But as has been the case for most of the season, the Lakers' dream became a nightmare: Due to a rash of injuries to their rotational guards, Darius Morris and Andrew Goudelock were forced to start a playoff game against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday But as has been the case for most of [...]

Steve Blake scored 23 points for the Lakers (44-37), who lead Utah (42-38) by 1 1/2 games for the eighth postseason spot in the Western Conference after their seventh win in eight games — even with Bryant watching from home following surgery on his The L.A. Lakers and Kobe Bryant go together like peanut butter [...]

Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant will be out six to nine months because of a torn left Achilles' tendon, according to doctors. Of course, Bryant is 34 and has spent 17 years in the NBA. He may never be the same player again. Which is why the idea of He was hired last summer by Mike [...]

LOS ANGELES _ The media dining room at Staples Center erupted in a collective roar early Friday night when those affiliated with the Lakers watched on TV as Chicago's Marco Belinelli sank a clutch three-pointer that wound If the Lakers are still looking to sign a player, they have $1.59 million of their mid-level exception [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers just sent out a tweet of their team breaking from the huddle after cheering "1, 2, 3 championship!" Laker fans are retweeting the hell out of it. Avid and casual basketball fans alike should be heartened LOS ANGELES _ The media dining room at Staples Center erupted in a collective roar [...]

With the team welcoming back their former star and savior someone forgot to tell the Goran Dragic and the Suns that this game was supposed to be a formality. Instead of gaining a full game on the Rockets, the Lakers are still four back. A win would have brought the Lakers a half-game closer to [...]

The Lakers looked to get off to a fast start with Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace, Earl Clark, and Dwight Howard. After both teams struggled offensively to start the game, Kobe looked to score early with a jumper The Lakers got off to some pretty good shooting. And Kobe Bryant continued his facilitating. [...]

On Monday we looked at the Eastern Conference playoff picture. The West has a more solid pecking order until you get to the last two seeds. Meanwhile, World Peace is having one of his best seasons with the Lakers, averaging 13.6 points a game on 41.8% shooting from the field and 36.1% from behind the [...]

Metta World Peace believes the Lakers can turn things around and make history in the process. League sources have reportedly told Marc Stein of ESPN that they could see a three-way deal happening that would send Pau Gasol to the Boston Celtics, Rudy Gay to the Los Angeles Lakers and Paul Pierce to the Memphis [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers used a different offensive style to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder, but can they win consistently that way? That and more in Monday's NBA scores roundup. Metta World Peace believes the Lakers can turn things around and make history in the process. Kobe Bryant had 21 points, 14 assists, and 9 [...]