EL SEGUNDO, California (AP) — Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves will not return from injury in time to begin the Lakers ' first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets, leaving Los Angeles without its top two scorers. “They’re out indefinitely,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said after...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James probably thought he was done playing this particular role. After so many seasons in which James valiantly carried otherwise ordinary teams to extraordinary achievements, the greatest scorer in NBA history was not even the Los Angeles Lakers ' focal point this...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James had 18 points, six assists and four rebounds in the first half, and the Los Angeles Lakers tuned up for the postseason with a 131-107 win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night, April 12. Rui Hachimura and Deandre Ayton each had 22 points and 10 assists. James and Luke...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani passed Ichiro Suzuki for the longest on-base streak by a Japanese-born player on Friday night, April 10. The Los Angeles Dodgers star singled in the fifth inning against Kumar Rocker of the Texas Rangers, extending his streak to 44 games. It was his 13th game...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — LeBron James had 26 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds but didn 't get to compete against rival and pal Stephen Curry as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors, 119-103, on Thursday night, April 9. James shot 11 for 17 and made three 3-pointers. He...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 25 points and eight assists, and Isaiah Joe hit six 3-pointers in the Oklahoma City Thunder 's 123-87 victory over the injury-depleted Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, April 7. Jared McCain scored 15 points and Chet Holmgren had 15 points...
DALLAS (AP) — The bleak timeline for Luka Doncic 's return from injury was already out there when the Los Angeles Lakers got word that Austin Reaves also wouldn 't play again in the regular season. LeBron James woke up from a nap to find out about the prognosis on Reaves ' strained...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers ' regular season with a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring, the team announced Friday, April 3. Doncic is the NBA 's top scorer and the driving force behind the Lakers ' surge into the third spot in the...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Los Angeles Lakers, 139-96, on Thursday night. April 2, in a game in which NBA leading scorer Luka Doncic left due to injury. Only six times in their storied history have the Lakers been...
DETROIT (AP) — Jalen Duren had 31 points and nine rebounds as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Toronto Raptors, 127-116, to clinch the Central Division title on Tuesday night, March 31. Duren is averaging 23.4 points and 10.5 rebounds in seven games since Cade Cunningham sustained a lung injury...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic had 41 points and eight rebounds while also picking up his suspension-triggering 16th technical foul during the Los Angeles Lakers ' 116-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night, March 27. Austin Reaves scored 15 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the 2026 season where they left off. With a win. The two-time World Series champions opened their bid for a three-peat with an 8-2 comeback victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night, March 26, after a pregame celebration. Opening the...
