Russell averaged 6.3 points on 32.3% shooting (13.3% from 3-point range) in the Western Conference finals last spring, becoming a defensive liability and losing his starting role in Game 4. If he gets going this time, he could make the Lakers tough to beat.
The NBA endorsed the calls made by officials during the final two minutes of the Lakers' 101-99 playoff loss to the Nuggets on Tuesday night. LeBron James and the Lakers, who led by as many as 20 points in the third quarter, complained shortly after losing on a buzzer-beating shot by Denver's Jamal Murray and falling behind 2-0 in the Western Conference playoff series. In the two-minute report the league issues assessing officiating decisions made late in games, the sole error the NBA flagged...
The friction between LeBron James and Lakers coach Darvin Ham continues to play out in front of fans. Earlier this season, LeBron openly admitted to overruling his coach’s playcalls to run his own plays. “In the Clipper game, we had switching built in versus Kawhi and versus James (Harden), and I vetoed it in the […]
Here are six takeaways from the Lakers’ 101-99 loss to Denver in Game 2 Monday night that put them in a 2-0 hole in their best-of-seven first-round playoff series. There was a bit of cruelty late Monday night in Denver, the Lakers’ and the Nuggets’ late-game fates summed up by a pair of shots with wildly different degrees of difficulty. First, with the score tied, LeBron James stood all alone at the three-point line. Whether or not Kentavious Caldwell-Pope got pushed or got his feet tangled up...
The collapse ended with a punch to the face, a blow to the ears, a dagger through the heart. The collapse of a million Laker mistakes ended with one Denver Nuggets masterpiece, the ugliness of pretenders trumped by the beauty of champions. Jamal Murray hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer, Ball Arena shook with an avalanche of glee, Anthony Davis fell backward into the Denver bench in desperation, and it was over. This game. This nightmare. This series? On a night they held a dominant 20-point...
"I don't understand what's going on in the replay center, to be honest," Lakers star LeBron James said following his team's Game 2 loss in Denver.
The outline hasn’t really differed much in their past seven meetings, the four from last year’s Western Conference Finals and the three chances for revenge that the Lakers couldn’t grab. Generally, the game has been close, the Nuggets will then get into their late-game offense, and the game won’t be close anymore. Thursday, the problem-solving phase of the Lakers’ preparation began, the late-game struggles against Denver obviously a piece of that planning. “Well, we just gotta be better all...
NEW ORLEANS >> LeBron James closed out his 21st NBA regular season looking invigorated, formidable on both ends of the court and ready to produce in the postseason.
The Lakers' history against the Nuggets has no bearing on their first-round playoff matchup, LeBron James said Thursday.
Everyone has an opinion about the end of The Sopranos. Did Tony live, did he die, or did the cable go out? These questions have lingered over the last two decades since the show’s end, with none other than series creator David Chase offering a definitive answer to the question. But—and this is a big but—in 2010, while the New York Knicks were courting then-free agent LeBron James, James Gandolfini and Edie Falco reprised their roles for a one-time-only reunion shot in James Gandolfini’s actual...
On Friday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers are playing the Memphis Grizzlies
Five takeaways from a Game 2 loss to the Nuggets in which the Lakers led by 20 points early in the third quarter. Game 3 is Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena.