Yes5 days$40 off first monthFuboTV$55.99Yes5 days$30 off first monthSling TV$45.99NoN/A$30 off first monthESPN$12.99NoN/AN/A
The Clippers are playing on night two of a back-to-back that opened at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., the home of the 2026 All-Star Weekend, where they held on to defeat the Denver Nuggets, 115-114. The recently acquired Bennedict Mathurin had a game-high 38 points, including the game-deciding free throw that put LA up 3 with about nine seconds remaining. Denver got three free throws to tie the game with less than a second left, but missed the final one, sealing the game for the Clippers, who are now 27-28, and ninth in the West entering Friday.
The Lakers are fifth in the West at 33-21, just ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves and just behind the Houston Rockets and the Nuggets, despite being the only one of those teams to not have a point differential of at least +4 per game. Los Angeles has actually allowed its opponents to score 1 more point than the Lakers so far this season despite having three players averaging more than 20 points a game in Luka Doncic, Austin Reeves and LeBron James. The Last time Los Angeles played was Feb. 12 in a 124-104 blowout winver over the Dallas Mavericks.
- WATCH NBA GAMES FREE ON DIRECTV
Who: LA Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
When: Friday, Feb. 20 at 10 p.m. EST
Where: crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles
Stream: DIRECTV (free trial); FuboTV (free trial); SlingTV; ESPN
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