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Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James has been unanimously selected to a record 12th All-NBA first team, surpassing the 11 times former Lakers star Kobe Bryant and...
May 24, 2018 at 12:50 PM -
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Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma has been selected to the NBA All-Rookie first team while teammate Lonzo Ball is a second-team choice. Other first-team selections include...
May 22, 2018 at 1:50 PM -
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Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka told The Times on Friday that the Lakers' front office is constantly in touch with Julius Randle's representatives, and there has been...
May 20, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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As the Lakers head into a potentially franchise-changing offseason, their front office is keeping its options fully open. While they like their young core and would...
May 18, 2018 at 3:50 PM -
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The Lakers announced plans for a second summer league appearance and six preseason games on Monday. In addition to Las Vegas Summer League, in which all 30 NBA teams...
May 14, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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Chimezie Metu became a Lakers fan in the time of Shaq and Kobe, not Magic. But, growing up in Lawndale, like any kid he heard about the legend of Showtime. And a couple...
May 9, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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By the end of last season, the young Lakers had improved dramatically on defense. They were 12th in the league in defensive rating (105.6) and held teams to 45.6%...
May 7, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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The action is bonkers, the drama is breathtaking, the nightly spectacle is the most magical stretch in sports. It's the King versus mortality, the Beard versus doubt...
April 19, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Hi, this is Tania Ganguli, here with the last Lakers newsletter for the 2017-18 season. On the first day of the NBA playoffs, Josh Hart posted something on Twitter that...
April 19, 2018 at 7:50 AM -
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No habrá pánico en la oficina de los Lakers este verano, ni urgencia para forzar que las cosas sucedan, tampoco invertirán solamente por invertir...
April 14, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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There will be no panic in the Lakers' front office this summer, no urgency to force something to happen, no wasteful spending just for the sake of spending. That message...
April 13, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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Magic Johnson famously looked up to retired numbers on the wall of the Lakers' practice facility last summer and loudly saved a space for the NBA's most celebrated...
April 12, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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When they talked about the prospect of their team adding superstar free agents to push their roster to the level of one that could contend for a championship, the...
April 12, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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There were no balloons. That's the first thing you noticed outside Staples Center on Wednesday afternoon, shortly before the NBA ended early in Los Angeles for the first...
April 11, 2018 at 11:50 PM -
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's job takes him away from his family often. So in December, when a judge's order kept him away from his family on the days he wasn't with the...
April 11, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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Andre Ingram's story captivated the sports world on Tuesday night, including one former Laker who unwittingly shared time in the Lakers facility with him. Kobe Bryant...
April 11, 2018 at 10:50 AM -
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The Western Conference playoff race has the eye of the rest of the league, including Lakers coach Luke Walton, a former Golden State assistant, who thinks there is more...
April 10, 2018 at 11:50 PM -
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Staples Center stirred in anticipation as a thin 32-year-old rookie with taught cheek bones and gray speckled hair walked over to the scorer's table to check in. The...
April 10, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong is in the final stages of completing a deal to become a major stakeholder in D.C. United, according to a source close to the negotiations...
April 10, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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With two games remaining the Lakers called in a reinforcement, a gray-haired developmental league veteran who has waited a long time for a chance to play in the NBA...
April 9, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Two games remain in the Lakers' schedule, both against teams for whom neither game has any consequence. The Houston Rockets have already clinched homecourt throughout...
April 9, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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Lakers coach Luke Walton still isn't ready to rule out Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram for the final two games of the season. Ball missed Sunday's game because of a...
April 8, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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Pride is all the Clippers have left to play for in their last two games. Their chase for a playoff spot was halted Saturday afternoon when the Denver Nuggets eliminated...
April 8, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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There is certainly a market in the NBA for the type of player labeled as the "three-and-D player," but Josh Hart doesn't see himself like that. "I think I do a lot more...
April 8, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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The Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs in overtime last week, but they could have had that win in regulation if Josh Hart made a layup, albeit a tough one, as the clock...
April 7, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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Isaiah Thomas approached, using one crutch to help him walk, a little over a week after having arthroscopic hip surgery. He only fixed this injury on March 28 of this...
April 6, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Kyle Kuzma had already been playing big minutes on a sprained right ankle. On Friday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves, he sprained his left ankle. Though he...
April 6, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Channing Frye has one order from his head coach. No more dunking. "You could tell by the windup he had no chance of making that," Lakers coach Luke Walton said Wednesday...
