Rivalry Week schedule is here, find out the Lakers rivals

The NBA has been making changes in trying to get the most out of the league, and one of the recent implements has been Rivalry Week. The league's idea is to feature a week where the biggest NBA rivalries get special attention.

The biggest rival for the purple and gold has historically been the Boston Celtics, but in the latest years, other notable rivals have started to brew.  Even when they aren't a match on the championship-winning record, the Clippers have become notable rivals because the two teams share the city and the arena, and so far, the Clipps have an 11-0 record against the purple and gold in the last few seasons.

The Clippers and Warriors are two of the more recent Lakers rivals, but there is no doubt that games with these two teams have been more fierce over the past few seasons.

With the 2023-24 schedule now released, the NBA is again doing its annual ‘Rivalry Week,’ which will take place from Jan. 23-27. All nationally televised games will feature some sort of rivalry game and the Lakers will appear twice that week, facing off with the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors, via NBA PR: “Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024, the Lakers @ Clippers at 10:00 pm. Saturday, Jan 27, 2024, the Lakers will be facing the Warriors at 8:30 pm ET.”

The Lakers vs. Warriors rivalry in the last few years is thanks to the LeBron vs. Curry one

Golden State has been the standard of the NBA over nearly the last decade with four NBA Championships since 2015. But the longstanding rivalry between LeBron James and Warriors superstar Stephen Curry has transferred over to spark a rivalry between these two squads. Additionally, the Lakers defeated the Warriors in the first Play-In Game in 2021 and eliminated Golden State in the second round of last season’s playoffs as well.