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After missing the past two games as his second daughter was born, the NBA's leading scorer should return for the road-trip finale in Philadelphia.
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Austin Reaves scores 36 points, but the Lakers can't overcome the absence of their two stars in a 126-105 road loss as Boston shoots 24 for 45 from 3-point...
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Coach JJ Redick says the 26-year-old star will be back “soon," possibly for the finale of their three-game trip. LeBron James and Marcus Smart were...
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The public reaction to Thursday's end-of-game pass for the Lakers' winning basket seemed to be almost shock.
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James misses 13 of 17 shots to finish with eight points, but Austin Reaves scores 44 and Rui Hachimura makes a 3-pointer as time expires to lead the Luka Doncic-less...
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Doncic, who is averaging a league-best 35.3 points per game to go with 8.9 rebounds and 8.9 assists, is away for “personal reasons" with no set...
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Wednesday's practice included an emphasis on physicality after a lackluster loss to the Suns on Monday.
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Campbell played the majority of his 15-year NBA career with the Lakers.
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Playing their third game in four nights, the Lakers get 38 points from Luka Doncic but turn the ball over 22 times in a 125-108 defeat. Dillon Brooks scores 33 points...
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Smart, who played through back tightness against the Clippers last week, sat out a third consecutive game on Monday, but the team is confident the injury isn't a...
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Luka Doncic scores 20 of his 34 points in the first quarter of the Lakers' 133-121 win over New Orleans. Austin Reaves nets 33 and Deandre Ayton adds 22 as James sits...
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James, a four-time league MVP, is out because of left foot injury management. Smart will miss his second consecutive game because of back spasms.
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The Lakers have connected on 48.4% of their 3-pointers in their last two games after starting the season as one of the league's worst 3-point shooting...
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Reaves scores 38 points, Doncic adds 35 and 11 assists against his former team, and the Lakers secure home-court advantage for their Dec. 10 Cup quarterfinal with a...
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The alternate court, used Tuesday, was slippery for Lakers vs. Clippers matchup.
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Friday's game comes less than nine months after Dallas fired general manager Nico Harrison, who engineered the controversial trade that sent Luka Doncic to the...
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The offensive output should have been enough, but defense remains the Clippers' biggest issue as they get dominated in the paint and outscored badly in transition in a...
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Luka Doncic has 43 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds, Austin Reaves scores 31 and LeBron James adds 25 points as the Lakers pull away for their fifth straight win...
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The coach says the center, who sat out Tuesday's game against the Clippers because of a right knee contusion, is experiencing swelling but that imaging on the knee came...
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The undrafted former All-American, 25, averaged 25.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists this season for the Lakers' G League affiliate. The Lakers will reportedly...
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The Lakers are 12-4 despite ranking 26th in the league in 3-point attempts per game (32.7) and 3-point percentage (33.3%) and dead last in...
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Luka Doncic scores 33, LeBron James adds 17 in a 108-106 win as the Lakers move to 12-4 on the season. Starting center Deandre Ayton didn't play in the second half and...
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The team began the season among the league's lowest in 3-point attempts, averaging 32.3 shots from beyond the arc before Sunday's road game against the Utah...
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With four days off, the Lakers had some competitive fun with another sport ahead of Sunday's game against the Jazz in Salt Lake City.
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Joey Buss was the organization's vice president of research and development; Jesse Buss was an assistant general manager and director of scouting.
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It wasn't just their season-high scoring total and shooting efficiency (59.5%) that stood out against Utah, but also the way they functioned, and how...
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There were questions about James' fit on a surging Lakers team; he answered with an impressive display of court vision, basketball savvy and joy for the game.
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James has 11 points and 12 assists in the first game of his 23rd NBA season, and Luka Doncic has 37 points and 10 assists as they pull away for a 140-126 win. James...
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The 40-year-old James was sidelined for the first 14 games of the season with sciatica, a nerve issue that affected his lower back and down the right side of his...
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James, 40, says he wants to see how his body responds from the practice to determine if he is able to begin his long-awaited 23rd NBA season on Tuesday night.
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The Lakers' 40-year-old star is set to be in his first practice Monday after he's been sidelined to start the season.
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Austin Reaves adds 25 points and Deandre Ayton scores 20 in the Lakers' 119-95 win. Along with LeBron James and Gabe Vincent, the Lakers were also without Rui Hachimura...
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The forward will miss his first game of the season with left calf soreness; guard Marcus Smart is listed as questionable with a viral illness.
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Austin Reaves (31 points), Luka Doncic (24 points, 12 assists) and Deandre Ayton (20 points, 16 rebounds) lead the way, as the Lakers see...
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Coach JJ Redick says he expects Thiero to play in Saturday's trip-ending game against the Milwaukee Bucks, which will be the second night of a back-to-back set.
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After a 29-point loss to OKC, the star guard comments on Wednesday's firing of Dallas GM Nico Harrison, who nine months ago traded Doncic to the Lakers.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 30 points and the reigning NBA champs use swarming ball pressure and physicality to force 20 turnovers and hand the Lakers a 121-92...
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Lakers coach JJ Redick says James progressed to half-court five-on-five, and eventually “12-15 possessions" of contact five-on-five as he continues...
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One of three Lakers to play in all 11 games so far, he is averaging a career-high 16.3 ppg while shooting 58.6% shooting from the field and 52.4% from...
