Lakers Gaming Announces 2021 Schedule
April 27, 2021
Lakers Gaming today announced the team’s schedule for the 2021 regular season, which consists of 14 matchups across a 16-week schedule.
Lakers Gaming will open their third regular season on May 28 as they face Jazz Gaming. Throughout the season, Lakers Gaming will play Kings Guard Gaming, Warriors Gaming Squad, Jazz Gaming and Blazer5 Gaming twice and three games against Eastern Conference opponents. Other highlights of the season include a matchup with the Gen.G Tigers of Shanghai in the Game of the Week on July 9 and a meeting with the 2019 2K League Champion T-Wolves Gaming on August 12. Regular-season games will begin at 4 p.m. PT on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights with four distinct matchups each night. Matchups will be played in a two-game format
The complete 2021 Lakers Gaming regular season schedule is below (all times Pacific):
| DATE | OPPONENT | TIME |
| May 28
June 5 June 10 June 12 June 18 June 19 July 7 July 9 July 21 July 23 July 30 July 31 Aug. 12 Aug. 13 |
@ Jazz Gaming
@ Kings Guard Gaming @ Heat Check Gaming @ Bucks Gaming vs. Pacers Gaming vs. Warriors Gaming Squad vs. Blazer5 Gaming @ Gen.G Tigers of Shanghai @ Warriors Gaming Squad vs. Jazz Gaming @ Blazer5 Gaming vs. Hornets Venom GT vs. T-Wolves Gaming vs. Kings Guard Gaming |
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. 4:20 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. |
The 2021 season will once again include three in-season tournaments (THE TIPOFF, THE TURN and THE TICKET) as part of THE BANNER CHAIN powered by AT&T. All 23 teams will compete in THE TIPOFF and THE TURN. The top five teams in each conference at the end of the regular season will automatically qualify for the NBA 2K League Playoffs Delivered by DoorDash. The 13 remaining teams will compete in THE TICKET, with the winning teams from each conference earning the 11th and 12th spots in the playoffs. The NBA 2K League will award $1.5 million in prize money across the THE TIPOFF, THE TURN and the playoffs.