Lakers withstand late rally to beat Hornets, 111-106
Meanwhile, World Peace is having one of his best seasons with the Lakers, averaging 13.6 points a game on 41.8% shooting from the field and 36.1% from behind the arc. The Lakers play the New Orleans...
View ArticleLakers avoid getting stung by Hornets
Back on December 5th, the Lakers came into New Orleans and handled the Hornets rather easily, winning 103-87. A lot has changed since then. Most notably, Eric. The Hornets made things interesting late...
View ArticleLakers thrive as Bryant lends helping hand
All these things really happened Tuesday night during the Lakers' 111-106 victory over the New Orleans Hornets. The Lakers gladly will take every strange-but-true development, having pulled out a third...
View ArticleLakers need this version of Kobe Bryant
In the five years since — including this one, in which they've been awkwardly reunited with the Los Angeles Lakers — D'Antoni has been trying to recapture some of that old Nash magic to no avail. The...
View ArticleDwight Howard's shoulder keeps hurting Lakers
If Earl Clark is putting up 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Lakers, they're not going to have many problems this season. Coach Mike D'Antoni relied heavily on Clark on Tuesday, even asking the...
View ArticleKobe Bryant carries Lakers down stretch to top Raptors
HANG TIME NEW JERSEY – It was just four days ago that we noted how the Lakers' 13-5 run was based largely on turning around their late-game fortunes. And since then, L.A. has already won two more...
View ArticleSunday's matchup: Bulls at Lakers
LOS ANGELES _ The media dining room at Staples Center erupted in a collective roar early Friday night when those affiliated with the Lakers watched on TV as Chicago's Marco Belinelli sank a clutch...
View ArticleLakers vs. Bulls: game updates
The Los Angeles Lakers may make the playoffs after all: they've won two in a row behind brilliant performances by Kobe Bryant, and are just half a game behind the Utah Jazz for the eighth and final...
View ArticleLakers really hit the spot with 90-81 victory over Chicago
The Lakers (33-31) were so low for so long that they'd take a victory any way they could, regardless of how pedestrian and uneventful (read: boring) their game looked against the punchless Bulls. The...
View ArticleLakers 8th in West; Heat Win 18th Straight
By K.C. Johnson, Tribune reporter5:05 p.m. CDT, March 10, 2013 LOS ANGELES — Dwight Howard scored 16 points and grabbed 21 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers downed the Chicago Bulls 90-81 Sunday...
View ArticleLakers 8th in West; Heat Win 18th Straight
Dwight Howard has apologized to Orlando for his behavior during a two-year free agency drama that culminated in a trade to the Lakers last summer. The apology comes just days before the Lakers' first...
View ArticleLakers: Week 20 predictions
The Lakers controlled the game on both ends of the floor and defeated the Chicago Bulls. Los Angeles now slides into the eighth seed in the playoffs. By K.C. Johnson, Tribune reporter5:05 p.m. CDT,...
View ArticleLakers' Dwight Howard braces for unhappy return to Orlando
The Lakers won three of four games in Week 19, climbing above .500 (33-31) and into a potential playoff seeding. The coming week will be a difficult one with three out of four on the road, including...
View ArticleDwight Howard's Orlando return offers Lakers chance to bond
If the Lakers are still looking to sign a player, they have $1.59 million of their mid-level exception remaining. They can also sign a free agent for a minimum salary or a 10-day contract. Given their...
View ArticleDwight Howard's Orlando return offers Lakers chance to bond
The Lakers won three of four games in Week 19, climbing above .500 (33-31) and into a potential playoff seeding. The coming week will be a difficult one with three out of four on the road, including...
View ArticleHow to motivate a Mamba? It's a done deal for Lakers' Kobe Bryant
If the Kobester tries to come back, his only hope of scoring again is to play for another team so he can play against the defenseless Lakers. But no way Kobe comes back with any bite to his attack. His...
View ArticlePredicting How Lakers' Playoff Scenarios Will Impact 2013 Offseason
Kobe will be recovering from Achilles surgery for the next six to nine months, so he'll likely miss part of the 2013-14 season. He's 34 and makes $30 million. Some are arguing the Lakers should use the...
View ArticleSpurs send Lakers to worst home playoff loss, brink of elimination
No one will weep for the Lakers and no one should; they are one of the most successful franchises in all of sports and will very likely re-sign arguably the best center in basketball to a new contract...
View ArticleLakers depleted again for Game 4
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – As two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash walked away from Friday morning's shootaround sharing very little confidence of being able to play in tonight's Game 3 against the San Antonio Spurs,...
View ArticleLakers depleted again for Game 4
Lakers guards Steve Blake (left) and Steve Nash could miss Game 3. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images). Already without Kobe Bryant, the Lakers could take the Staples Center court for Game 3 against the...
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