Lakers postpone Hornets game as coach JJ Redick loses home in LA wildfires

• Wildfires are burning fiercely across Los Angeles region
• LA Rams playoff game still expected to go ahead

The NBA has postponed Thursday's game between the Lakers and the Charlotte Hornets in Los Angeles due to the wildfires in the region, but the NFL's Los Angeles Rams still expect their home playoff game on Monday to go ahead.

At least five people have been killed, thousands of structures have been incinerated and nearly 180,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes during the disaster. Lakers head coach JJ Redick lost his house in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles in the fires, ESPN reported on Thursday.