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6 days, 12 hours ago

LeBron James returns from 7-game injury absence, and nothing else goes right in Lakers’ blowout loss

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James returned from a two-week injury absence Saturday night, looking rested and ready to lead the Los Angeles Lakers down the stretch toward the postseason. “We’ve got to play better basketball than we did tonight, and what we did on our last road trip,” James said before the Lakers headed out on a four-game trip beginning …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves join LeBron James on the sideline with injuries when Lakers host Bucks

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are sitting out with sprained right ankles when the Lakers host the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night in Los Angeles’ sixth game in eight days. The Lakers announced the decision to rest Doncic and Reaves alongside fellow injured starters LeBron James and Rui Hachimura about six hours before tipoff against the Bucks. …

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1 week, 4 days ago

NBA fans troll Bronny James after dad LeBron forces him to sit on the FLOOR so he can take his seat for Lakers game

Daily Mail

LeBron James gave NBA fans a good laugh on Sunday night when he forced his son, Bronny, to sit on the floor. LeBron James forced his son, Bronny, to sit on the floor in a hilarious moment on Sunday LeBron put Bronny on the floor 😭 pic.twitter.com/oe3wkuSZ65 — Lakers All Day Everyday March 16, 2025 At one point, James and …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Lakers’ James, Hachimura, Hayes fly back to California for treatment and will miss rest of road trip

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — LeBron James flew back to California for treatment on his left groin strain and will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers’ four-game trip, which concludes Friday at Denver. “The room for error is very small when you’re without three starters who play a significant role for us,” said Austin Reaves, who scored 28 points Thursday. “I …

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1 month ago

Lakers hold off Clippers after Austin Reaves injures calf

LA Times

Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, left, and Lakers guard Austin Reaves go after a loose ball during the first half Friday. Nine minutes into their game against the Clippers, Austin Reaves vanished, disappearing to the locker room because of an injury that no one saw after a play that wasn’t clear. Doncic scored 31 and LeBron James had 28 points, but …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

LeBron James doesn’t take a night off against NBA’s worst team in Lakers win

LA Times

Lakers star LeBron James controls the ball in front of Washington Wizards guard Bilal Coulibaly during the Lakers’ 134-96 win Thursday night. LeBron James walked through the hallway outside the Lakers locker room Thursday night and wondered how he was going to be able to mentally engage in the 48 minutes ahead of him. With Anthony Davis back in Los …

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2 months ago

Inside the Lakers’ complex approach to NBA trade deadline decisions

LA Times

The pressure, intended or not, is on. In conversations with executives inside and outside of the organization, it’s become clear that the costs for starting-caliber NBA centers are high — particularly ones good enough to force the Lakers into the kind of seismic change that moving Davis to power forward and LeBron James to small forward would cause. It’s the …

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2 months ago

Lakers trade-target tiers: Why Walker Kessler, Myles Turner make sense for LA

New York Times

The Mavericks have traded Luka Doncic to the Lakers in a blockbuster deal including Anthony Davis. The Lakers have three needs entering the Feb. 6 trade deadline : A better defensive center to back up Davis and occasionally play alongside him More defense, shooting, athleticism and physicality on the wings Another ballhandler and playmaker to help LeBron James and Austin …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Roki Sasaki is down with L.A. New Dodgers pitcher learns city’s fingers sign at Lakers game

LA Times

Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki watches the Lakers play the Washington Wizards on Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena. “Good to see you.” Lakers forward Rui Hachimura — who was born in Toyama, Japan, and attended high school in Sendai — also connected with Sasaki before the game. New Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki, left, and Lakers forward Rui Hachimura make the “L.A. Lakers …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Hachimura and Davis help Lakers end 3-game skid with a 117-108 win over the Heat

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Rui Hachimura scored 23 points and Anthony Davis had 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a three-game skid with a 117-108 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Tyler Herro shot 7 for 12 from 3-point distance and scored 34 points for the Heat, who lost both games of a Los …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Lakers newsletter: Presenting the best defense of Rui Hachimura

