PHILADELPHIA — As part of nine changes to the NBA schedule, the league announced Tuesday morning that the Lakers’ home game against the San Antonio Spurs, which was originally scheduled for Jan. 11 but was postponed because of the wildfires in Southern California, has been rescheduled for March 17 at Crypto.com Arena.

To accommodate the rescheduled games around the league, the Lakers’ home game against the Milwaukee Bucks on March 18 was pushed back to March 20.

The Lakers had two home games postponed because of the wildfires — the aforementioned game against the Spurs and a matchup against the Charlotte Hornets on Jan. 9 that the league previously announced has been rescheduled for Feb. 19, making it the Lakers’ first game after the All-Star break.

The schedule changes will lead to the Lakers playing six games in eight days from March 13-20 — including three sets of back-to-back games:

• March 13: at Milwaukee

• March 14: at Denver

• March 15: Off

• March 16: vs. Phoenix

• March 17: vs. San Antonio

• March 18: Off

• March 19: vs. Denver

• March 20: vs. Milwaukee

“It’s something that’s out of our control,” coach JJ Redick said before Tuesday’s game in Philadelphia. “And frankly, when you asked me the question about the easy and hard part of the schedule, on paper that month stretch is the hardest part of our schedule and just got harder. We’ll just have to deal with it when it comes up.”

RISING STAR

Lakers rookie Dalton Knecht was one of 10 rookies selected to compete in the Rising Stars game, which will take place on Feb. 14 during All-Star Weekend at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

Knecht, who the Lakers selected with the No. 17 pick in last June’s draft, entered Tuesday’s game with averages of 9.1 points and 3.1 rebounds in 20.9 minutes in 44 games (12 starts).

“Really happy for Dalton,” Redick said. “It’s well-deserved. Obviously I’m gonna stand for my guy, but he’s had a really good rookie year, particularly given the circumstances for a rookie. It’s difficult to play on a team that has pressure and expectations and playing with two Hall of Famers and the nature of the early lineup changes and some injuries.

“He’s got a good taste and experience for what the NBA is, and he’s still figuring out what the NBA is. And through all that he’s played really well, and I’m happy for him.”

Rising Stars will feature a mini-tournament with four teams and three games. The player pool consists of 10 NBA rookies, 11 second-year NBA and seven G League players. The 21 NBA players will be drafted on to three seven-player teams, with the draft taking place on Feb. 4, while the seven G League players will be on their own team.

As part of the tournament, Team A will face Team B in the first semifinal (Game 1), and Team C will play Team D in the second semifinal (Game 2). The winners will square off in the championship (Game 3). The winner of the semifinal games will be the first team to reach or surpass 40 points while the championship game will be played to 25 points.

The Rising Stars championship team will earn a spot to play in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game tournament on Feb. 16.

STARTER BACK

Forward Rui Hachimura made his return on Tuesday after missing the previous two games because of left calf soreness.

Hachimura was back in the starting lineup alongside Austin Reaves, Max Christie, LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Dorian Finney-Smith, who started the previous two games, was back in a reserve role.

“We’ve had (to) and just continue to manage Doe’s minutes,” Redick said. “Hopefully we get them up to 30 here coming up soon, but we want to be smart about it.”

Reserve guard Gabe Vincent missed his second consecutive game because of left knee soreness. Forward Jarred Vanderbilt, who made his return to the floor after not playing for nearly a full year because of feet ailments that led to offseason surgery, sat out Tuesday’s game because of right foot surgery recovery.