Both teams played on the road last week, and Monday marked their first home contests since the Palisades Fire began Tuesday.

The Lakers and the Clippers both went back to work Monday night in Los Angeles’ first two NBA games since catastrophic wildfires killed at least 24 people and destroyed significant sections of their hometown.

The Miami Heat head to crypto.com Arena to face the Los Angeles Lakers in a non-conference matchup. The Heat are 20-18, which puts them in seventh place in the Eastern Conference. The Lakers are 20-17, which puts them in seventh place in the Western Conference.

The NBA said home games for both the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers would resume on Monday, after both teams had games postponed due to the wildfires.

The Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers both took their home courts on Monday for the first time since the devastating wildfires that killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures began raging across the Los Angeles area last week.

The Lakers and Clippers returned to NBA action on Monday with a strong nod to the first responders battling the Los Angeles wildfires and hoping to bring "some joy" to their ravaged city.Harden added five rebounds and 11 assists and after the game the Los Angeles native embraced the Clippers'' "LA Strong" theme.

The Lakers played their first home game since wildfires devastated parts of Los Angeles, and lost by 24 points