Los Angeles Lakers are under NBA blackout.

On December 7, the Lakers cannot wear their favored black alternate City Edition uniforms in their crucial in-season tournament quarterfinal against the New Orleans Pelicans. 

The LA Lakers’ black uniforms have kept them unblemished in four NBA in-season tournament games.

A three-pointer by Austin Reaves against the Suns is celebrated.

LeBron James and his teammates dislike the jersey change.

It is a huge setback for LeBron James and his colleagues, who are undefeated in four new tournament games in their “lucky” black jerseys.

According to ESPN, the NBA is concerned about the uniforms’ visual contrast with the T-Mobile Arena court.

Instead, the Lakers will wear gold jerseys in Las Vegas against the Pelicans.

The news definitely upsets the crew.

Asked about the black jersey ban, one Lakers player told ESPN: “That’s A…”

The Lakers have performed well in black.

In homage of Kobe Bryant, the team went 4-1 in the 2020 NBA bubble wearing “Black Mamba” uniforms. 

The other semifinal of the inaugural in-season competition features the Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks.

ESPN and Kevin Hart established a partnership this week before the event’s final on December 9.

NBA Unplugged with Kevin Hart is produced by the network, Omaha Productions, and Hartbeat.

This new show will highlight how “Hart and his friends watch the NBA with lively discussion, debate and banter.”

NBA.com reports that the tournament winners will receive $500,000 apiece and the runners-up $200,000 each.

Two-way contract players will receive half.