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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Los Angeles Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis will sit out Monday’s NBA game against the Nets in Brooklyn, the Lakers announced on Sunday. On the first night of back-to-back games, James will be held out with a sore left ankle, the Lakers said on their injury report. Davis, recently returned from a 20-game absence with a stress injury in his right foot, will be sidelined as the team […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) – Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James remains “locked in” on basketball with his 38th birthday fast approaching, but the four-time NBA champion made it clear Wednesday he wants to be a title contender. James, who turns 38 on Friday, reflected on his career after another frustrating Lakers defeat, this one to the Miami Heat. With superstar Anthony Davis sidelined by injury, the Lakers have dropped five of their last six games […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Anthony Davis dazzled in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 130-119 NBA victory over the Washington Wizards on Sunday, scoring 55 points with 17 rebounds in his 10th straight game of at least 20 points. Davis added three blocked shots as he followed up a 44-point performance in the team’s triumph over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday. He said after that game he believed the team was turning a corner after a […]
Anthony Davis will form a high-powered NBA strikeforce alongside LeBron James next season after the New Orleans Pelicans agreed to a trade deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, US media reports said Saturday. ESPN and the Los Angeles Times said unsettled star Davis will join the Lakers in a move which will see the Pelicans receive multiple players and draft picks in return. The Pelicans roster will be bolstered by the arrival of Lakers players […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers continued their clear-out after a disastrous first season following the arrival of LeBron James by terminating the contract of head coach Luke Walton on Friday. The club said they had mutually agreed to part ways. “We would like to thank Luke for his dedicated service over the last three years,” said general manager Rob Pelinka. “We wish Luke and his family the best of luck […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Klay Thompson’s blistering performance from three-point range propelled the Golden State Warriors to a 130-111 NBA victory over the injury-depleted Los Angeles Lakers on Monday. Thompson joined former Denver Nuggets point guard Ty Lawson as the only NBA players to make their first 10 attempts from three-point range, finishing 10-for-11 from beyond the arc and 17-of-20 overall for 44 points before sitting out the fourth quarter. By then the […]
By Carlo Valdez EBC New Jersey Bureau BROOKLYN, NY (Eagle News) – LeBron James and the L.A. Lakers took on the red-hot Brooklyn Nets in a sold-out crowd bleeding purple and gold to support who some have dubbed as the world’s greatest basketball player at Barclays Center Tuesday night. The Lakers tried to end their last of their four-game road trip with a win. Despite the King’s 36-point performance, the team could not quite handle […]
by Rob Woollard Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James won the final installment of his long rivalry with Dwyane Wade on Monday, scoring 28 points as the Los Angeles Lakers held on for a 108-105 victory over the Miami Heat at the Staples Center. James and Wade, who arrived in the NBA together as part of a star-studded draft in 2003, have formed one of basketball’s most famous rivalries and closest […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James’s home debut with the Los Angeles Lakers ended on a sour note Saturday as the Houston Rockets seized control late for a 124-115 win in a physical contest at Staples Center. James finished with 24 points and five assists but the Lakers couldn’t stop the Rockets’ dynamic duo of James Harden and Chris Paul, who combined for 64 points. Harden finished with 36 points and Paul delivered […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Houston Rockets clinched an NBA playoff berth with a 105-82 out of the Mavericks in Dallas on Sunday as reigning champions Golden State and the Cleveland Cavaliers both lost. Even with Most Valuable Player candidate James Harden sitting out with a sore left knee, the Rockets had little trouble from the Mavs. Only a spate of eight second-quarter turnovers by Houston helped Dallas erase a 15-point deficit and […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers still top the list of most valuable NBA clubs, according to a survey released Wednesday by Forbes — which for the first time says every franchise is worth $1 billion. According to its latest annual assessment, the average value of an NBA club is $1.65 billion. The Knicks remain atop that list, worth $3.6 billion (2.94 billion euros) and another […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kyle Kuzma led the offensive charge as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped the red-hot Houston Rockets’ 14-game winning streak with a 122-116 upset victory on Wednesday. Kuzma scored a NBA career-high 38 points as the Lakers dominated the Rockets early then held on through a mid-game Houston rally to claim the win and end their own three-game losing skid. “I scored 30 in the summer league,” Kuzma said. “This […]
