Kevin Durant was ruled out of Houston’s playoff opener against the Los Angeles Lakers with a bruised right knee about 90 minutes before tipoff
April 19, 2026
Kevin Durant is back in the playoffs after missing out last season
April 17, 2026
LeBron James and Bronny James seem likely to play postseason minutes together this month when the Los Angeles Lakers face the Houston Rockets in the first round
April 17, 2026
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Doncic and Detroit’s Cade Cunningham will be eligible for awards such as MVP and All-NBA this season despite falling short of the 65-game minimum
April 16, 2026
LeBron James probably thought he was done playing this particular role
April 14, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick downplayed his mid-game shouting match with Jarred Vanderbilt during their loss to Oklahoma City
April 08, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick says he just wants to move on after the Dallas Mavericks contradicted his contention that their medical staff incorrectly conducted an MRI on Austin Reaves last weekend
April 08, 2026
Cooper Flagg scored 45 points and the Dallas Mavericks ended their longest home losing streak in 32 years at 14 games with a 134-128 victory over the depleted Los Angeles Lakers
April 06, 2026
Austin Reaves will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers’ regular season with a Grade 2 oblique muscle injury
April 05, 2026
Luka Doncic will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers’ regular season with a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring, the team says
April 04, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic injured his left hamstring in a loss to Oklahoma City and coach JJ Redick said the league’s scoring leader will have an MRI on Friday
April 03, 2026
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Los Angeles Lakers 139-96 in a game in which NBA leading scorer Luka Doncic left due to injury
April 03, 2026
Luka Doncic doesn’t need an excuse to pile on points, so when Chicago guard Matas Buzelis started jawing with him Thursday night, it became the fuel for his first 50-point game with the Los Angeles Lakers
March 13, 2026
Luka Doncic had 51 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists, LeBron James had 18 points in his return after missing three games because of injuries, and the Los Angeles Lakers used a strong third quarter to defeat the Chicago Bulls 142-130 on Thursday night
March 13, 2026
Luka Doncic scored 44 points in the first three quarters of the Los Angeles Lakers' 128-117 victory over the Indiana Pacers without LeBron James
March 07, 2026
LeBron James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record for career field goals in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 120-113 loss to Denver on Thursday night, with the Nuggets getting 28 points each from All-Stars Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic
March 06, 2026
LeBron James has become the NBA’s leader in career field goals
March 06, 2026
Luka Doncic had 27 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, LeBron James added 21 points and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied past the New Orleans Pelicans 110-101 for their third straight victory
March 04, 2026
Luka Doncic had 26 points, eight assists and six rebounds, LeBron James added 22 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers ran away from the short-handed Golden State Warriors for a 129-101 win
March 01, 2026
When Luka Doncic had the ball in his hands with a chance to win the game for the Los Angeles Lakers, the Slovenian scoring machine passed
February 25, 2026
Wendell Carter Jr. made a go-ahead putback with 6.7 seconds to play, Paolo Banchero scored 36 points and the Orlando Magic finished a strong West Coast trip with a 110-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers
February 25, 2026
Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra are on opposite sides over one oddly persistent issue in the NBA: what coaches wear on the sideline
February 25, 2026
LeBron James still hasn’t decided whether his unprecedented 23rd NBA season will be his last
February 15, 2026
LeBron James became the oldest player in NBA history to have a triple-double, accomplishing the feat for the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night against the Dallas Mavericks
February 13, 2026
Victor Wembanyama scored 37 of his season high-tying 40 points in the first half and the San Antonio Spurs beat the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 136-108 for their fifth straight victory
February 11, 2026
LeBron James will sit out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the San Antonio Spurs due to left foot arthritis
February 10, 2026
Luka Doncic is day-to-day for the Los Angeles Lakers because of a mild hamstring strain, putting his availability for the All-Star Game next weekend in question, while Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is trending toward missing that contest and the games leading up to it because of a knee injury
February 08, 2026
NBA scoring leader Luka Doncic left the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against Philadelphia with a leg injury
February 06, 2026
The Atlanta Hawks have acquired point guard Gabe Vincent and a 2032 second-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Lakers for shooting guard Luke Kennard
February 05, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes has received a one-game suspension for pushing the Washington Wizards’ mascot before a game last week
February 04, 2026
LeBron James is an All-Star again, marking his 22nd consecutive selection
February 01, 2026
OG Anunoby scored 25 points, Landry Shamet added 23 and the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-100 on Sunday night to spoil LeBron James’ 32nd game at Madison Square Garden
February 02, 2026
Luka Doncic’s latest triple-double came before the first half even ended
January 31, 2026
Caitlin Clark is joining NBC's pregame coverage for “Sunday Night Basketball.”
January 27, 2026
LeBron James doesn’t know if Wednesday night will end up being his last trip to Cleveland as a player
January 29, 2026
Donovan Mitchell scored 25 points, Jaylon Tyson had 20 and the Cleveland Cavaliers used a big third quarter to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 129-99 and spoil LeBron James’ return to Northeast Ohio
January 29, 2026
Luka Doncic walked toward the wrong locker room at halftime before a quick U-turn by the Los Angeles Lakers star in his second trip to Dallas
January 25, 2026
Luka Doncic had 33 points and 11 assists, and the Lakers erased a 15-point deficit in the final seven minutes of a 116-110 victory over the Mavericks in the star guard’s second visit to Dallas since his shocking trade to Los Angeles almost a year ago
January 25, 2026
Luka Doncic had 25 points and seven assists, LeBron James added 24 points and seven assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers returned to form with a 110-93 victory over the Toronto Raptors
January 19, 2026
Giannis Antetokounmpo blocked a shot by LeBron James and stole the ball from him on consecutive possessions in the final minute, and the Milwaukee Bucks blew a fourth-quarter lead before rallying for a 105-101 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers
January 10, 2026
Keldon Johnson had 27 points, Victor Wembanyama added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame 38 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists from Luka Doncic to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 107-91 on Wednesday night
January 08, 2026
LeBron James scored 30 points, Luca Doncic capped his 30-point, 10-assist performance with a pair of off-balance, bail-out 3s as the shot clock wound down, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the reeling New Orleans Pelicans 111-103
January 07, 2026
Luka Doncic and LeBron James topped 30 points each in the same game for the first time this season as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied for a 128-121 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies
January 03, 2026
LeBron James scored 17 points on his 41st birthday, but Cade Cunningham had 27 points and 11 assists while leading the Detroit Pistons to a 128-106 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers
December 31, 2025
Austin Reaves could miss at least a month with a strained left calf, a damaging blow for the struggling Los Angeles Lakers
December 27, 2025
Luka Doncic suffered an injury and didn't return after halftime of the Lakers' game against the Clippers
December 21, 2025
LeBron James made two free throws with 3.9 seconds left, Luka Doncic added 29 points and the Los Angeles Lakers recovered from blowing a 20-point lead in the fourth quarter to top the Phoenix Suns 116-114 on Sunday night
December 15, 2025
LeBron James has thrilled fans with a vintage performance against the Philadelphia 76ers
December 08, 2025
LeBron James hit a late go-ahead 3-pointer and scored 29 points, Luka Doncic had a triple-double and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-108 on Sunday night
December 08, 2025
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