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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 -
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The Lakers have a villain, and he is a 21-year-old point guard for the Denver Nuggets. For the second time in a row that the Lakers have played in Denver, Jamal Murray...
March 9, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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As of Friday morning, LeBron James hadn't seen any of the billboards raised Wednesday by a Lakers fan hoping he will choose to play for L.A. next season. He'd seen...
March 9, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Lakers coach Luke Walton believes in positionless basketball, which doesn't mean exactly what the word would suggest. There are still designated positions among the five...
March 8, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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The NBA said the wrong decision was made in the final minute of the Lakers' game against the Orlando Magic. The Magic should have retained possession in the game's final...
March 8, 2018 at 3:50 PM -
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Hi, this is Tania Ganguli, Lakers beat writer for the L.A. Times, here with your weekly newsletter. As always, send along any questions you might have that you'd like...
March 8, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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Luke Walton wanted to make sure that Monday night's loss to the Portland Trail Blazers didn't turn into a losing streak. It didn't. But just barely. Here are five...
March 8, 2018 at 7:50 AM -
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First there were three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, in the Oscar-winning movie. Then there were three in Cleveland, planted by an interloper hoping to lure...
March 7, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Watching the film of the last time his team faced the bottom dwelling Orlando Magic made Luke Walton angry and frustrated. They lost by 22 points and at one point...
March 7, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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There is little shame in losing to the Portland Trail Blazers. They have lately been playing like one of the Western Conference's best teams, and they have closers on...
March 6, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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This season's Lakers are the kind of team that is prone to do things that haven't been done by the franchise in years. So, even though they were playing the third-place...
March 6, 2018 at 7:50 AM -
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It's the Monday night after the Oscars. The home team ranks in the bottom third of the league. It has no All-Stars. It has virtually no playoff hopes. Yet, Staples...
March 5, 2018 at 11:50 PM -
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The winning streak began when Lonzo Ball returned to the Lakers' lineup, and it ended Monday night under a downpour of three-pointers from Damian Lillard, an All-Star...
March 5, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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At first Josh Hart played coy. "I don't even know; I wish I did," he said when asked which player he collided with to fracture his hand last week. Someone asked if he'd...
March 5, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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Lakers forward Brandon Ingram will miss about a week with a left groin strain, an MRI revealed. The Lakers will evaluate Ingram in about a week. That means he will...
March 5, 2018 at 1:50 PM -
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Right at the trade deadline, Isaiah Thomas was traded to a team that was below .500 by double digits. It was a young team nobody expected to good just yet. A young team...
March 4, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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This one looked like a loss from pregame all the way until midway through the fourth quarter. We don't want to overstate things too much because the Spurs were missing...
March 4, 2018 at 10:50 AM -
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Lonzo Ball sat on the ground as his fifth three-point basket rattled around in the rim and bounced up a few inches. He jumped up and started to run back on defense as...
March 3, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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Brandon Ingram sat out Saturday's game against the San Antonio Spurs because of a left hip flexor injury. The severity of Ingram's injury wasn't known, but the Lakers'...
March 3, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Standing in front of the locker next to Lonzo Ball's on Thursday night, Julius Randle marveled at the way his rookie point guard had been playing since returning from a...
March 2, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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At shootaround Thursday morning, Isaiah Thomas was asked about the "South Beach flu," a euphemism for players having a little too much fun the night before playing in...
March 2, 2018 at 1:50 PM -
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Wednesday night at a steakhouse in Miami Beach, Lonzo Ball offered to help his fellow rookie Josh Hart with a complicated task. Hart broke his hand in practice earlier...
March 1, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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For the first time in 10 years, the Lakers won a game in Miami. After three days in the city whose nightlife wears out many an NBA team, the Lakers beat the Heat...
March 1, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Hi this is Tania Ganguli, Lakers beat writer for the L.A. Times, here with your weekly Lakers newsletter. I write to you from a patio in South Beach on our third and...
March 1, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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Lakers rookie Josh Hart returned to Los Angeles on Wednesday after breaking his left hand during practice. Hart had X-rays in Miami that confirmed a fracture on his...
February 28, 2018 at 4:50 PM -
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The Lakers have agreed to a contract buyout with veteran wing player Corey Brewer. "I just want to play basketball," Brewer told The Times while boarding his flight to...
February 28, 2018 at 9:50 AM -
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When Ivica Zubac played in Europe, some of his American teammates spoke wistfully about what fun they had in college. It's not an experience that was ever there for...
February 27, 2018 at 4:50 PM -
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The last time the Lakers had nine players score in double figures, it was also their 26th win of the season, but it came in January. They only had six losses at that...
