NBA 2012 La Lakers host San Antonio Spurs on Nov 13, 2012

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Two days after hiring Mike D'Antoni as his or her new head coach, the Lakers will face the Seattle, washington Spurs at Staples Center.

Los Angeles made the hire late Sunday night, although it remains uncertain when D'Antoni - who underwent knee replacement surgery recently - will join they. His first game likely defintely won't be until at the very least Friday against Phoenix, one among his former teams.

"Dr. (Jerry) Buss, Jim Buss and Mitch Kupchak unanimously agreed that Mike was the very best coach just for this roster at the moment," Lakers spokesman John Black said.

D'Antoni lately coached the modern York Knicks before resigning in March. His hiring by Chicago brings him along with Kobe Bryant, who idolized the first kind Olimpia Milano star while maturing in Italy.

The new coach will more than likely must wait quite some time to make use of point guard Steve Nash, that's likely to miss at the very least another week because of a small fracture as part of his leg. Nash, who won two NBA MVP awards while running D'Antoni's offense using the Suns, has missed the past five games.

The Lakers also met with former coach Phil Jackson on Saturday, but went with D'Antoni.

Los Angeles (3-4) has recently smoothed things out somewhat following a 1-4 start under former coach Mike Brown - their worst starting to a season since 1993-94. The Lakers are 2-0 under interim coach Bernie Bickerstaff, though those wins came in the home against Golden State and Sacramento, teams which has a combined 5-9 record.

Dwight Howard tallied 23 points and 18 rebounds in the 103-90 make an impression on the Kings on Sunday.

"I've been known plenty of teams, which is the consummate professional group," Bickerstaff said. "No one's naive. To remain around quite a long time and we're around quite a long time, so that they understand."

They could face a larger challenge against a Spurs team visiting La to end a four-game excursion, although Seattle, washington wasn't playing the polished model of basketball the reason is 6-1 record might indicate.

The Spurs averaged 13.8 turnovers within their first four games - all victories, three of which in the home - however they have no less than 20 in every game about this trip. Opponents have advantage, averaging 100.3 points after San Antonio's first four foes averaged 89.5.

The Spurs needed a career-high 27 points from Gary Neal - including 20 from the better half - to handle a 112-109 win at Portland on Saturday. Gregg Popovich's team trailed by as much as 14 points inside the third quarter.

Neal played 32 minutes, almost double as many as they averaged within the first six games, as point guard Eva longoria sat by helping cover their a influenza that is plaguing the Spurs. Stephen Jackson missed their win at Sacramento on Friday with all the bug and Tim Duncan has been affected, though he hasn't missed any games.

"He carried us on his back," Popovich said about Neal. "Sometimes a new player can do that, and that he picked fun correctly."

The Spurs and Lakers have split their last 10 meetings, with Seattle, washington taking 2 of three last season - such as a 112-91 road victory April 17. Parker had 29 points on 14-of-20 shooting in addition to 13 assists for the reason that game, which Bryant missed with the injury.

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