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Miami Heat superstar Jimmy Butler is grinning from ear to ear after getting some sort of revenge against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. The 31-year-old two-way star poured in 24 points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals in Miami’s 96-94 win over the defending champions at Staples Center. Post-match, Jimmy […]

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo gave Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James a dose of his own medicine during their 2020 NBA Finals rematch on Saturday night. Midway through the fourth quarter, James thought he had a clear lane to the basket until Adebayo came from behind and swatted away The King’s layup attempt. Watch […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was sharing the wealth early on against the Miami Heat, and it resulted in a buzzer-beating trey for Marc Gasol at halftime. After Wesley Matthews’ own trey went in-and-out, the reigning champions got another chance courtesy of an offensive rebound from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. The King made sure KCP’s effort […]

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro prematurely exited Friday’s game versus the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center due to a right hip contusion. The 21-year-old sharpshooter suffered the injury in the first half and was immediately deemed questionable to return for the rest of the contest, the team announced on Twitter. #MIAvsLAL Injury Update: Tyler […]

Kyle Kuzma ruined teammate Anthony Davis’ perfectly good shirt after getting blood all over it on Saturday. Luckily for him, The Brow didn’t seem to mind getting a bit dirty, as he continued to coach up Kuz on the sidelines during a timeout in the Los Angeles Lakers’ hosting of the Miami Heat at Staples […]

Apart from a possible reunion with DeMarcus Cousins, the Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly interested in bringing in another Houston Rockets player on the trade block. Per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via Harrison Faigen of Lakers of Lakers SBN), the reigning NBA champions are closely monitoring the situation with Rockets forward PJ Tucker. https://twitter.com/hmfaigen/status/1363296502496436224 While the […]

Kyle Kuzma opened the scoring for the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday in style. The 25-year-old hit a tough turnaround three-pointer to beat the shot clock which left more than a few folks impressed. Here’s a look at Kuzma’s tremendous effort courtesy of ClutchPoints on Twitter: Kyle Kuzma opens up the Finals rematch with a […]

Anthony Davis knows that a possible DeMarcus Cousins reunion with the Los Angeles Lakers was the first thing on pundits’ minds when word got out that the Houston Rockets will soon part ways with the controversial big. After all, Boogie seemed the happiest he has been in years during the brief time he spent with […]

Saturday night will feature a rematch of last season’s Finals as the Los Angeles Lakers host the Miami Heat in the STAPLES Center. For Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, the contest presents itself as an opportunity to look back on LeBron James’ glory days in Miami. Spoelstra spoke highly of LeBron, particularly about the four-time […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum had an interesting reaction to Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James attempting (and miserably failing) a Damian Lillard-type logo shot. McCollum has been taking a bit of heat for allegedly throwing shade at LeBron for his botched attempt, which the former has decided to address in a recent interview. […]

Things appear to be getting from bad to worse for the Los Angeles Lakers from an injury perspective. Starting point guard Dennis Schroder is the latest to have been bitten by the injury bug, with the 27-year-old expected to miss at least three more games for L.A. due to the league’s health and safety protocols. […]

New York Knicks forward Julius Randle had the utmost privilege of playing alongside the late, great Kobe Bryant during the former’s first two seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers. Recently, Randle relived Kobe’s epic final game in 2016, during which a 21-year-old Randle made the mistake of asking Bryant if he could get a shot […]

At this stage of LeBron James’ storied career, winning an MVP isn’t simply about making a statement in the present. It’s about making history. Another trophy would tie James with Michael Jordan and Bill Russell in regular-season MVPs (five) and place him one behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for most MVPs in NBA history. Speaking of Abdul-Jabbar […]

A rematch of the 2020 NBA Finals matchup between the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers is set to commence on Saturday night at Staples Center. However, Lakers star LeBron James won’t have a complete cast around him as his running mate in Anthony Davis remains to be out due to his Achilles injury. […]

Pau Gasol’s rumored comeback with the Los Angeles Lakers will have to be put on hold for the meantime as he agreed to sign with his former team in FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. The Spanish big man was reportedly inked to a deal that will allow him to play with […]

The entire basketball world witnessed Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Anthony Edwards punch his official entry to the dunk of the 2020-21 season, including Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James. In case you missed it, Edwards caught the body of Toronto Raptors forward Yuta Watanabe that sent social media into a frenzy. Anthony Edwards just caught a […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are still widely regarded as the team to beat in the stacked Western Conference this season. Kendrick Perkins, however, recently warned LeBron James and and his supporting cast not to rest on their laurels anytime soon. The Utah Jazz and the Los Angeles Clippers will likely give them a dog fight […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James recently became only the third player in NBA history to join the prestigious 35,000 career points club. While that astonishing accomplishment is already quite the feat itself, Metta World Peace believes The King can score about 5,000 points more before he hangs up his sneakers for good. The retired […]

It looks like Nick Young already knows something that most fans and pundits are not aware of just yet. The former NBA player practically congratulated New York Knicks forward Julius Randle on Friday for making his first All-Star team. But the thing is, the All-Star reserves won’t be confirmed until Tuesday on TNT. Is Young on […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had their big showdown with the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday and found out before the game that Dennis Schroder was going to be out due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols. It’s now been confirmed that he’ll also miss Saturday’s NBA Finals rematch with the Miami Heat, via ESPN’s Dave […]

