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The Los Angeles Lakers are, miraculously, one win away from eliminating the Golden State Warriors in five games and becoming the first team of the 2023 NBA Playoffs to advance to the conference semifinals. The Lakers have been firing on all cylinders for weeks. They’re 14-4 since LeBron James returned to the starting lineup. They […]

On Tuesday afternoon, the NBA announced the ten players who were named to the 2022-23 All-Defensive First and Second Teams. Voting results for the 2022-23 Kia NBA All-Defensive Team ⬇️ Complete voting results available here: https://t.co/GC585WosCJ pic.twitter.com/2arHAPScWx — NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 9, 2023 Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr. was named to […]

The NBA released their All-Defensive teams on Tuesday morning. Many players that made the teams weren’t very surprising. However, Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis was left off the list together, which came as quite a surprise. In Game 4 of the Lakers’ win over the Golden State Warriors, Davis clamped down Stephen Curry with […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar big man Anthony Davis put together a masterful two-way performance in Monday’s Game 4 against the Golden State Warriors. He scored 23 points — on 10-for-16 shooting from the field — grabbed 15 rebounds, dished out two assists, and came up with three steals in a game the Lakers went on […]

Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis is one of the premier basketball players in the world when he’s on his game, at least according to former teammate DeMarcus Cousins. “He’s probably the most talented two-way player to ever touch the floor. When he’s committed and when his mind is focused and he’s in the right […]

One. Win. Away. A few months ago, you’d be laughed out of the building for saying that the Los Angeles Lakers will be in the Western Conference Finals. Yet, here we are. LA is on the verge of eliminating the Golden State Warriors in five games, advancing to the WCF in the process. The Lakers […]

The Los Angeles Lakers stunned Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Monday night. The Lakers roared back late to take Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals 104-101. Here are three reactions from the defending champions’ second straight loss at Crypto.com Arena, putting them on the brink of elimination as this series shifts […]

Lonnie Walker stole the show for the Los Angeles Lakers in their massive Game 4 victory over Stephen Curry and the defending champs Golden State Warriors. However, when his team needed him the most, Anthony Davis stepped it up on the defensive end as he pulled off two massive defensive stops on Curry with the […]

Anthony Davis may have failed to register a block in Game 4 against the Golden State Warriors, but don’t let that fool you. The Los Angeles Lakers big man came up clutch defensively to help the Purple and Gold take the 3-1 series lead. Davis shut down Stephen Curry in crunch time to prevent the […]

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr has offered up some high praise for Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis. When asked about how his Warriors plan for Davis, Kerr responded: “That’s a big part of the series for sure. Davis is dominant.” Despite the sentiment, Davis has not escaped criticism this series, with his Game […]

Anthony Davis has been a monster for the Los Angeles Lakers at time during the NBA playoffs. At other times, he has been nonexistent on the offensive-end of the floor, directly contributing to various losses for the Lakers. So far in their Western Conference Semifinals series against the Golden State Warriors, Davis had a major […]

LeBron James might not be doing his famous Zero Dark Thirty social media blackout during the playoffs this year, but his influence has clearly rubbed off on Anthony Davis and his Lakers teammates. After a lackluster 11 point performance in Game 2 of the Lakers’ series against the Warriors, Anthony Davis silenced his critics with […]

The recipe for success is simple for the Los Angeles Lakers: When they — namely, Anthony Davis — get to the line and dominate inside, they win. Darvin Ham calls it playing “downhill.” LeBron James has another label for their preferred style. “We played the game the right way,” LeBron said about the Lakers’ 127-97 […]

Besides LeBron James and Anthony Davis (and Tristan Thompson), the Los Angeles Lakers are relatively inexperienced when it comes to making deep runs in the NBA playoffs. Following their 127-97 Game 3 win over the Golden State Warriors, LeBron revealed his primary advice for his teammates amid the grind. “Stay off social media,” the 20-year […]

The Golden State Warriors’ all-encompassing road struggles returned Saturday in a 127-97 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Here are three reactions from the defending champions’ ugly performance in Game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Anthony Davis out-duels Draymond Green The biggest harbinger of this vexing second-round series through its first three games? Free […]

The physicality was an all-time high between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of their NBA Playoffs second-round series on Saturday night. Early in the game, Dubs stud Moses Moody was whistled for a flagrant foul for pulling down Anthony Davis in what has been deemed as a “dirty” […]

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has a made a big name for himself because of his tendency to speak his mind regardless of who he offends. He held nothing back when LeBron James was shown to be taking warmup jump shots more than five hours before the Los Angeles Lakers’ Game 3 clash with the Golden […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are tied 1-1 with the Golden State Warriors in the 2023 Western Conference Semifinal Round after the Warriors pulled away from them in the final minutes of the first half. Never able to close an ever-increasing gap due to poor defensive rotations, primarily due to effort, L.A. now takes the series back […]

During the Lakers’ playoff run, Anthony Davis has often looked like the best basketball player in the world—oddly, he’s also often looked like a total non-entity. Over the Lakers eight playoff games, Davis has more or less alternated brilliant offensive performances and straight up bad ones. Sometimes, he’s unstoppable; others, he’s incredibly stoppable. In the […]

