Lakers avoid elimination by holding off Nuggets in Game 4
LeBron James, in the Lakers’ white uniform, stood at the scorer’s table, filled his hands with chalk and tossed it into the evening air —…
Lakers takeaways: Another bad shooting night, Darvin Ham hears it
Lakers forward Anthony Davis is swarmed by the Nuggets defense during the fourth quarter of Game 3. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Before Thursday,…
Jamal Murray buzzer-beater sends Lakers to crushing Game 2 loss
DENVER — One flick of the wrist, the Denver guard moving from left to right with the toughest defender on the court in pursuit. One cushion…
Plaschke: Lakers finishing with headache, nausea and dimming hopes
Headache. Nausea. The two words were uttered Tuesday night to describe the condition of a certain Laker. The two words could also describe the reaction…
Anthony Davis sustains eye injury in Lakers’ loss to Minnesota
The last time the Lakers dropped a big game at home, Anthony Davis had to leave the court after one quarter, a shot to his…
Lakers move into eighth place with victory over Cavaliers
The opportunity began Friday night in Boston, when the Celtics hung onto the smallest threads of their lead to beat the Sacramento Kings. It continued…
Lakers look to keep momentum going into last five games
“We’ll be ready to play, I promise you.” That was the prediction Lakers coach Darvin Ham made to the media following Friday morning’s practice in…
Lakers surge with Rui Hachimura comfortable in starting lineup
WASHINGTON — Rui Hachimura and the Lakers had just wrapped a 5-1 road trip as he stood by his locker near the door. Being back inside…
LeBron James helps Lakers hold off Wizards to complete successful trip
WASHINGTON — The challenge, the Lakers said, was as much mental as anything else. Six games in nine days including contests against some of the worst…
LeBron James upset with Lakers’ 90-point effort in loss to Pacers
INDIANAPOLIS — Maybe any other month of the NBA season, any other moment, and a night like Friday could be written off as an unavoidable occurrence.…
Rui Hachimura is bad luck for Memphis again as Lakers win
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Maybe the Grizzlies haven’t learned? Despite them being ravaged by injuries and suspensions, their season largely a throwaway, Wednesday’s game with the…
Lakers’ Austin Reaves confident shooting game-winner versus Bucks
MILWAUKEE — Austin Reaves felt sick to his stomach, the ball more than halfway in before it somehow popped out in the biggest moment. Nine days…
Lakers open six-game trip with double-overtime win over the Bucks
MILWAUKEE — The key, coach Darvin Ham said before the game, would be for the Lakers to move on after mistakes, to not let the errors…
Anthony Davis and Spencer Dinwiddie lead Lakers past Pacers
They met in the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament championship game in Las Vegas in December, a matchup the Lakers won over the Indiana Pacers. There…
Anthony Davis plays and Lakers dominate in victory over Hawks
Anthony Davis didn’t need 20/20 vision to see the Atlanta Hawks were trying to grab the Lakers’ attention. After the Lakers turned the ball over…
‘Can’t skip details’: Lakers left to look for solutions after another loss to Kings
SACRAMENTO — It’s hard to know the gravity of this, the Lakers being on the wrong side of dominance from another team that seems to know…
Anthony Davis and Lakers beaten by Sacramento Kings, again
SACRAMENTO — Either it’s a hurdle or a wall. The Lakers couldn’t be sure. Now they are. The Sacramento Kings fully have the Lakers’ number, one…
Anthony Davis achieves an NBA first in Lakers’ win over Minnesota
As the third quarter turned to the fourth quarter, rarely-used Minnesota big man Luka Garza flipped the ball into the bucket just before the buzzer.…
LeBron James exits early, Lakers fall to Sacramento Kings
Ugly losses produce frustrated locker rooms, and considering what happened Wednesday to the Lakers against the Kings, it should be no surprise people were upset.…
LeBron James and Lakers defeat Thunder for third straight time
At this stage, the scenarios are all easy to identify. To have the best chance at avoiding a pair of road play-in games, the Lakers…