The Lakers face off against the Suns Friday night in the third installment of the battle for 10th place in the Western Conference. Both teams have struggled recently, the Lakers gave up 46 points to Joel Embiid. The Suns lost by 26 to the Rockets Thursday night (and gave up 90 points in the first half). Phoenix […]
Lakers Fall To Rising Stars Embiid and Simmons
The Lakers lost to the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night 115 – 109. Sadly, the real losers were anyone emotionally invested in seeing the Lakers make a three point shot. The Lakers shot 11% from deep, going 3 for 27 from beyond the arc. Joel Embiid (46/15/7), who actually can make wide open three point shots, […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Philadelphia 76ers
The Lakers (6-8) have finally returned home and face another exciting young team in the Philadelphia 76ers (7-6). The Lakers are coming off an ugly win 100-93 over the Suns Monday night. Meanwhile the 76ers pulled out an exciting victory over the struggling Clipper behind a career best performance from Joel Embiid (32/16/2). In many […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Portland Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers (4-4) face the Lakers (3-4) in Portland tonight after a tough overtime loss to future Hall of Famer Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz 112 to 103. The Lakers, meanwhile, are coming off a great team win against the Pistons. Tonight the Blazers will look to extend their streak of 12 wins […]
Game Preview: Lakers @ Utah Jazz
The Los Angeles Lakers (2-3) hit the road today, visiting the Utah Jazz (2-3) in a Battle Royale for 9th place in the Western Conference. Both teams are coming off tough losses, the Lakers in a close contest with the Raptors and the Jazz with a dispiriting loss to the Suns. This was right after […]
Lakers Game Preview: Lakers vs Raptors
Tonight the Lakers (2-2) face the Toronto Raptors (2-2) and it feels like we just played this game. That is, it would have been the same game if not for the Lakers becoming a defensive juggernaut! The Raptors are coming off a tough loss to the Warriors and are in the mood to get back […]
Lakers Game Preview: The Washington Wizards
The surging Washington Wizards (3-0) are in town to face the Lakers (let’s not count) tonight. It is trite to talk about there being no easy nights for rookies in this league, but this will be an extraordinarily tough night for the Laker guards. Recent data would agree. John Wall and Bradley Beal make up […]
Lakers News: Team Picks Up options on Brandon Ingram and Larry Nance Jr.
Today the Lakers announced they have picked up the options on Brandon Ingram and Larry Nance Jr. for the 2018-19 season. A perfunctory move, it would be more telling if they did not to pick up 3rd and 4th year options for the young players. At the very least, their creditors are surely cheering the news.
Lakers News: L.A. Signs Vander Blue to Two-Way Contract
The reigning G League MVP, Vander Blue, is returning to the Lakers. Again. According to Yahoo! Sports’ Shams Charania the young guard has signed a two way contract to rejoin the team. Part of the final round of training camp cuts, Vander stayed in Los Angeles because it was inevitable that he would once again […]
Strong Hart has Weak Leg
A tough string of Lakers injury news continued for Josh Hart Monday when he left practice with an Achilles strain. An MRI has been scheduled to determine the extent of the injury. This most recent injury comes on the heels of ankle and hamstring injuries that have followed him from Las Vegas Summer League to […]