Lakers suffer another key injury during loss to Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS — This was the time to move forward, the final game of 2023, the final game of a stretch where the Lakers played 14…
Anthony Davis powers Lakers’ surge to beat Hornets
The new starting lineup the Lakers incorporated two games ago became another new lineup Thursday night because of an injury. And yet even in losing…
LeBron James’ 40 points lead Lakers to win over Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — Since the Lakers won the NBA’s in-season tournament two weeks ago, the team has floated, their pockets, like their legs, heavier from their…
With LeBron James out, Lakers’ losing streak reaches 4 games
MINNEAPOLIS — Less than 24 hours before tip Thursday night, a dejected Anthony Davis sat in the visiting locker room in Chicago after his Lakers struggled…
Lakers lose to Bulls, drop to 1-4 since winning tournament
CHICAGO — As the Chicago Bulls stretched and sliced through the Lakers defense , it felt like a player on the bench in street clothes was…
Why in-season tournament title has a cost for already-weary Lakers
We talkin’ about the Lakers unveiling a banner to celebrate winning the NBA’s first in-season tournament? Really? The Lakers — the 17-time NBA world champion…
Anthony Davis: Victor Wembanyama shouldn’t ‘stress’ about the pressure
DALLAS — The back wall of the visiting locker room in Dallas was about as good of a resource for Victor Wembanyama that could possibly exist.…
Lakers rally falls short as Luka Doncic leads Mavericks to a win
DALLAS — The championship was celebrated, the Lakers’ early season goal accomplished last weekend in Las Vegas. The in-season tournament served as the catalyst for the…
LeBron James says watching son Bronny make USC debut was emotional
Four points. Three rebounds. Two assists. Two steals. One block. That was Bronny James’ stat line from his 16 minutes of court time during USC’s…
JuJu Watkins shines as LeBron James watches in USC victory
With the King in attendance, USC’s newest basketball queen reigned. JuJu Watkins led No. 6 USC to an 85-53 rout over UC Riverside at Galen…
Austin Reaves’ 28 points help deliver NBA Cup to Lakers
LAS VEGAS — Austin Reaves had one last special moment to deliver, one last play to provide the Lakers, one last ounce of energy to give…
Anthony Davis scores 41 as Lakers defeat Pacers for NBA Cup
LAS VEGAS — The skepticism had long disappeared, replaced with the kind of toughness, focus and intensity that’s traditionally reserved for the playoffs. The NBA in-season…
LeBron James criticizes gun laws after UNLV mass shooting kills 3
LeBron James’ tone was passionate, yet weary. Another shooting, this time in Las Vegas, more innocent people dead, and the Lakers superstar seemed to recognize…
Rams rookie Puka Nacua receives more praise from LeBron James
Some congratulatory messages just carry more weight, especially when Lakers superstar LeBron James sends them. After Puka Nacua established a Rams rookie receiving record in…
Against Suns late, Austin Reaves shows why he’s ‘a big-time player’
The Lakers were leading by just one point this tense in-season tournament game against the Phoenix Suns as Anthony Davis dribbled the basketball up the…
Official: LeBron James’ timeout request was correctly granted
Officials confirmed that the Lakers indeed had possession of the ball when LeBron James called a late-game timeout, a pivotal play in a 106-103 win…
Austin Reaves’ three-pointer lifts Lakers past the Phoenix Suns for a trip to Vegas
The joke, publicly and privately, among the Lakers leading up to and during the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament was the amazement at how badly a…
Secrecy surrounding Shohei Ohtani’s free agency is bad for MLB
NASHVILLE — The night before this week’s winter meetings launched inside a dystopian resort and convention center, the event’s top storyline was plastered all over Major…
LeBron James and Lakers end trip with blowout loss to Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — There’s the truth and then there’s the truth the Lakers believe. Thursday against the Thunder was the fourth and final game on a…