The Brooklyn Nets can win it all even against a healthy Los Angeles Lakers squad. In their recent matchup, the Nets, without Kevin Durant, beat Los Angeles, who did not have Anthony Davis and Dennis Schroder, 109-98. This will sound like a knee-jerk reaction, but Brooklyn is a team that turns it up a notch […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James made history on Thursday night, becoming just the third player in NBA history to reach the 35,000-point milestone. Now standing at 35,017 career points following their 109-98 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, James trails only Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Despite the loss, […]

Larry Nance Jr. has already had a hell of an NBA life in his first six years, the last four of which have come with the Cleveland Cavaliers. He played with two legends in Kobe Bryant on the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James on the Cavs within three seasons. In his first year, Nance […]

There were definitely a ton of storylines heading into the marquee match-up between the Brooklyn Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night, wherein the Nets came out as 11-point victors. Aside from the obvious potential NBA Finals preview this game brought, it also marked another clash between former teammates Kyrie Irving and LeBron […]

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Larry Nance Jr. is only in his sixth season in the NBA, but he has already experienced what some players don’t in their entire careers. So far in his young career, he has played with LeBron James on the Cavs and Kobe Bryant on the Lakers, two of the league’s generational superstars. […]

With the Los Angeles Lakers already missing All-Star big man Anthony Davis, the loss of point guard Dennis Schroder further depleted their lineup against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday. The Lakers could not overcome the absence of these two starters and fell to the Nets, 109-98, for their eighth loss of the season. One player […]

Based on the way they played at Staples Center on Thursday, the Brooklyn Nets clearly looked forward to facing the Los Angeles Lakers. Nets guard Kyrie Irving admitted as much after their 109-98 win over the Lakers but added that they wanted to face LeBron James and the defending champions at full strength. He also […]

It was back to the drawing board immediately for LeBron James and Anthony Davis after the Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Brooklyn Nets, 109-98 at Staples Center on Thursday. With the game already decided with three minutes still left in the game, cameras caught LeBron and AD talking shop about a possible strategy against […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel revealed that superstar big Anthony Davis was re-evaluated by team doctors on Thursday night and will be out for “four weeks.” Notably — or optically, as to lessen the blow of the news — Vogel referred to Davis’ injury as a “calf strain” rather than an Achilles injury […]

Kyrie Irving had LeBron James looking for a map on Thursday. The Brooklyn Nets superstar bamboozled the hell out of his former teammate after a ball fake that had ‘The King’ spinning in confusion. Irving then spun around again and made a sweet fadeaway jumper as the Nets blew out the defending champions at home. […]

In tonight’s matchup against the Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James became the third player in NBA history to reach 35,000 points. The accomplishment came as James stepped onto the free-throw line late second quarter. With this free throw, LeBron James becomes the 3rd player in NBA history to reach 35,000 career points, […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Alex Caruso just inked a multi-year shoe deal with Anta. In fact, he debuted his partnership with the brand by wearing the KT Light 4 against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday. Caruso of the Lakers has now joined the likes of Klay Thompson, Gordon Hayward, Rajon Rondo, and Kevon Looney as […]

Now that the player votes for this year’s NBA All-Star Game have been officially tallied, the usual suspects for the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves in the top two spots for votes. LeBron James, who’s set to start for a record-breaking 17th straight time this coming March 7, got the most player votes with a […]

Los Angeles Lakers starting point guard Dennis Schroder has been officially ruled out of Thursday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets due to health and safety protocols. The announcement was made just an hour before tip-off by Mike Trudell of Spectrum SN. Dennis Schroder is out for tonight’s game vs. Brooklyn due to the NBA’s health […]

The Inside the NBA crew announced the All-Star starters for this year’s game in Atlanta. Throughout the announcement, the guys were debating on the top players in the NBA and the impact that they’re having on the season.  Hall of Famer Charles Barkley made a bold statement explaining that Utah Jazz sixth man Jordan Clarkson […]

The basketball world will be focused on Staples Center on Thursday, as the Los Angeles Lakers (22-7) host the Brooklyn Nets (18-12) in one of the marquee matchups of the 2020-21 NBA season (1o p.m. ET on TNT). It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Nets-Lakers prediction and pick. Despite the unfortunate […]

Kyrie Irving was unable to suit up for the Brooklyn Nets in their last game due to a back ailment. But after a one-game absence from the lineup, Irving is available to play for the Nets on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Lakers, via Brooklyn’s official Twitter account. Updates to the Status Report for […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel had the occasional feeling of déjà vu watching Alex Caruso on the defensive end in his first summer with the team. Vogel said the athleticism Caruso showed during pickup games in the summer of 2019 was reminiscent of Paul George, whom he coached in Indiana with the Pacers: “When […]

The 2020 NBA All-Star Game was one of the best in recent memory, with teams playing defense, players taking charges, and fans being treated to an intense, competitive fourth quarter. With the game receiving praise from players and fans alike, the league will use the same format that honors the late Kobe Bryant in the […]