James is entering the transfer portal and the NBA Draft after shining for the Trojans
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.
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.
The Los Angeles Lakers are in full preparation mode for their first round
As annoying as the manner in which they did it was, the Lakers walked out of Memphis and Friday night with both a win and the No. 8 seed, a night of perfect results. The Grizzlies, expected, put up a tough fight. It was perhaps a little tougher than some of the Lakers were prepared for, but LeBron James and Anthony Davis did their thing and carried the team to a win. I’m not in the business of complaining about how wins come at this point in the season. The Lakers got their’s and now are a win...
James has 37 points, including six in the final minute, and Davis has 36 points and 14 rebounds as the Lakers stave off Memphis, 123-120, to keep alive their slim hopes of avoiding the 9-10 play-in game.