The Los Angeles Lakers looked to stop a two-game losing skid on Thursday when they visit Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. It was the third game of a four-game road trip for them, as well as the first contest in a rough stretch of three sets of back-to-back games in eight days.

The Los Angeles Lakers have been on the struggle bus of late, losers of four straight games ahead of Sunday afternoon’s home tilt vs the Phoenix Suns. A large reason why this has occurred is the recent groin injury of LeBron James,