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Lakers’ Artest will play tonight against Washington

By Mike Bresnahan
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Lakers forward Ron Artest took part in a Tuesday afternoon shoot-around and will play tonight against the Washington Wizards.

Artest missed the team’s White House visit Monday because of intestinal flu-like symptoms.

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The Lakers (33-11) are 1-2 on an eight-game road trip, though tonight’s opponent has one of the worst home records in the NBA. The Wizards are 14-29 overall, 8-14 at home.

Artest has been slowed by painful swelling in his feet and scored only five points in the Lakers’ 106-105 loss Sunday to the Toronto Raptors.

-- Mike Bresnahan

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

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