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Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 111-108 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, where Luka Doncic finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 12 assists but struggled with efficiency, shooting eight-for-26 from the field and three-for-10 from beyond the arc, Colin Cowherd shared his assessment of Doncic’s performances with the Lakers, questioning the star’s conditioning and defensive […]

Luka Doncic has been a seamless fit with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, former NBA player Chandler Parsons sees one habit that isn’t going away. Doncic’s complaining towards the officials. For instance, Doncic was slapped with a technical foul during the Lakers and Dallas Mavericks game. Although that was an emotional game, Parsons warns of […]

Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss recently addressed the blockbuster trade that brought Luka Doncic to the franchise in exchange for Anthony Davis, emphasizing that the deal was not one-sided and was initiated by the Dallas Mavericks. Speaking on former NFL receiver Julian Edelman’s podcast, Games with Names, Buss reflected on the magnitude of the […]

An exhausted Luka Doncic made his way to the Los Angeles Lakers’ locker room late Monday night at Barclays Center. The Brooklyn Nets had just held the All-NBA guard to 8-of-26 shooting (30.8 percent) with five turnovers en route to a 111-108 victory. The game marked the second-worst shooting performance of Doncic’s career in a […]

After seeing the Boston Celtics snap their eight-game winning streak, the Los Angeles Lakers sought to get back on track with a road win against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night. That did not happen, as Luka Doncic and the Lakers fell 111-108 without LeBron James, who is sidelined due to a groin injury. Head […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ eight-game winning streak came to an end on Saturday against the Boston Celtics. Then, in their first game without LeBron James since the groin injury, the Lakers lost to the Brooklyn Nets, 111-108, on Monday night. It was a tough loss for the Lakers, who had a 12-point lead after the […]

Several familiar faces greeted Dorian Finney-Smith in the Barclays Center tunnels on Monday following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 111-108 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Among them was Nets general manager Sean Marks, who traded Finney-Smith two months earlier. Unlike many midseason trades, there were no hard feelings. Not even a hint of awkwardness. “I knew […]

At this time last year, JJ Redick was a rising star in the NBA media world. A member of ESPN’s lead broadcast team alongside Mike Breen and Doris Burke and host of two highly successful podcasts – The Old Man and the Three and Mind the Game with LeBron James – the 39-year-old had a […]

Luka Doncic had a brutal shooting night in the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday. In 41 minutes of action, Doncic finished with 22 points, 12 assists, 12 rebounds, and two steals. However, he shot 8-of-26 from the field, including 3-of-10 from beyond the arc. This marked the second worst shooting […]

Life without LeBron James did not start off very well for the Los Angeles Lakers; with James dealing with a groin injury that is set to keep him out for weeks, the Lakers appeared to have a golden opportunity to get back to winning ways after seeing their eight-game winning streak come to an end […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ eight-game win streak came to an end this week following their 111-101 loss to the Boston Celtics. But even more concerning for the Lakers was the groin injury suffered by LeBron James. The early prognosis is James could be sidelined for a couple of weeks. That would definitely mean that he […]

Lakers’ LeBron James added another historic milestone to his legendary career on Tuesday night, becoming the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 points. James’ milestone was complete with a first-quarter three-pointer in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 136-115 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. He finished the night with 34 points, further cementing his […]

After the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 on Saturday, ending their eight-game win streak, ESPN’s Shannon Sharpe doubled down on his playoff take. Lakers All-Star LeBron James suffered a groin injury in the loss, but that hasn’t discouraged Sharpe from picking Los Angeles to win the Western Conference. Sharpe told his co-host […]

Even in his age-40 season, LeBron James is doing incredible things for the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite some of those, Bill Simmons has his skepticism, and not for his play. Rather, it’s for his longevity. For instance, James injured his groin on Saturday, which is expected to keep him out for one to two weeks. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers traded for Luka Doncic ahead of the NBA trade deadline. While it shocked many, LeBron James was able to reunite with his old teammate, Markieff Morris. He’s one of the teammates James has always had love and appreciation for. Both of them were a part of the 2020 Lakers title in […]

The fiery confrontation during a break in last Thursday’s win by LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers against the New York Knicks in LA between the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith continues to be the talk of the town. That’s even after Smith addressed the heated face-to-face with […]

The Brooklyn Nets will be without their leading scorer when they take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday at Barclays Center. Cam Thomas was ruled out for the matchup on the front end of a back-to-back due to hamstring injury maintenance. Thomas has appeared in four of the Nets’ last five games following a […]

The most urgent development that the Los Angeles Lakers have to deal with at the moment is the groin injury that LeBron James sustained during their 111-101 loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday night. James will be out for at least one to two weeks as a result of this, although the Lakers, a […]

With a loss to the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers’ eight-game win streak is now something of the past. As upsetting as the loss was, the Lakers suffered more than just a single defeat as LeBron James and Luka Doncic both picked up injuries in the contest. James’ groin injury is the more serious […]

