During Michigan State's matchup against UCLA on Tuesday, the basketball world was treated to a special moment when Earvin ...

The NBA on Friday postponed Saturday’s San Antonio Spurs-Los Angeles Lakers game in Los Angeles and the Charlotte Hornets-Los Angeles Clippers game in Inglewood, California, “due to the ...

Final: Lakers 111 ... (1985-86): 0.727 -via Bluesky / January 12, 2025 StatMuse: Nikola Jokic tonight: 36 PTS 22 REB 11 AST 4 STL Passes Elgin Baylor for the third-most 30/20/10 games in NBA ...

Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024.

The LA Lakers are having a good run this season but it is nowhere near their prime form. The Purple and Gold lack in roster depth compared to the rest of the league. They don't have a backup ...

She will never forget this moment. LeBron James made a young fan’s day when he noticed her crying after seeing him up close during the Lakers-Heat game in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

Trailing by 14 points against a Miami team that beat them by 41 points a month ago, the Lakers clawed their way back in the second half to snap a three-game losing streak, beating the Heat 117-108 ...

The Lakers have three of their last five games, and are coming off three consecutive losses. The most recent loss, to the San Antonio Spurs, came after two of the Lakers games at crypto.com Arena ...

The LeBron James-led LA Lakers are as involved as any other team in the NBA trade rumor mill ahead of the fast-approaching deadline. After acquiring Dorian Finney-Smith in December, the Lakers ...

Decades after anchoring the Showtime Lakers' perimeter defense, Michael Cooper joins that era's stars in the rafters. The Associated Press Michael Cooper, a Hall of Famer and Lakers legend ...

David Berding/GettyImages The Los Angeles Lakers made one of the earliest splashes of the NBA trade season when they traded for Dorian Finney-Smith just over two weeks ago. The former Brooklyn Net ...

Basketball was back, too, as the Lakers resumed play following a pair of fire-related postponements. Lakers Coach JJ Redick, who lost his home in the Palisades Fire, sought refuge in the team’s ...