Up next for the Lakers: Sunday vs. Chicago Bulls

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 0px;">The Lakers will try to avenge a January loss in Chicago, and a win will give them sole possession of eighth place in the Western Conference.</h2><div><img alt="Jimmy Butler, Kobe Bryant" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-513c0182/turbine/la-sp-lakers-today-20130310-001/600" /></div><div><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">Chicago Bulls swingman Jimmy Butler defends Lakers guard Kobe Bryant. </span><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">(<span class="photographer">Kamil Krzaczynski / EPA</span> /<span class="dateMonth">January </span><span class="dateDay">21</span><span class="dateYear">, 2013</span>)</span></div><div><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; float: left; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"><div class="date" style="color: #930000; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">March 9, 2013</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: white; display: inline; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-left: 6px;">, </span><span class="timeString" style="display: inline; text-transform: lowercase;">7:46 p.m.</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"></span><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><strong>When:</strong> 12:30 PST<div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Where:</strong> Staples Center.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>On the air:</strong> TV: Channel 7; Radio: 710, 1330.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Records: </strong><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/los-angeles-lakers-ORSPT000104.topic" id="ORSPT000104" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Lakers</a> 32-31, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/chicago-bulls-ORSPT000164.topic" id="ORSPT000164" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Chicago Bulls">Bulls</a> 35-27.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Record vs. Bulls:</strong> 0-1.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Update:</strong> The Bulls did the Lakers a favor Friday by beating Utah, 89-88. A Lakers win today would move them ahead of the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/utah-jazz-ORSPT000119.topic" id="ORSPT000119" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Utah Jazz">Jazz</a> for eighth place in the West. Chicago beat the Lakers in January, 95-83, as <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/dwight-howard-PESPT008416.topic" id="PESPT008416" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Dwight Howard">Dwight Howard</a> took only five shots, making two, and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/kobe-bryant-PESPT000948.topic" id="PESPT000948" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Kobe Bryant">Kobe Bryant</a> made only seven of 22 shots. Bulls guard <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/sports/basketball/derrick-rose-PESPT008549.topic" id="PESPT008549" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Derrick Rose">Derrick Rose</a> has begun practicing but hasn't returned after sustaining a torn ACL in his left knee last April.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><em>—Mike Bresnahan</em></div></div></span></div></div>

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