The Los Angeles Lakers’ schedule has entered a tough stretch, beginning with Thursday night’s matchup with the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena. If the Lakers want to be taken seriously as contenders then they need to beat some quality teams during this stretch, but that didn’t happen in this one as they battled but came up short in a 120-113 loss.
Luka Doncic has caught a ton of flak this year for constantly complaining to the referees every game. It’s gotten to a point where many believe that it’s affecting the way the Los Angeles Lakers’ games are called, and not in a good way.
A game of runs came down to the final minute between the Lakers and Nuggets with Denver edging out a 120-113 win. Trailing by three in the final 90 seconds of the game, Marcus Smart missed a pair of open threes.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
Deandre Ayton has played a key role for the Los Angeles Lakers in his first season with the team. The 7-foot center signed with the Lakers in the offseason after being waived by the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced that center Deandre Ayton was ruled out of Thursday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets due to a knee injury. Ayton played five minutes to begin the game, going scoreless with two rebounds.
The Los Angeles Lakers traveled to Denver on Thursday night looking to secure their fourth consecutive win as they continued pushing for improved positioning in the Western Conference standings.
Luka Doncic certainly made his head coach look bad on Thursday night. Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers faced off on Thursday against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena in Denver, Colo.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has set a number of records during his 23-year NBA career with the most notable being the scoring record. He passed another Lakers legend in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer in 2022 and has added on to his total ever since.
Luka Doncic has been part of some iconic and controversial moments in the NBA. One of them was surely his blockbuster trade to the Los Angeles Lakers. Fans have replayed another moment over and over.
If Dallas Mavericks star rookie Cooper Flagg's NBA debut season wasn't historic already, it just secured its place as one of the best ever on Thursday night.
Well, this was unexpected. During Thursday’s episode of The Herd, Fox Sports host Colin Cowherd referenced comments I made last week about the possibility of LeBron James returning to the Cavaliers for a third (and final) run.
The Los Angeles Lakers grabbed their third straight win after squeezing past the lowly New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. However, it came at a cost
The Los Angeles Lakers brought center Jaxson Hayes back into the mix as a free agent this offseason, returning him to a much more familiar backup role.
The Los Angeles Lakers have plenty of star power, with Luka Doncic orchestrating the offense, LeBron James continuing to produce deep into his career and Austin Reaves becoming a rising star.
JJ Redick and Luka Doncic recently grabbed people’s attention after a video of a tense interaction between the two key Los Angeles Lakers figures went viral.