Deandre Ayton helped lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 127-120 win over the Sacramento Kings with a 22-point, 15-rebound double-double. Ayton spoke honestly about how his teammates treat him before games.
Another Lakers game, another round of raised fingers and pointed frustrations aimed at the officials—just a familiar story playing out with new characters.
Austin Reaves is typically a complementary player for the Los Angeles Lakers, but he's fresh off one of the top performances in franchise history. Reaves looks to follow-up an outing in which he nearly nailed a 50-point triple-double when the Lakers host the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.
Deandre Ayton was widely criticized for his underwhelming performances in the first two games of the new Los Angeles Lakers season. All that changed Sunday.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
After Gabe Vincent went on a preseason heater run against the Mavericks, the Lakers fans thought they found the short-term replacement for LeBron James in the starting lineup.
Austin Reaves exploded for a career-high 51 points, Deandre Ayton complemented 22 points with a game-high 15 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers, playing without injured stars Luka Doncic and LeBron James, downed host Sacramento 127-120 on Sunday night.
It’s hard to believe now considering how far he’s come, but Austin Reaves used to be a benchwarmer who got little-to-no minutes for the Los Angeles Lakers.
No Luka Doncic, no LeBron James, but that was no problem for the Los Angeles Lakers as they pulled off a 127-120 win against the Sacramento Kings on the front end of a back-to-back.
There was no LeBron James or Luka Dončić for the Lakers in their contest against the Kings. But so what? They employ Austin Reaves. He alone can walk into Northern California and dismantle the Kings and he did just that on Sunday.
Austin Reaves exploded for a career-high 51 points, Deandre Ayton complemented 22 points with a game-high 15 rebounds and the Los Angeles Lakers, playing without injured stars Luka Doncic and LeBron James, downed the host Sacramento Kings 127-120 on Sunday night.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced that point guard Gabe Vincent has been ruled out on Sunday night’s game with a left ankle sprain after rolling it early in the third quarter.
Michael Cooper was a key piece of the “Showtime” Los Angeles Lakers that won five NBA championships. But he was an unknown player upon arriving with the team and only played three games in his rookie season under head coach Jerry West.
Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick has determined how he's going to kick off his first 2025-26 game without All-Stars LeBron James or Luka Doncic, both of whom will miss at least the next week with injuries.
The Los Angeles Lakers are officially down to bare bones. The Lakers announced on Sunday that star Luka Doncic is set to miss at least one week due to a left finger sprain as well as a left lower leg contusion.
Expectations were high for Luka Doncic coming into his first full season with the Los Angeles Lakers. A core component behind this was him getting into the best shape of his career and the solid performances for Slovenia in EuroBasket that followed.
Anthony Davis wasn't the only new addition to help the 2019-20 Los Angeles Lakers claim the NBA championship that fateful, pandemic-disrupted season. Beyond general manager Rob Pelinka's blockbuster trade for the eventual 10-time All-Star big man, he also signed 3-and-D wing Danny Green, rim-rolling centers JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard.
An X-factor for the Los Angeles Lakers this season is their starting center Deandre Ayton. The frontcourt was a huge priority for the Lakers this offseason, and they were able to add Ayton after he was bought out by the Portland Trail Blazers.
You know a player is operating at an elevated level when they put up numbers like Chamberlain, the greatest statistical monster in NBA history. Doncic is doing just that through the first two games of the new season.