LA Times

Hey everyone and welcome to the Fa-la-la Lakers Newsletter, holiday edition. This week, we’re going to break things up a little bit — a couple of things I really want to hit as the Lakers get ready to enter a fairly favorable stretch of schedule. But almost out of necessity this season, Hachimura has had to take on more dynamic …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Playing without LeBron James, Lakers have several heroes in win over Portland

LA Times

Lakers forward Rui Hachimura scores on a layup over Portland Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara in the first half of the Lakers’ 107-98 win Sunday at Crypto.com Arena. Without him Sunday night in a 107-98 win against Portland, the Lakers didn’t need one hero to take over. So we got to focus on that.” Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell strips the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Dalton Knecht’s 37-point eruption carries the Lakers to their sixth straight win

New York Times

LOS ANGELES — As the Los Angeles Lakers bench and the Crypto.com Arena crowd stood in anticipation, everyone in the building knew where the ball was going. KNECHT HITS THE MJ SHRUG AFTER HIS 7TH TRIPLE 🔥🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/CK7IOCyQVf — NBA TV November 20, 2024 “Rui was talking to me about I need to get a 3-point celebration,” Knecht said. I …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

The Lakers’ reality check, Anthony Davis’ MVP form and more trends from first 5 games

New York Times

The Los Angeles Lakers were one of the league’s biggest surprises over the first week of the NBA season. The Lakers’ two best available perimeter defenders, Gabe Vincent and Max Christie, come off the bench and have been struggling offensively, limiting their impact. The Lakers’ paint-heavy offensive approach and defensive scheme created free-throw margin advantages over the past two seasons. …

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5 months ago

JJ Redick angry with himself after Lakers’ first loss. His players love the passion

New York Times

PHOENIX — As Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick discussed his team’s 109-105 loss to the Phoenix Suns, he grew increasingly agitated. “He let out a nice little F-word, which just shows how much he cares,” Austin Reaves said of Redick’s postgame locker-room message. “I have to go watch it, but it felt like, in some ways, we lost to …

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5 months ago

Fantasy basketball roundup: Rui Hachimura, Dyson Daniels and more NBA opening night standouts

New York Times

After a long, arduous offseason fraught with draft after draft and roster fixation with dreams of fantasy glory, we finally have real NBA games. Instead, it was Daniels who got the starting nod, playing 35 minutes and contributing 15 points, five rebounds, two assists, five steals, one block and two treys. He played 26 minutes off the bench for the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Lakers preseason opener takeaways: Bronny James’ debut, a valuable Max Christie and more

New York Times

PALM DESERT, Calif. — The first possession of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 124-107 preseason loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday offered a glimpse of the type of movement, screening and shooting new coach JJ Redick values in his offense. The Lakers opened the game by running a Horns set — with D’Angelo Russell dribbling just past half court, Jaxson …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

D’Angelo Russell isn’t taking shots when talking about JJ Redick’s ‘high IQ’

LA Times

Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell, right, controls the ball in front of Phoenix Suns guard Grayson Allen during a game at Crypto.com Arena in January. “I haven’t really had the opportunity to — and I’m not throwing shots at anybody, obviously, I know it kinda spins like that — but I’ve never really had the opportunity to build a relationship with …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Lakers coach JJ Redick is impressing players early, plus 4 more training camp storylines

New York Times

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers will open training camp Tuesday with largely the same roster for the first time since LeBron James and Anthony Davis joined forces in 2019. … I think he’s done a really good job kind of explaining what our offensive identity, defensive identity and so on is going to be.” Redick’s communication, preparation …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Lakers newsletter: One West exec thinks Zach LaVine is just what the Lakers need