February 27, 2018 at 9:50 AM -
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Lonzo Ball made a three-point basket and trotted back down the court as the rapper Quavo, from the group Migos, reached out to congratulate him. Ball's celebrity is such...
February 26, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Three Lakers notched double-doubles and Brandon Ingram scored 15 of his 21 points in the third quarter as L.A. routed the Atlanta Hawks, 123-104, on Monday night. With...
February 26, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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All Julius Randle could think about was the one thing that hadn't gone his way during the game. So Saturday night, after he notched a double double in the Lakers'...
February 25, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope didn't know how close he was to breaking some three-point records and joining elite company. He just knew that it felt so good to be hitting...
February 24, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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In the three games heading into the All-Star break, the Lakers allowed 129.3 points a game. Their challenge through the end of the season will be returning to and...
February 24, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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One of the first people to text Isaiah Thomas after he got traded to the Lakers was Kobe Bryant. "I like you better in LA anyway," Bryant said, according to Thomas'...
February 24, 2018 at 8:50 AM -
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The night that Lonzo Ball returned to the Lakers lineup, Julius Randle stole the show. Randle notched his fifth career triple-double with 18 points, 12 rebounds and 10...
February 23, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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Bill Plaschke's article after the All-Star game implies that LeBron James would be a fool to pass up living in Los Angeles, the greatest city in the world. Athletes...
February 23, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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Often vocal about his belief that college basketball players should be paid, Kyle Kuzma took a step back on Friday and let Lakers teammate Lonzo Ball make the point for...
February 23, 2018 at 1:50 PM -
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Hi this is Tania Ganguli, Lakers beat writer for the L.A. Times, here with your weekly newsletter. Well, it's become semi-weekly in the past few, but with the All-Star...
February 23, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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Isaiah Thomas had only been a Laker for three days, and had just completed his first road trip with his new team, when he received a text message. Lonzo Ball had a...
February 22, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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Kobe spent the weekend working out at the Lakers' practice facility in El Segundo. But don't start pulling Bryant's retired jersey down from the Staples Center rafters...
February 19, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Remember this, LeBron. Remember how you celebrated the sound of the buzzer by sticking out your arms, screaming from your gut, running across the floor, leaping into...
February 18, 2018 at 11:50 PM -
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All-Star media day had an audience this year and as Paul George shared his thoughts on the myriad questions posed to him, the fans a few hundred feet away, likely Lakers...
February 17, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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Recording artist Quavo of Migos scored 19 points to lead Team Clippers to a 75-66 victory over Team Lakers on Friday evening at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Quavo...
February 16, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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As players left the court, their plans for the next few days were already on their minds, some checked in with each other on what foreign countries awaited them, others...
February 15, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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Brandon Ingram will gladly give his minutes Friday night to teammate Kyle Kuzma. "Kuz can have it all," Ingram said with a laugh. "He's going to want to shoot it all...
February 15, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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The last time Lakers coach Luke Walton was ejected from a game, like he was Wednesday night, it also was against a team that employed DeMarcus Cousins. This time...
February 15, 2018 at 7:50 AM -
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The Celtics haven't created this much drama for the Lakers in years. Late in the first quarter of the Lakers' 139-117 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, a verbal exchange...
February 14, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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Lonzo Ball expects to play on Feb. 23 during the Lakers' first game after the All-Star break. "I practiced yesterday in full, but it's at a point where I can play but it...
February 14, 2018 at 2:50 PM -
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Lonzo Ball will not play for the Lakers until after the All-Star break, Lakers coach Luke Walton said Tuesday. That means Ball will miss about six weeks with a sprained...
February 13, 2018 at 3:50 PM -
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The road back for rookie point guard Lonzo Ball has been clearly defined and incredibly vague. "When he feels better, he'll play," is how people like coach Luke Walton...
February 12, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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Hi, this is Tania Ganguli, Lakers beat writer for the Los Angeles Times, with your Lakers newsletter. Thanks to all of you who sent me questions last week, please keep...
February 12, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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Julius Randle will never get used to it. That part of NBA life that means one day you'll show up to work and a man who's become your friend, your brother, isn't there...
February 11, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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The Lakers had an opportunity to extend their winning streak to five games on Saturday, but they slipped into old habits defensively and missed out on that chance. There...
February 11, 2018 at 10:50 AM -
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Austin Rivers had gone down in a heap, the pain registering on his face because his injured right ankle throbbed to the degree that he had to be carried off the Staples...
February 10, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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The smallest guy on the court crossed over Dallas rookie Kyle Collinsworth, rose slightly off the court and sank a three-pointer. Then the tallest guy on the court ran...
