The NBA has postponed this game due to the wildfires happening across the Los Angeles area. The Charlotte Hornets will visit the Los Angeles Lakers in a cross-conference matchup

The game will be rescheduled at a later time as the NBA postpones it due to ongoing fires in the Los Angeles area.

The NBA has postponed the Lakers game against the Hornets scheduled for Thursday at Crypto.com Arena due to ongoing L.A. County wildfires.

Tonight, the Charlotte Hornets look to make it two straight as they take on the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena. Will the Hornets collect their ninth win of the season? Here's how our staff sees this one going down.

The Charlotte Hornets head to crypto.com Arena to face the Los Angeles Lakers in a non-conference matchup. The Hornets are 8-27, which puts them in 13th place in the Eastern Conference. The Lakers are 20-16, which puts them in sixth place in the Western Conference.

Los Angeles has been beset by horrific wildfires since Tuesday, and they have now impacted their first Lakers game.

The NBA postponed Thursday night's Charlotte Hornets-Los Angeles Lakers game due to the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area, the league announced. Tipoff was originally scheduled for 10:30 p.m. at Crypto.com Arena; a new date will be shared at a later time.

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The Lakers coach said earlier this week that his family was among those evacuated from the Pacific Palisades area

The LA Wildfires have force almost 200,000 people to evacuate from the area. It even forced the NBA to postpone the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets leaving the likes of LeBron James and Anthony Davis to not suit up to play.

Firefighters battled early Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes.