News Category: Los Angeles Lakers

Pacers welcome Lakers for rematch of 150-145 game

Five days after the Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers delivered nearly 300 points in a regulation game, there is expected to be offense aplenty once again when the rematch goes down Friday in Indianapolis. The Lakers (41-32) earned a 150-145 victory over the visiting Pacers on Sunday behind 36 points and 16 rebounds from Anthony Davis. Four Lakers starters scored at least 25 points, with LeBron James contributing 26 points and 10 assists. The

After stunning comeback, Lakers finish back-to-back at Memphis

An eventful week for the red-hot Los Angeles Lakers continues when they travel to face the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. Two nights after posting the franchise’s highest point total since 1987 in a 150-145 win over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, Los Angeles rallied from a 19-point, fourth-quarter deficit to stun the host Milwaukee Bucks 128-124 in double overtime on Tuesday for their fourth straight victory. If the comeback weren’t impressive enough, the Lakers (40-32)

Bucks put home winning streak on the line vs. Lakers

Home is where the victories are for the Milwaukee Bucks, who will take a six-game winning streak inside their own building into a matchup Tuesday with the visiting Los Angeles Lakers. The clash affords Milwaukee a chance to avenge a 123-122 defeat at Los Angeles earlier this month. The Bucks rallied for a six-point lead with just under two minutes remaining before falling under the weight of 44 points from the Lakers’ D’Angelo Russell on

Lakers may be without Anthony Davis, LeBron James vs. Hawks

Hoping to maintain their tenuous grip on one of the final play-in spots in the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers now face the prospect of playing the Atlanta Hawks on Monday at home without either of their top two players. Lakers forward Anthony Davis is being listed as questionable for Monday’s game with a corneal abrasion that knocked him out of Saturday’s 128-121 loss to the Golden State Warriors after one quarter. Fellow star

Lakers host Warriors as both cling to play-in status

The Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers will meet Saturday in Los Angeles with both looking to further secure their status as top-10 teams in the Western Conference. The Warriors (34-31) have dropped three of their last four games while sitting in 10th place and holding the conference’s final play-in tournament spot. The Lakers have split their last four games and sit one spot and one full game ahead of the Warriors in the

Kings bid for season sweep of Lakers

One week after the Kings put on an offensive show against the Los Angeles Lakers, they will seek to try it again when the teams meet Wednesday night, this time at Sacramento. The Lakers strutted out to an early 19-point lead last week before the Kings roared back in a dominating second quarter and scored 72 points by halftime. De’Aaron Fox ended up matching his career high with 44 points, and Domantas Sabonis added another

Missing major piece, Wolves try to bounce back vs. Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers did not win a playoff game Friday, it just felt that way and they will aim to take the same energy into yet another matchup with a top team, this one against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday. The Lakers fended off the Milwaukee Bucks 123-122 at home Friday without the services of LeBron James, who was experiencing soreness in a nagging left ankle injury. Stepping to the forefront was D’Angelo Russell,

Bucks, Lakers hoping to brush off bad losses

Eager to get back on track after seeing their winning streak come to an end, the Milwaukee Bucks take their four-game California road trip to Los Angeles on Friday to face the Lakers. Milwaukee won’t have to deal with LeBron James, who is sitting out with a left ankle injury. The Bucks finally have some cohesion under new head coach Doc Rivers, but a six-game win streak came crashing down Wednesday in a 125-90 setback