BREAKING: Los Angeles Lakers Make Significant Change To Starting Lineup

The Los Angeles Lakers have finalized their injury report and starting lineup for Game 6.

On Friday evening, the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers will face off at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles for Game 6 of their second-round playoff series. 

The Lakers have a 3-2 lead in the series, so they can close out the Warriors with a victory.    

That said, the Warriors are coming off a 121-106 win in Game 5 and can force a Game 7 back on their home floor at the Chase Center in San Francisco (on Sunday). 

For Game 6, the Lakers have finalized their injury report and starting lineup. 

They will be without Mo Bamba, while superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis have been upgraded to available. 

NBA's official injury report 

The starting lineup for the Lakers has been relayed by Underdog NBA.

Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Lakers will start Schroder, Russell, Reaves, James, Davis on Friday."

Lineup alert: Lakers will start Schroder, Russell, Reaves, James, Davis on Friday.

— Underdog NBA (@Underdog__NBA) May 13, 2023

The Lakers have inserted Dennis Schroder into the lineup and will bring Jarred Vanderbilt off the bench. 

Schroder is averaging 11.8 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steals per contest while shooting 47.6% from the field through the first five games of the series. 

Lakers moved Dennis Schroder into the starting five tonight vs. Warriors in place of Jarred Vanderbilt. Schroder joins D’Angelo Russell, Austin Reaves, LeBron James and Anthony Davis as starters.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 13, 2023

If the Warriors win, they will have significant momentum going into a Game 7 at home, so the Lakers will want to wrap up the series on Friday night. 

Despite being the seventh seed in the Western Conference, the Lakers have one of the best rosters in the league and beat the Memphis Grizzlies (who were the second seed) in the first round. 

The winner of the series will advance to the Western Conference Finals to face off against the Denver Nuggets. 

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