April 5, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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Kyle Kuzma found a Nick Van Exel jersey at a vintage shop. "I saw it and I was like, I've got to get it," he said. "So came in with it. Hear people like it." He wore it...
April 5, 2018 at 2:50 PM -
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Isaiah Thomas returned to Los Angeles on Tuesday night from New York where he had surgery on his right hip on March 29. Before the Lakers played the Utah Jazz, he...
April 4, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Kyle Kuzma just needed a moment. After Danny Green fouled him, he lay on the ground, having played 43 minutes in the game, during a month in which he has averaged more...
April 4, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Most teams at this point in the season are playing for something, whether it's playoff position or draft lottery odds. The Lakers don't have either concern, with their...
April 4, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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The Lakers aren't sure if Lonzo Ball will play again this season because of a painful bruise in his left knee. But if he's fully healthy with even one or two games left...
April 3, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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Coming back to Utah will always feel a little bit like coming home for Kyle Kuzma. While he gets a positive reception nearly anywhere he plays, it felt a little warmer...
April 3, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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Lonzo Ball will be out for Tuesday's game in Utah and is likely to miss Wednesday's home game against the Spurs due to a bruise in his left knee. After the back-to-back...
April 3, 2018 at 1:50 PM -
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When Alex Caruso thinks back on the past year of his life, he appreciates the journey he's taken. "To see how far I've come in a year has just been really special,"...
April 2, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Only six games remain in the Lakers schedule, and while this has been a season during which the Lakers have made a great deal of progress, the final week and a half...
April 2, 2018 at 3:50 PM -
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No excuses emerged from the Lakers' locker room Sunday night after they fell to the bottom-dwelling Sacramento Kings. Just disappointment. "If you have a chance to take...
April 1, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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Lakers forward Brandon Ingram, who left Friday night's game against Milwaukee because of a neck injury, has been placed in the NBA's concussion protocol after he was...
March 31, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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As Julius Randle barreled up the Staples Center court Friday night in the final seconds of the Lakers' overtime loss to Milwaukee, coach Luke Walton had to make a...
March 31, 2018 at 2:50 PM -
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Here are three things to take away from the Lakers' 124-122 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night at Staples Center: 1. Close but not close enough Moral victories...
March 31, 2018 at 10:50 AM -
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The Lakers had a Friday night in their home city waiting for them, a 20-point deficit in the second half to the playoff-bound Milwaukee Bucks the only thing standing...
March 30, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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With only seven games left after Friday's contest with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Lakers and Luke Walton know that their goals for the end of the season have to be...
March 30, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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Josh Hart has a plan for his return to the court. "I want to tie Kobe Bryant's 40-point stretch when he had it," Hart said, jokingly. "What was it, eight 40-point games...
March 29, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Hi, this is Tania Ganguli, Lakers beat writer for the L.A. Times, here with your Lakers newsletter. The Lakers are in the final stretch of the season and will do most of...
March 29, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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It had been nearly four full weeks since Brandon Ingram played in a real game, and he was eager for every opportunity he had Wednesday night. That was to his detriment...
March 28, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Lakers guard Isaiah Thomas will undergo arthroscopic hip surgery on Thursday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The surgery ends Thomas' season with the...
March 28, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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Kyle Kuzma might be one of the younger players in the Lakers' locker room, but he hasn't been shy about using social media as a platform to discuss social issues others...
March 27, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Isaiah Thomas was not with the Lakers during their game Monday night, leaving for New York to evaluate treatment options for his injured hip. Thomas began feeling...
March 26, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Kyle Kuzma sat at his locker with an ice machine strapped around his left ankle, which he sprained prior to this nine-day road trip. Next to him was Lonzo Ball, who had...
March 26, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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When Brook Lopez needs an escape, the animal kingdom provides it. Not the theme park at his beloved Disneyland. Instead, Lopez found himself drawn to a tiny raised image...
March 25, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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Most of his teammates have at least one tattoo, his best friend on the team, Kyle Kuzma, is covered in them and his head coach Luke Walton has several. But Lonzo Ball...
March 25, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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The Lakers got their first win of the road trip in Memphis on Saturday night, and they have one more stop before heading home. The Grizzlies might be the worst team in...
March 25, 2018 at 10:50 AM -
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Kyle Kuzma went on a 7-0 run by himself in the fourth quarter that gave the Lakers their first lead since the first play of the game. The Grizzlies still made the Lakers...
March 24, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Since the All-Star Break, the Lakers have played four games with Brandon Ingram and 14 without him. There have been some significant statistical gaps in that time...
March 23, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Before the Lakers' game Thursday in New Orleans, Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said he thought all the concern about the Pelicans playing their third game in three days...
March 23, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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The Lakers are planning to sign Travis Wear for the rest of the season Friday, the day after his 10-day contract expires. Wear played on two 10-day contracts with the...
March 22, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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In the postgame locker room at the Smoothie King Center, Lonzo Ball sat before his locker, reliving what had just happened. It was noted to Ball that there was a point...
March 22, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Hi, this is Tania Ganguli, Lakers beat writer for the L.A. Times, here with your weekly Lakers newsletter. The finish line for the season is approaching. The Lakers have...
March 22, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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Kenzo Caldwell-Pope will be six years old in May and now that he's taken a liking to bowling, it's offered his dad more chances to sneak away for his hobby without...
March 21, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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As Isaiah Thomas answered fan questions on Twitter on Sunday, many of the messages led to reciprocal positivity. Lakers fans were telling him they wanted him to stay a...
March 20, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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You might recall that the last time the Lakers played the Indiana Pacers, they set a dubious record. Their two-for-14 free throw performance marked the worst free throw...
March 20, 2018 at 4:50 PM -
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Brandon Ingram watched the game from the bench in street clothes. Josh Hart watched from a television studio in El Segundo, where he was making a guest appearance...
March 19, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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When Lakers coach Luke Walton heard Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue was stepping away from the job to focus on his health, he could relate. "It's a stressful job,"...
March 19, 2018 at 2:50 PM -
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When the Indiana Pacers traded Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder last summer, a common opinion about what they got in return was: "That's it?" After months of...
March 18, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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Not once this season has a Laker smiled as brightly at the prospect of speaking to a gaggle of reporters as Brandon Ingram did Saturday morning. Ingram finally was...
March 17, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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Roles reversed on Friday in the Lakers' rematch with the Heat. The last time these teams met, the Lakers won, 131-113, in a milestone game for them. It was their 27th...
March 17, 2018 at 9:50 AM -
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Just after Julius Randle missed a hook shot with 23.4 seconds left in the game, Miami guard Goran Dragic raced back down the court for a 10-foot jumper that took away...
March 16, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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A player yelling at his teammates when he notices things they've done wrong might not be a recipe for harmony within a team, but in coach Luke Walton's estimation, it's...
March 16, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
From the Web › Los Angeles Times
Hi this is Tania Ganguli, Lakers beat writer for the L.A. Times, here with your weekly newsletter. We thought we'd get you this week's newsletter a little earlier in the...
March 16, 2018 at 7:50 AM -
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Luke Walton didn't flinch in explaining away Lonzo Ball's unsightly three-of-21 shooting from three-point range during the last three games. The rookie point guard "does...
March 15, 2018 at 2:50 PM -
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Kevin Durant scored 26 points and the injury-plagued Golden State Warriors pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 117-106 on Wednesday night...
March 14, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Rookie forward Kyle Kuzma tested his injured right ankle earlier in light shooting and movement Wednesday. He said, "It didn't necessarily feel the way I and the staff...
March 14, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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The best image to come out of Tuesday night was of Isaiah Thomas' expression when he realized he'd blown by Nuggets center Nikola Jokic for a layup. Thomas enjoyed...
March 14, 2018 at 9:50 AM -
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Nobody was foolish enough to challenge Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to a competition in the weight room, but Kentavious Caldwell-Pope did challenge sprinter Allyson Felix...
March 13, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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This time, Jamal Murray stood with his hands on his hips, silently, as the clock expired. In an arena full of hostile fans who booed and chanted his name derisively...
March 13, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Four days after Lakers coach Luke Walton called Jamal Murray's actions disrespectful, and Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma said they couldn't wait to see him again, Murray is...
March 13, 2018 at 1:50 PM -
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Kyle Kuzma laughed when asked what Lakers teammate Isaiah Thomas says to him on the court. "He yells at me a lot," Kuzma said, good-naturedly. "He's just a veteran. A...
March 12, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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As the Lakers tried to finish the Cleveland Cavaliers during the third quarter of Sunday night's game, Lakers coach Luke Walton pulled aside the player he loves to...
March 11, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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A su llegada a Los Ángeles para un par de juegos en el Staples Center, LeBron James todavía no había visto las vallas publicitarias que fueron...
March 10, 2018 at 12:50 PM