Lakers to let Jordan Hill disabled player exception expire
If the Lakers are still looking to sign a player, they have $1.59 million of their mid-level exception remaining. They can also sign a free agent for a minimum salary or a 10-day contract. Given their $100-million payroll (almost $130 million with The Lakers are in the playoff picture thanks to a win over the [...]
Read MoreLakers 8th in West; Heat Win 18th Straight
"I guess our brand-new arena wasn't enough and I'm like, 'Forget you and the Lakers too,' " sang a cartoon image of Jameer Nelson, his head tilting and rolling from side to side. "Although there's pain in my chest, I still the wish you the best…forget "I guess our brand-new arena wasn't enough and I'm [...]
Read MoreKobe Bryant carries Lakers down stretch to top Raptors
Second-year point guard Morris will join the Lakers' D-League affiliate for the first time this season after falling out of the rotation. When both Steve Nash and Steve Blake were injured, Morris platooned with Chris Duhon, starting 17 games for the The Lakers (32-31) beat Toronto, 118-116, at Staples Center on Friday night, thanks primarily [...]
Read MoreOklahoma City Thunder closes out Lakers in 5; is LA's championship window closed?
Eight people were shot in Bricktown in Oklahoma City, Okla., Monday night as large crowds were leaving the playoff game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder, police said.Police have arrested As he sat up on a lectern in Oklahoma City on Monday night, eight wins from coaching Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook [...]
Read MoreKobe Bryant adamant that Lakers are staying put
An optimist might look at the Lakers-Thunder series and come away thinking about how close Los Angeles is to championship contention. The middle three games of Oklahoma City's five-game win in the Western Conference Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant celebrates during a timeout in the fourth quarter of Game 5 against the Los Angeles [...]
Read MoreThunder give their best Lakers impression in semifinal win
Kevin Durant walked from the bench down the sideline to share a handshake with the defeated Lakers coach, Mike Brown, as time was still running out. Daequan Cook stopped on his way to the locker room to sign a ticket stub for a fan, an uncommon act of Kobe Bryant's 42 points just weren't enough [...]
Read MoreCeltics Surge to Grab Hold of Second Half and Series
BOSTON — Celtics second-year shooting guard Avery Bradley will miss Monday's Game 5 due to shoulder issues, which will force Ray Allen back into the starting lineup for a pivotal battle with the Philadelphia 76ers in the teams' Eastern Conference No offense to the Pacers and Sixers, but exactly nobody outside of your respective fan [...]
Read MoreLakers need big changes
By AP OKLAHOMA CITY – Russell Westbrook scored 28 points, Kevin Durant added 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder surged ahead in the second half to beat Los Angeles, 106-90, in Game 5 on Monday night and eliminate the Lakers from What they were saying after the Thunder's Game 5 victory [...]
Read MoreLakers blaming one another after Game 4 loss to Thunder
Kobe Bryant didn't miss on 18 free throws and scored 14 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied late for a 99-96 victory over Oklahoma City in Game 3 on Friday night, cutting the Thunder's second-round series lead to LOS ANGELES – The Lakers and Thunder, after playing [...]
Read MoreRole Reversal for Fisher in Trying to End Lakers' Playoff Run
The Lakers forward sees his charity work with UNICEF and children's hospitals as a different way to fulfill the dreams instilled in him by his medically minded Spanish family. Gasol won the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award on Friday for his By GREG BEACHAM AP LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant's perfection at the free-throw line [...]
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