You surely don’t need me to tell you that the battle between Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Father Time remains one of the most hotly-contested rivalries in the history of professional sports. At age 40, in his 22nd NBA season, with over 70,000 regular season and postseason minutes on his odometer, LeBron is […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are dealing with a list of injuries to some of their key players as they go down the stretch of the season, and many are looking for updates. Rui Hachimura suffered a knee injury at the end of February during the third quarter of their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He […]

The Los Angeles Lakers fell 111-101 to the Boston Celtics on the road Saturday night. LeBron James left the game with a groin injury and could be out for a few weeks. Lakers head coach JJ Redick elaborated on what the team needs to do in James’ absence. “I think we just have to continue […]

LeBron James suffered a groin strain in the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Boston Celtics and had to leave the game. There now seems to be a timeline of how long James could be sidelined with the injury, according to ESPN Shams Charania. “Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had their eight-game win streak broken against the Boston Celtics, losing 111-101. The Lakers had been dominating throughout their streak, but the Celtics may have been their hardest test so far. Though they lost, LeBron James took away an important lesson from the game about his team. “We can compete versus […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have looked very good since trading for Luka Doncic, but everything changed in Hollywood on Sunday night. Late in the Lakers’ 111-101 loss to the Boston Celtics, star forward LeBron James limped off the court with a groin injury. James doesn’t seem to think the groin injury is that serious, but […]

BOSTON — NBA offenses revolve around attacking weaknesses, and the Los Angeles Lakers thought they found one in Boston Celtics center Al Horford. They failed to realize the 38-year-old is actually one of Boston’s greatest strengths, as Horford was a huge asset in the Green Team’s 111-101 victory on Saturday night over the rival Lakers. […]

Though the Los Angeles Lakers game against the Boston Celtics didn’t go as planned, with LeBron James leaving the court with a groin injury with seven minutes left to play in the fourth quarter on the way to a 111-101 loss, one bright spot of the contest was the play of Luka Doncic, who scored […]

The groin injury LeBron James suffered in Saturday’s contest against the Boston Celtics goes back to concerns about the one he had on Christmas Day of 2018. However, the Los Angeles Lakers star believes this time is different in a positive way. James suffered the injury midway through the fourth quarter of the highly anticipated showdown […]

LeBron James entered TD Garden Center ready for primetime with the Los Angeles Lakers. He leaves the Boston Celtics loss with a concerning injury prognosis. James left the 111-101 loss with a left groin injury. He left at the 6:44 mark in the fourth quarter. The Lakers and their fans received this update via ESPN […]

After watching the Los Angeles Lakers duke it out with the Boston Celtics in one of the most highly anticipated games of the month of March, disaster struck when LeBron James exited the game with 6:44 left to play in regulation and never returned. While fans initially weren’t sure of the status of “King James,” […]

One has to possess unique toughness in order to quickly move on from being abruptly and shockingly traded from a team that they led to the NBA Finals less than a year earlier. But fans witnessed Luka Doncic display a different kind of perseverance on Saturday. It is the old-fashioned kind that one needs to […]

When it comes to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2024-25, the season has to be split into two distinct segments: before and after the acquisition of Luka Doncic. That’s right, after toiling away in the middle of the pack, looking like a flawed playoff team for much of the season, the Lakers have seemingly gone […]

Stephen Curry is not the only one who can hit ridiculous half-court shots during pregame warmups. Perhaps in a tribute to the legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum nailed a hook shot from the logo inside TD Garden Saturday night, via ClutchPoints, almost an hour before facing the Los Angeles Lakers. The Green […]

The Los Angeles Lakers and Luka Doncic have been a dynamic duo that many thought would never happen. After the Lakers traded for Doncic close to the NBA trade deadline, they picked up another award as well. According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin on X (formerly Twitter), “The Lakers were presented with an Alpha Award for […]

LeBron James knows when to get locked in for a big game. But he knows when to spark cackles among viewers. He pulled off a humorous moment before the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics heavyweight battle Saturday, involving Richard Jefferson. The ESPN color commentator Jefferson appeared to try to get his mic going. Jefferson […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will not have the services of big man Jaxson Hayes for Saturday night’s huge matchup in Beantown against the Boston Celtics. Instead, it will be Jarred Vanderbilt, who will start for LA as center against the reigning NBA champions on the road, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “Jarred Vanderbilt is starting […]

Despite concerns surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers’ center situation, Jaxson Hayes and Trey Jemison III have helped the squad climb into second place in the Western Conference standings. Their collective efforts are positively affecting games and enabling LA to maintain a high defensive level, even with Anthony Davis now on the Dallas Mavericks. But a […]

As the NBA world gears up for Saturday night’s marquee matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the champion Boston Celtics, Hall of Fame forward Paul Pierce gave props to Lakers All-Star LeBron James for his 50,000 points. James reached an unpreceded career milestone that Pierce says he may never see topped in his lifetime, […]

LeBron James’ former teammate Kevin Love weighed in on the viral confrontation between James and ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith during the Los Angeles Lakers’ 113-109 overtime win against the New York Knicks on Thursday night. On Friday, Love took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to respond to Smith’s comments about the interaction, which stemmed […]