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The Lakers (50-29) will play their final road game of the regular season on Thursday against the Golden State Warriors (37-42). Start time and TV schedule Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors When: 7 p.m. PT, Apr 9 Where: Chase Center Watch: Prime Video The tail end of the regular season has been a miserable time […]
Even a year later, when it comes to the Lakers trading Anthony Davis for Luka Dončić, the word that comes to mind most is shock. We’ve heard about how Lakers President of Basketball Operations Rob Pelinka couldn’t believe the Mavericks were willing to trade away their superstar. And there have been reports on how the Lakers […]
In the blink of an eye, the Lakers have gone from one of the hottest teams in basketball to one that’s desperately trying to find a path towards success. That’s what happens when your two best players get injured in the same game and are out for the rest of the regular season. With no […]
How did we get here? That question has been on a loop in my mind. With every Cooper Flagg jumper over Luke Kennard. During the whole fourth quarter of Tuesday’s Thunder game. It’s hard to really grasp how quickly everything went awry. This season deserved better than this. How did we get here? A week […]
It’s more a matter of when, not if, the Lakers fall down to the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference it seems. There hasn’t been much going right for the Lakers over the last week and Monday night was no different. For one, the Lakers lost to the Thunder, which didn’t help their own […]
LOS ANGELES – The last time the Lakers played at home, they were on cloud nine. They took down an Eastern Conference contender in the Cavaliers, which concluded an elite month of March basketball where they won 15 of 17 games. Back in Los Angeles on Tuesday, they looked unrecognizable. Gone are Luka Dončić and Austin […]
The final score of Tuesday’s game was both a reflection of the chasm in talent between the Lakers and Thunder but also not entirely indicative of the effort LA gave to start the game either. For the opening 18 minutes, the hosts held their own on the back of effort and energy plays on both […]
A heavily depleted Lakers team was once again blown out on Tuesday by the Oklahoma City Thunder, 123-87. LA was down Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves, LeBron James, Marcus Smart and Jaxson Hayes. Despite that, they started the game with a bunch of energy and effort, keeping the game close for the first quarter-and-a-half. However, water […]
The Dallas Mavericks (25-53) head back out on the road for their final trip of the season. The first game is Tuesday night, late, against the Los Angeles Clippers (40-38). The Mavericks are coming off a fun, but lottery impactful win against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday evening. The Clippers last beat the Kings […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Lakers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. After playing their best basketball in years during March, there is little hope that the Lakers […]
Just when it looked like the Lakers’ injury report couldn’t get worse, it has. The Lakers will have to play against the Thunder without LeBron James, who has been ruled out due to left foot injury management. The team is already playing without Marcus Smart, Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves, so now the only starter […]
With the Western Conference a tight-knit race yet again this season, this series will look at the standings and games to watch across the league as the Lakers look to secure home court and move up the standings. This is it, we have reached the last full week of regular-season basketball. The Nuggets have continued […]
The Lakers (50-28) are back home where they will play three of their last four games of the season, starting with a rematch against the Oklahoma City Thunder (62-16) on Tuesday. Realistically speaking, Los Angeles looks to make this one a, at the very least, respectable matchup against the best team in the league. Start […]
The Lakers got a double dose of bad news over the weekend as both Luka Dončić (hamstring) and Austin Reaves (oblique) are done for the regular season. Their status for the opening round of the playoff remains murky at best as well, although they’re both aiming to return as evidenced by Luka heading to Europe […]
While it’s now quite some time into the relative past, one of the big talking points, given hindsight, of Thursday’s game against the Thunder was the decision to play both Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves in the second half of a blowout. Given that the game was out of hand, the pair have played heavy […]
Following a weekend of catastrophic injuries that saw their star backcourt ruled out for at least the regular season, the Lakers still had a game to play on Sunday in Dallas. The ripple effects of this will reverberate not only through the summer but also force an already thin roster to completely restructure its style […]
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Lakers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Throughout the season, conversations about the 65-game rule have been ramping up as players who are worthy of […]
For the first time in nearly three months, the Dallas Mavericks finally won a game at the American Airlines Center against a depleted Lakers squad. The Mavericks offense was clicking all night, with the paint scoring being especially impressive. While the defensive effort was lackluster, it’s hard to ask anymore of this Mavericks team. Without […]
The Dallas Mavericks (25-53) beat the Los Angeles Lakers 134-128 on Sunday in a nationally televised game that saw Cooper Flagg continue his scorched earth campaign on the NBA to close out the 2025-26 season. The Mavericks came out with real pace in the first quarter, but more than anything, it was Cooper Flagg that […]
It was a good job and good effort from the Lakers, but they came up short in their first game since learning that Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves would be out for the rest of the regular season. With three starters unavailable against Dallas, LA struggled early on defensively. Cooper Flagg made another strong case […]
No Luka Dončić, no Austin Reaves, no problem. Cooper Flagg took center stage on Sunday in a nationally televised game as the Dallas Mavericks (25-53) outlasted the Los Angeles Lakers (50-28) at American Airlines Center, 134-128. The Mavericks had lost 14 straight home games entering the contest but finally broke through the night they faced […]
After a whirlwind weekend, the shorthanded Lakers gave it a go in Dallas but a huge start from the Mavs paved the way for them to pick up a 134-128 win. Behind Cooper Flagg, who finished with 45 points, the Mavericks raced out to a lead as large as 22 points at 58-36 in the […]
The Dallas Mavericks (24-53) are home for an early Sunday evening game against the Los Angeles Lakers (50-27). The Mavericks are coming off a loss against the Orlando Magic, but one where Cooper Flagg was on fire from the field and he scored 51. The Lakers had a devestating loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder […]
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has been in the news for some of his recent comments during an appearance on a Bob Does Sports YouTube video. James criticized Memphis and Milwaukee as cities he doesn’t like to play in. And in an effort to explain what he meant by those comments on Saturday, he […]
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James made headlines for signaling out Memphis and Milwaukee as places he doesn’t enjoy playing when he was on a golf YouTube video with Bob Does Sports. Those comments — particularly saying he doesn’t enjoy playing in Memphis — made people angry. “A random f***** Tuesday in Milwaukee,” James said […]