After stealing Game 1 on the road at Chase Center Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers fell back down to earth in Thursday’s Game 2 with a truly abysmal all-around performance that saw the Golden State Warriors pull out a dominant 127-100 win. While there were many contributing factors that played into LA’s ultimate demise, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers stole Game 1 whilst on the road at Chase Center Tuesday night, but it was truly the Golden State Warriors show throughout Game 2. The club bounced back in a major way to even the series at 1-1, and head coach Steve Kerr believes Draymond Green was responsible for paving the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers expected the “haymaker” they received from the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals, yet that doesn’t excuse a subpar showing from both Anthony Davis and what LeBron James called the best defense in the NBA. After the 127-100 blowout, the Lakers pledged for a proper bounce-back […]

Anthony Davis was exceptional during the Los Angeles Lakers’ Game 1 victory. He tallied 30 points and 23 rebounds, and his defensive impact was, once again, otherworldly, as he prevented the Golden State Warriors from even thinking about entering the paint. With Davis playing like he did in Game 1, the Warriors will have plenty […]

The Los Angeles Lakers struck first in their second round series against the Golden State Warriors in the NBA playoffs. Stealing homecourt and taking a 1-0 series lead, the Lakers put themselves in good position as this series gets underway. Helping lead the way for the Lakers in Game 1 was Anthony Davis. Davis finished […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are three games away from a trip to the Western Conference finals. Anthony Davis knows he and LeBron James may not get too many more chances to compete for an NBA championship as teammates. Speaking at the Lakers’ team hotel in San Francisco on Wednesday after the Lakers’ Game 1 victory […]

Playing smaller doesn’t exactly seem a prudent way for the Golden State Warriors to even this series after Anthony Davis’ monstrous Game 1. His real impact extended even further than ridiculous numbers of 30 points, 23 rebounds, five assists and four blocks—a playoff line only accomplished by Tim Duncan back in the 2003 Finals before […]

The Los Angeles Lakers escaped the Chase Center with a thrilling 117-112 Game 1 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. Anthony Davis led the way with a historic stat line, LeBron James muscled his way to 22 points, and a handful of role players stepped up. Los Angeles staved off a 14-0 […]

The Golden State Warriors fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 117-112 in a Game 1 thriller on Tuesday, surrendering home-court advantage to Anthony Davis, LeBron James and their Southern California rivals. Here are three in-depth reactions from the defending champions’ hard-fought, frustrating loss at Chase Center. Warriors shrink inside the arc Golden State shot 21-of-53 […]

The Golden State Warriors had no answer to Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis in Tuesday night’s Game 1 of their second-round series opener at Chase Center. Davis was easily the best performance in the game, wasting no time to show the Warriors why this could be a long series for the defending champions. […]

Anthony Davis, the star forward of the Los Angeles Lakers, made history in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals by joining an exclusive club of NBA players with 30 points, 20 rebounds, five assists, and three blocks in a playoff game. The only other player to achieve this feat is Tim Duncan, making Davis’s […]

After watching Anthony Davis come up with an explosive performance in Game 1 of their series versus the Golden State, Los Angeles Lakers superstar forward LeBron James was not shy to predict that AD will see his jersey get raised to the rafters one day. “That’s why their jerseys are in the rafters. AD will […]

The Los Angeles Lakers drew first blood in their second-round series against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors, thanks in large part to the tandem of LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Via ESPN Stats & Info: “LeBron James and Anthony Davis are the first teammates with 20-10-5 and 3 blocks in the same playoff […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis went off to start Game 1 of their NBA Playoffs series with the Golden State Warriors. His performance was so incredible that he even made history in the process. Davis got the Lakers rolling early on against the Warriors, allowing the Purple and Gold to stay ahead at halftime […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are preparing for a second round matchup against the Golden State Warriors, the most anticipated series of the 2023 NBA Playoffs so far. Ahead of the series, Charles Barkley calls on Anthony Davis to be a big time player consistently for the Lakers if they want to advance to the 2023 […]

Both the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers are at their best in the open floor, but it’s not like either team is the Sacramento Kings. They’re more opportunistic transition attackers than relentless ones, running most off forced turnovers and improper floor balance from the opposition. As long as Golden State and Los Angeles […]

Anthony Davis just matched a Pau Gasol feat not seen in over a decade, and it couldn’t have come at a better time for the Los Angeles Lakers. As the Lakers were dominating the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 6 of their NBA Playoffs series, Davis also became the first Purple and Gold player since 2012 […]

Game 6 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies is tonight! The Lakers had their chance to advance but the Grizzlies showed up in Game 5. Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves are featured in FanDuel’s latest NBA same-game parlay. The NBA playoffs have been electric so far. The Boston Celtics are fresh off advancing […]

After days of basketball, the first round of the 2023 NBA Playoffs is coming down to an end. However, some series still have a lot left in the tank. That is the case for the matchup between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Lakers. With Memphis set to travel to face Los Angeles on […]

Anthony Davis, currently navigating a right hip injury, says he’ll go all out to deliver the Los Angeles Lakers a Game 6 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. Davis — who required “round-the-clock” treatment after taking a hard fall during his 12-point Game 4 on Monday — didn’t seem too hampered in Game 5. In fact, […]