LA Times

The Chicago Bulls’ Zach LaVine during the second half of a game last season. The question has been asked to people all around the NBA since it became clear that the Lakers’ roster next season would be idling in neutral. The executive also said having LaVine’s big contract number in a year or two could be helpful should the Lakers …

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7 months, 1 week ago

LeBron James’ and Anthony Davis’ Olympic performance should push Lakers to go all-in

New York Times

If there were ever a sign the Los Angeles Lakers should do everything in their power to improve their roster for this season, the final minutes of Team USA’s men’s basketball gold-medal victory over France provided the confirmation. In the most important moment of the Olympic tournament, with France still within striking distance, LeBron James and Anthony Davis played critical …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Rui Hachimura makes early Olympic exit and has left Japan’s men’s basketball team with calf injury

Associated Press

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — The Paris Olympics are over early for Japan’s Rui Hachimura. Japan’s basketball federation said in a statement Friday morning that Hachimura will sit out its game against Brazil due to a left calf injury. The team said that Hachimura felt discomfort in his calf fallowing Japan’s 94-90 overtime loss to France on Tuesday. “As my injury required …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Wembanyama takes over in OT, helps France escape a serious challenge from Japan at the Paris Games

Associated Press

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — The first three minutes were easy for Victor Wembanyama on Tuesday. “Other places, but not the hip.” It was tied at 84 going into the extra session, after Wembanyama wasn’t much of a factor in the last 3-1/2 quarters of regulation. And he made the tough plays.” Wembanyama had help, most notably Matthew Strazel’s four-point play to …

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9 months ago

The Lakers are front and center of the NBA Draft and the start of free agency

New York Times

As is often the case, the Los Angeles Lakers are at the center of the NBA offseason for a variety of reasons. GO DEEPER What we learned about JJ Redick's strategy in Lakers intro: More 3s, Anthony Davis' role and more Just as things appeared to calm momentarily before Wednesday’s NBA Draft, The Athletic reported on Tuesday that James and …

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LeBron James returns from 7-game injury absence, and nothing else goes right in Lakers’ blowout loss

Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves join LeBron James on the sideline with injuries when Lakers host Bucks

NBA fans troll Bronny James after dad LeBron forces him to sit on the FLOOR so he can take his seat for Lakers game

Lakers’ James, Hachimura, Hayes fly back to California for treatment and will miss rest of road trip

Lakers hold off Clippers after Austin Reaves injures calf

LeBron James doesn’t take a night off against NBA’s worst team in Lakers win

Inside the Lakers’ complex approach to NBA trade deadline decisions

Lakers trade-target tiers: Why Walker Kessler, Myles Turner make sense for LA

Roki Sasaki is down with L.A. New Dodgers pitcher learns city’s fingers sign at Lakers game

Hachimura and Davis help Lakers end 3-game skid with a 117-108 win over the Heat

Lakers newsletter: Presenting the best defense of Rui Hachimura

Playing without LeBron James, Lakers have several heroes in win over Portland

Dalton Knecht’s 37-point eruption carries the Lakers to their sixth straight win

The Lakers’ reality check, Anthony Davis’ MVP form and more trends from first 5 games

JJ Redick angry with himself after Lakers’ first loss. His players love the passion

Fantasy basketball roundup: Rui Hachimura, Dyson Daniels and more NBA opening night standouts

Lakers preseason opener takeaways: Bronny James’ debut, a valuable Max Christie and more

D’Angelo Russell isn’t taking shots when talking about JJ Redick’s ‘high IQ’

Lakers coach JJ Redick is impressing players early, plus 4 more training camp storylines

Lakers newsletter: One West exec thinks Zach LaVine is just what the Lakers need

LeBron James’ and Anthony Davis’ Olympic performance should push Lakers to go all-in

Rui Hachimura makes early Olympic exit and has left Japan’s men’s basketball team with calf injury

Wembanyama takes over in OT, helps France escape a serious challenge from Japan at the Paris Games

The Lakers are front and center of the NBA Draft and the start of free agency