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Doncic has 38 points, Reaves scores 24, and Rui Hachimura gets 13 of his 21 during a pivotal third quarter as the Lakers follow their blowout loss in Atlanta with a...
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The current plan is for James to practice with South Bay at some point this week, while the parent team is out of town on a five-game trip.
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Reaves averaged 31.1 points, 9.3 assists and 5.1 rebounds in the Lakers' first seven games before suffering the injury during the first quarter of the Nov. 2 home win...
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Luka Doncic scores 22 points, 11 assists, and five rebounds in 27 minutes, but the Lakers lose 122-102 to Atlanta. The Hawks were missing several players in their...
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The reserve, who played just one game last season after arriving in the Luka Doncic trade, has missed the first nine games with an abdominal muscle strain.
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Coach JJ Redick has embraced the Japanese-inspired storytelling presentation where participants use slideshows to share personal stories as a way for players and coaches...
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Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves have been the NBA's most efficient high-usage pick-and-roll ball handlers, orchestrating an attack that could get even more difficult to...
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The star forward, who has yet to play this season because of sciatica, will not be with the team for its 5-game road trip, which starts Saturday in Atlanta.
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Doncic (35 points, 13 assists) just misses a triple-double as the Lakers finish the game on a 21-10 run and survive a late gaffe in a 118-116 victory. The game...
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The star guard, who sat out Monday's road win over the Portland Trail Blazers with right groin soreness, won't play Wednesday night against San Antonio.
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Coach JJ Redick acknowledges the buy-in from the players, who won Monday in Portland without LeBron James, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
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Playing without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, the Lakers get 29 points from Deandre Ayton, 28 from Rui Hachimura and 25 from Nick Smith Jr. in a 123-115 road...
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Both of the star guards will sit out the second night of a back-to-back set, Doncic with lower left leg contusion injury management and Reaves with right groin...
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Luka Doncic records his first triple-double of the season with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to go with three steals, while Austin Reaves has 26 in the Lakers'...
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Ayton won't play because of the same ailment that kept him from playing in the second half of Friday's road win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Doncic says averaging 40 is 'gonna be tough'; legendary Wilt Chamberlain is the only player to surpass 38 points a game in a season, which he easily did twice.
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Doncic has 44 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in his return from a three-game absence, and the Lakers take control in the second half to begin NBA Cup play with a...
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Doncic had missed the past three games with a sprained left finger and a lower left leg contusion, while Smart sat out the previous two games because of a right...
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Doncic, who has missed the past three games with a sprained left finger and a lower left leg contusion, is listed as questionable on the team's injury report. Marcus...
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The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approve the sale, giving Walter a majority stake in the esteemed franchise.
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Reaves (28 points, 16 assists) swishes a 12-foot winner in the lane as time expires to lift the short-handed Lakers to a 116-115 road win. The Lakers...
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While the Lakers don't have a specific target date for the future Hall of Famer to make his season debut, the team is hoping for more clarity soon.
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With multiple ball-handlers sidelined with injuries, there have been more two-man actions (mainly pick and rolls) between Reaves and Ayton and it has helped...
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Reaves follows his career-high 51 on Sunday with another big night, but the rest of the roster struggles to generate enough offense around him in a 122-108...
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On the second night of a back-to-back set, guards Marcus Smart and Gabe Vincent are added to the long list of injured Lakers that includes Luka Doncic and LeBron...
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Playing without Luka Doncic and LeBron James, Reaves also has 11 rebounds and nine assists to propel the Lakers to a 127-120 road win.
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NBA's leading scorer is expected to miss 4 games, but neither injury is expected to be a long-term concern.
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The center spent extra time working with teammates Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves between Tuesday's season-opening loss and Friday's win against Minnesota.
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Doncic has his highest-scoring game as a Laker and becomes the fourth player in NBA history to begin a season with back-to-back 40-point performances, leading the Lakers...
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The reserve center, who played 14 minutes in the season-opening loss to Golden State on Tuesday, was ruled out for Friday's playoff rematch with Minnesota because of...
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The reserve center, who played 14 minutes in the season-opening loss to Golden State on Tuesday, was ruled out for Friday's playoff rematch with Minnesota because of...
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While the first-round series did not go their way, what stands out to Coach JJ Redick is how hard his team played last spring – and how this year's roster needs to...
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The Lakers had assorted issues in their season-opening loss to the Warriors, but they left Wednesday's film session more encouraged than discouraged, with Coach JJ...
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JJ Redick and the Lakers have a long list of areas where they fell short against Golden State in the season opener.
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Doncic falls one assist short of a triple-double, but Jimmy Butler scores 31 points, Steph Curry adds 23 and Golden State makes 17 3-pointers to hand the LeBron-less...
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News of the big man's injury comes on the day of the team's season opener against the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena.
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Can additions like Deandre Ayton, Marcus Smart and Jake LaRavia help the Lakers make more noise in the postseason in a crowded Western Conference?
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Doncic, who signed a three-year, $165 million contract extension this summer, enters his first full season with the Lakers holistically refreshed with the team...
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The 25-year-old center says, "Getting that connection and chemistry with Luka would be awesome." Slovenia is coming off a quarterfinal finish in EuroBasket...
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The Lakers, who open the season Tuesday vs. Golden State, are adjusting to being without LeBron James, which affects the starting rotation, defense and more.
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The Lakers start Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura, Deandre Ayton and Gabe Vincent in a preview of how they figure to line up without an injury LeBron James in...
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