They won three and they lost three. So what was the verdict for the Lakers' season-long six-game road trip that ended with a 94-92 victory in Toronto on Sunday? "Could've been better, could've been worse," Lakers forward Pau Gasol said. The Lakers came into the trip 2-7 on the road, so going 3-3 is in that sense a major step forward. But at 5-10 on the road...

Four games ago, Blake Griffin changed up his routine at the stripe. Rather than catching the ball and shooting it–something you want to do in many situations, but not at the freethrow line–he now takes three rhythm dribbles.  Griffin has attempted 27 freebies since making the change.  He’s made 22 of them… about 81.5%.  It’s a pretty small sample...

Derek Fisher and Steve Blake simply aren't cutting it for the Lakers, and coach Mike Brown doesn't look ready to hand over the keys to Andrew Goudelock. That has led to the Lakers looking just about anywhere for an upgrade at point guard. The Lakers have been connected in reports with Aaron Brooks, who is has been playing in the Chinese Basketball Association, and Allen Iverson...

Rumor has it that the Los Angeles Lakers are interested in signing free-agent point guard, Gilbert Arenas. The Lakers could definitely use an upgrade at point guard over Steve Blake and Derek Fisher, especially after the two got burned by Jeremy Lin last night. Actually, the whole season, they have been getting pummeled by opposing teams’ point guards. They are younger, more...

Rumor has it that the Los Angeles Lakers are interested in signing free-agent point guard, Gilbert Arenas. The Lakers could definitely use an upgrade at point guard over Steve Blake and Derek Fisher, especially after the two got burned by Jeremy Lin last night.Actually, the whole season, they have been getting pummeled by opposing teams' point guards. They are younger, more mobile...

Getty Images | Stephen DunnThe Lakers and the Celtics may be rivals. They may hate each other for as long as the NBA has existed, to eons into the future. This season, however, they have more in common than any two adversaries in the league could be. Their records are almost identical, with the Lakers at 15-11 and the Celtics with14-11. They both dominate the league in unsexier categories...

Ray Allen stepped to the foul line with six minutes remaining in the second quarter, unaware that he was about to take part in the key to the game. Allen had just hit a layup off a backdoor cut and a deft feed from Kevin Garnett and drawn a foul on Lakers guard Steve Blake in the process. As Allen converted the three-point play, he gave the Celtics a three-point lead. He also made...

The Celtics fell to their longtime rival the Los Angeles Lakers in overtime tonight in a 88-87 loss. The Lakers and Celtics both showed just how flawed their rosters were tonight with the Laker relying on the likes of Troy Murphy, Steve Blake, and Meta World Peace to play fairly big minutes and the Celtics [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers struggles in the back-court have been well documented this season, and in seasons past, and they are getting so desperate that they have recently contacted the Houston Rockets about a possible trade for third-string point guard Johnny Flynn. The Lakers are also reportedly interested in attending Gilbert Arenas’ workout in Los Angeles later this...

The Lakers are finally getting some help at backup point guard, and it's coming from their own roster. Steve Blake is expected to play Thursday against Boston after missing 13 games because of a rib injury. He took part in a full practice Wednesday and reported no pain. He is technically a game-time decision but sounds ready to go. "Had a fun time," he said after...

Getty Images | Doug PensingerThe Lakers sure know how to set themselves up for a victory…yet still lose in the end. It was Saturday against Utah all over again, with the purple and gold keeping it close through three quarters and then failing to close it out in the fourth. The Lakers and Jazz were tied after the third quarter at 67 points a piece, then Utah went off for 29 points...

Stephen Dunn/Getty ImagesIt’s Friday February 3, 2012 and the (13-9) Los Angeles Lakers are in Denver, Colorado tonight, the first stop on their 6-game Grammy road trip, to face the (15-7) Nuggets. The Denver Nuggets have the second-best record in the Western Conference. After beating the Clippers on Thursday night, the Nuggets are seeking a two-game sweep of Los Angeles.If the...

According to Yahoo! Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, the Los Angeles Lakers have had talks with the Cleveland Cavaliers to acquire reserve point guard Ramon Sessions. With Derek Fisher approaching 40 years of age and Steve Blake fighting the injury bug, the Lakers evidently feel that the 25-year old Sessions could help Mike Brown’s new team get back to levels of offensive prominence...

(Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)The (11-9) Los Angeles Lakers have traveled to the land of 10, 000 lakes, Minnesota, a state bordering on Lake Superior and on Manitoba and Ontario, Canada to face the (9-10) Timberwolves. Minnesota is the most northerly of the 48 contiguous U.S. states.The Lakers return home to Minneapolis where the franchise began in 1947 in the NBL. The Lakers...

Photo by Jonathan Daniel | Getty ImagesThe (11-8) Los Angeles Lakers are in beer city, Milwaukee, Wisconsin to start their road trip against the (7-11) Bucks.Milwaukee, parked majestically on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. Once known exclusively as a driving force in brewing and manufacturing has gone through a renaissance and has changed their image.Visit Milwaukee, the...

(Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images)The Lakers lack depth. The Lakers lack productivity from the point guard position. The Lakers lack scoring. If you were to take away anything from the first 19 games of this current season, those three would likely be high on that list.But there might be a solution — one in the form of a 30-year-old guard who was once famously known for yelling...

Getty Images | Mike EhrmannThe 10th seed in the Western Conference – that’s where the Lakers sat before tonight’s game; and based on how they’ve been playing lately, it’s where they deserved to be. After dropping three games in a row and four of their last five, Kobe Bryant said they needed a win - ANY win against ANY team. Well tonight they got their win, and not just...

No matter the combination, Lakers Coach Mike Brown has hardly found something that works off the bench. The Lakers' reserves enter Sunday's game against the Indiana Pacers ranked 19th overall in offense, averaging 27.7 points per game and 43.1 shooting. Yet, even if Brown conceded the constant shuffling has contributed to the inconsistency, he's going to continue to...

Remember when the Lakers could score in bunches but couldn’t defend a lick? When scoring was not only the very least of this team’s issues, but a non-issue at all? Everyone could score, from Kobe at the top to DJ Mbenga at the end of the bench. Tonight, like the last game against Dallas, the Lakers couldn’t score if they were sitting on the backboard. And it wasn’t just jump...

LOS ANGELES Where others might see Andrew Bynum as the latest incarnation of great Lakers centers, Steve Blake and Matt Barnes saw an easy mark. When Bynum challenged them to a 3-point shooting contest after a recent practice, Blake and Barnes were happy to take his money. Then the shooting began. Bynum moved around the 3-point line, making shot after shot, leaving some teammates...

LOS ANGELES Where others might see Andrew Bynum as the latest incarnation of great Lakers centers, Steve Blake and Matt Barnes saw an easy mark. When Bynum challenged them to a 3-point shooting contest after a recent practice, Blake and Barnes were happy to take his money. Then the shooting began. Bynum moved around the 3-point line, making shot after shot, leaving some teammates...

Great point guards are as much a part of the ACCs glorious basketball history as legendary coaches, trailblazing and championships. They fall off ones tongue invoking memories of their wizardry, breathtaking skills, and never-say-die leadership. John Lucas, Phil Ford, Mark Price, Kenny Anderson, Bobby Hurley, Chris Corchianni, Jay Williams, Steve Blake, Raymond Felton, and Ty Lawson...

Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Blake will miss 3-4 weeks with a rib injury suffered against the Phoenix Suns on January 10.Blake has cracked cartilage in his ribs which he aggravated versus the Utah Jazz on January 11. The loss of Blake, who was Los Angeles' primary fourth-quarter point guard, leaves the Lakers bench very thin until February.Heading into Saturday’s loss to...

Getty Images | Harry HowAll of us knew to whom this game meant more. The Clippers knew. The Lakers knew…but couldn’t they at least have faked it?! Most of the effort on the floor tonight was oozing out of the players in red, white and blue. The energy, the determination, the willingness to play the right way, was mostly all Clippers, and maybe there’s a simple explanation.On...

Heading into Saturday's game, the Lakers bench averaged an NBA-worst 21.3 points. Now Steve Blake, the team's leading scorer off the bench, is injured.For a team that's played only 14 games, the Lakers don't have much in reserve.