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Jalen Green helps push Rockets past Lakers
Jalen Green scored a game-high 33 points, Amen Thompson posted a double-double in his return from suspension and the Houston Rockets held on for a 119-115 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.,Green scored on consecutive possessions late in the fourth quarter after the Lakers closed to with...
Building momentum, Lakers take aim at banged-up Rockets
The Los Angeles Lakers have won two of their first three games since acquiring Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton from the Brooklyn Nets last Sunday, the latest move from a franchise in desperate search for complementary pieces to plug alongside stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis.,Victories over...
LeBron James adds to statistical achievements as Lakers top Hawks
LeBron James scored 30 points and Anthony Davis returned from a one-game absence to score 18 points with 19 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers earned a 119-102 victory over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday., ,James, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, passed Michael Jordan for most 30-point games...
Ageless LeBron James, Lakers set for back-to-back vs. Hawks
LeBron James' first set of back-to-back games since turning 40 will conclude Friday when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Atlanta Hawks. ,If Thursday's 114-106 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers was any indication, James is set to handle the challenge just fine. He scored 38 points and tied Mich...
Max Christie turns into scorer as Lakers turn back Blazers
LeBron James scored 38 points with eight assists and Max Christie added a career-high 28 as the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the absence of Anthony Davis to earn a 114-106 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday.,Austin Reaves scored 15 points with 11 assists as the Lakers won fo...
Lakers look for second win over Blazers this season
After the Los Angeles Lakers revealed their new look to mixed results on New Year's Eve, they return to the court Thursday when they play host to the Portland Trail Blazers.,In the Lakers' first game since reserve point guard D'Angelo Russell was traded to the Brooklyn Nets and Austin Reaves was ent...
Jarrett Allen puts up 27 as streaking Cavs beat Lakers
Jarrett Allen scored a season-high 27 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers led nearly wire to wire en route to their eighth straight win, a 122-110 decision against the host Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.,Donovan Mitchell added 26 points for the Cavaliers, who were playing the s...
Lakers, in first game after trade, face streaking Cavs
The NBA closes the book on 2024 when the league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday in the last game of the calendar year.,Cleveland comes into the New Year's Eve tilt on the second leg of a back-to-back set and playing the third date in a four-game Western Conference...
LeBron turns 40; could play 5-7 more years ‘if I wanted to’
LeBron James celebrated his 40th birthday Monday by practicing with the Los Angeles Lakers and chatting with reporters about where he stands in his Hall of Fame career.,James -- the first NBA player to score 40,000 points, the second to play 22 seasons (joining Vince Carter) and the first to play al...
Lakers deal D'Angelo Russell to Nets, get Dorian Finney-Smith, Shake Milton
The Los Angeles Lakers traded guard D'Angelo Russell, forward Maxwell Lewis and three second-round draft picks to the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday in exchange for forward Dorian Finney-Smith and guard Shake Milton.,The Lakers will send their second-round picks in 2027, 2030 and 2031 to Brooklyn in the de...
Report: Nets to acquire D'Angelo Russell from Lakers
Guard D'Angelo Russell is on the move again, with ESPN reporting Sunday that the Brooklyn Nets will acquire him in a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers.,Los Angeles will send Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks to Brooklyn for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton, per the report.,The ...
Kings fall to Lakers in first game since firing Mike Brown
Anthony Davis scored 36 points with 15 rebounds and Austin Reaves added 26 points with a career-high 16 assists as the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers earned a 132-122 victory Sunday over the visiting Sacramento Kings, who were playing one day after head coach Mike Brown was fired.,Playing without s...
After firing coach Mike Brown, Kings square off with Lakers
LeBron James has the Los Angeles Lakers surging again in advance of Saturday's visit from the struggling Sacramento Kings, a team experiencing changes after head coach Mike Brown was fired on Friday.,James, set to play his final game before turning 40 years old, has guided the Lakers to four victori...
TV viewership for NBA Christmas games up 84% from last year
The NBA's television ratings have been a source of consternation this season, but the league cooked up some Christmas magic on Wednesday.,The NBA's five-game Christmas Day slate earned its best ratings in five years at an average of 5.25 million viewers, which represented an 84 percent jump from las...
Austin Reaves' heroics lead Lakers over Warriors in Christmas thriller
Austin Reaves drove for a go-ahead layup with one second left to cap a triple-double, LeBron James added to his Christmas Day lore with 31 points and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame an injury to Anthony Davis to outlast the Golden State Warriors 115-113 on Wednesday night in San Francisco.,Despite l...
Lakers big man Anthony Davis (ankle) leaves game vs. Warriors
Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis exited a meeting with the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday after rolling his ankle in the first quarter.,Davis was simply walking in the lane when he tweaked his left foot down by the restricted area. He subbed out of the contest at the 4:48 mark of th...
Malik Beasley, Cade Cunningham help Pistons beat Lakers
Malik Beasley scored 21 points and Cade Cunningham added 20 points with 10 assists as the visiting Detroit Pistons turned defensive pressure into a 117-114 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.,Jaden Ivey scored 18 points and Tim Hardaway Jr. added 15 as the Pistons won consecutive games fo...
Lakers looking forward to home-heavy schedule, face Pistons next
Confident that their worst days are behind them, the Los Angeles Lakers will kick off a favorable part of the schedule when they play host to the Detroit Pistons on Monday.,The Lakers have been rejuvenated while on a three-game winning streak, with consecutive road victories over the Sacramento King...
Lakers chasing another victory in rematch with Kings
The Sacramento Kings hope limiting turnovers and fouling less can make a difference when they seek to split an NBA-style doubleheader with the Los Angeles Lakers in a rematch Saturday afternoon in the California capital.,When the Kings and Lakers met at Sacramento on Thursday, Austin Reaves had 25 p...
Austin Reaves paces Lakers past Kings
Austin Reaves poured in a team-high 25 points, Anthony Davis anchored a double-double with 18 rebounds and the visiting Los Angeles Lakers opened a two-game sequence against the Sacramento Kings with a 113-100 victory Thursday night.,Davis attached 21 points, four assists, three steals and six block...