LOS ANGELES — Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer. “It left my hand, (and) I was thinking, ‘If this doesn’t go in, it’s [...]
Kevin Durant scored the go-ahead basket with 18 seconds left and the Oklahoma City Thunder scored the game’s last nine points in a 77-75 defeat of the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association playoffs. The Thunder have a two-games-to-none lead in the best-of- seven Western Conference semifinal series. Also last night, Kevin Garnett [...]
And he finished with a flourish. “Heat nation, we have a bigger goal,” James said. “This is very overwhelming to me as an individual award. But this is not the award I want, ultimately. I want that championship. That’s all that matters to me.” James accepted his third NBA MVP award Saturday, making him the [...]
The club issued its statement a few hours before the third-seeded Lakers hosted the Nuggets in the series finale. Johnson spoke Friday night on ESPN, where he serves as an analyst. The Hall of Famer sold his minority ownership stake in the Lakers, but is still a club vice president and a close friend of [...]
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — As if there wasn’t enough pressure already on Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike Brown heading into Game 7 against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, now a prominent Lakers legend says Brown will be coaching to keep his job. Former Laker Magic Johnson, working as an ESPN/ABC NBA analyst on Friday [...]
DENVER – Denver Nuggets reserve center Chris “Birdman” Andersen was excused indefinitely from all team-related activities after sheriff’s deputies searched his home Thursday as part of an investigation by the department’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit. The team announced its decision shortly before the Nuggets faced the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of their [...]
DENVER — Kobe Bryant scored 22 points, Andrew Bynum added 19 and the Los Angeles Lakers‘ stars got plenty of help from their supporting cast in a 92-88 win over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night for a 3-1 lead in their first-round playoff series. The Lakers can wrap it up Tuesday night when the [...]
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t needed Metta World Peace much in the first two games of their first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. Kobe Bryant has scored a combined 69 points in the first two games and the Lakers hold a 2-0 series lead. But it’s not to [...]
The Los Angeles Lakers troublemaker also deprived his team of his services as their starting small forward and defensive stopper for at least six playoff games while he serves his 10th suspension in the past decade. The NBA suspended World Peace for seven games on Tuesday for the inexplicable blow that gave Harden a concussion, [...]
Team Stat Comparison Los Angeles San Antonio Points 98 84 FG Made-Attempted 40-89 (.449) 33-81 (.407) 3P Made-Attempted 11-23 (.478) 13-24 (.542) FT Made-Attempted 7-12 (.583) 5-9 (.556) Rebounds (Offensive-Total) 16-60 1-33 Assists 23 26 Turnovers 12 7 Steals 4 9 Blocks 4 7 Fast Break Points 7 17 Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 10 (0/0) 14 [...]
