The Los Angeles Lakers will start a four-game road trip on Monday, but first, they will end a stretch of five straight home games with a matchup on Saturday against the Chicago Bulls. The Lakers (43-26) are in third place in the Western Conference and will be just about at full strength for this game.

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,

LeBron James returned from a 2-week injury absence Saturday night, looking rested and ready to lead Lakers down the stretch toward the postseason. And then almost nothing else went right for the Los Angeles during a 146-115 thrashing from the Chicago Bulls.