The Lakers grabbed a crucial win against the depleted Memphis Grizzlies, 123-120. LeBron James and Anthony Davis were back together after missing crucial games over the last week and absolutely carried the Lakers. LeBron scored 37 points with 10 rebounds and five assists. AD scored 36 points with 14 rebounds, five assists and two blocks. No other Laker had more than 14 points, those coming from Rui Hachimura who found himself in foul trouble all night long. Austin Reaves scored 13 points. Gabe...
Key Highlights Since making Rui Hachimura a full-time starter on Feb. 3, the Los Angeles Lakers are 20-10 with the NBA’s third-ranked offense Over that span, Hachimura is averaging 16.2 points on 65.9 percent true shooting (.574/.444/.698 split) When Hachimura shares the floor with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, Los Angeles has a plus-6.5 net […]
As the Lakers were rolling through the final third of the NBA season, their identity complete with Rui Hachimura in the starting lineup and their offense humming, a trend was quietly developing. The Lakers, over those 32 games with Hachimura cemented as a starter, were the second-best offense in the NBA in the first half, scoring 121.8 points per 100 possessions. In those second halves of those game? The rating dropped to 114.9 points per 100 possessions — sixth best. Still good — but not as...
Game 1 showed the Lakers need a player like Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
The Lakers accept that they can’t change what happened in the conference finals last spring but to win this best-of-seven first-round series, they must address their previous struggles against the defending champs.
The Lakers accept that they can’t change what happened in the conference finals last spring but to win this best-of-seven first-round series, they must address their previous struggles against the defending champs.
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...
There was a feeling around the arena and in the media room Saturday night that the Lakers had fired their best punch and that, maybe, it just wasn’t good enough. But fresh eyes on Game 1 combined with some time gave coach Darvin Ham and the Lakers the ability to properly contextualize what happened in their 114-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets in their first-round Western Conference playoff series. “We got great looks that we just didn't knock down. Shots that we've been knocking down. And then...
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