February 10, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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The Lakers' Nowhere Man plays games nobody sees, on a court that doesn't exist, in a world nobody understands. Before every Lakers game at Staples Center this season...
February 10, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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Larry Nance Jr. designed the ring himself this summer with the help of a friend in Cleveland, then he proposed on the balcony of the Redondo Beach apartment he shared...
February 9, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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Here's what we learned in the Lakers' 106-81 win Thursday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder: This team is hot Trading two key rotation players probably would've...
February 9, 2018 at 7:50 AM -
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When the Lakers first took the court at Staples Center this season, any reasonable expectations for the team had to be fairly muted. It was, after all, a young...
February 8, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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In their first conversation with Isaiah Thomas, Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka heard excitement on the other end of the phone. "We can't wait to get him here," said...
February 8, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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It looked like the Lakers were going to punt. Instead, they ran a Philly Special. On fourth down at trade deadline Thursday, it appeared the Lakers were going to stand...
February 8, 2018 at 2:50 PM -
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Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka put his hands around president of basketball operations Magic Johnson's shoulders as the two sauntered across the Lakers' practice...
February 8, 2018 at 9:50 AM -
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As of Wednesday morning, Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball had not yet tested his knee laterally during workouts, and was hoping to do so later in the day. Ball also said he...
February 7, 2018 at 3:50 PM -
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Here's what we learned from the Lakers' 112-93 win over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday at Staples Center. The Lakers have figured some things out Tuesday's win was the...
February 7, 2018 at 7:50 AM -
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This, with little fear of hyperbole, is the best Julius Randle has played as a professional. And it's coming at a crucial time, one in which his future with the...
February 6, 2018 at 10:50 PM -
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The NBA has fined the Lakers $50,000 for tampering as a result of public comments made by Magic Johnson about Milwaukee Bucks' star Giannis Antetokounmpo. In an...
February 6, 2018 at 12:50 PM -
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After hitting rock bottom two years ago, the Lakers are now in their second year of dramatic improvement. That might not have seemed true during their nine-game losing...
February 5, 2018 at 8:50 PM -
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The Lakers might have started smiling and laughing a little too early in Sunday afternoon's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, but they quickly recovered and...
February 5, 2018 at 10:50 AM -
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There was no indication Lonzo Ball would be able to practice on Monday as of Sunday afternoon, when coach Luke Walton addressed reporters before the Lakers played the...
February 4, 2018 at 5:50 PM -
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Brandon Ingram raised a long, skinny arm as Carmelo Anthony rose to shoot the basketball. Ingram met the ball at the release point, grabbed it and threw it ahead to...
February 4, 2018 at 2:50 PM -
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Luke Walton wasn't going to hand over this responsibility without knowing the person to whom he was giving it wanted to take it. So he asked Brandon Ingram. "We needed...
February 3, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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The road trip is almost over and the Lakers will return to Los Angeles with at least two wins. On Friday night they beat the Brooklyn Nets, and Brook Lopez got a little...
February 3, 2018 at 10:50 AM -
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Larry Nance Jr. chose his wardrobe with a purpose Friday. He wore a black shirt with a screen-printed image that depicted his father in the 1984 dunk contest — the...
February 2, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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Brook Lopez already had one dessert in his locker after the game — a Nutella calzone from a shop down the street from the Barclays Center. Then a Nets employee...
February 2, 2018 at 7:50 PM -
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About 15 hours removed from a game that frustrated him so much he put a towel over his head to hide his emotions while sitting on the bench, Brook Lopez had adjusted his...
February 1, 2018 at 6:50 PM -
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Lonzo Ball will miss the rest of the Lakers' road trip because of his sprained medial collateral ligament, Lakers coach Luke Walton said after Thursday morning's...
February 1, 2018 at 1:50 PM -
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Hi this is Tania Ganguli, Lakers beat writer for the Los Angeles Times here with your weekly newsletter. Before we get to the meat of the newsletter, I need your help...
February 1, 2018 at 11:50 AM -
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It had been a while since the Lakers suffered a lackluster loss to a team that is objectively worse than them. Over the last couple of weeks it seemed as if the Lakers...
February 1, 2018 at 9:50 AM -
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With a three-point barrage in the third quarter, the Orlando Magic felled a lifeless Lakers team on Wednesday. They were each their own little daggers and they fell...
January 31, 2018 at 9:50 PM -
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Things were getting worse and worse for the Lakers, and all Brook Lopez could do was watch from the bench. He looked on, sullenly, as the Magic stole the ball and...
January 31, 2018 at 6:50 PM