“I felt like I was home,” Westbrook said after the game. He arrived at the game wearing a shirt declaring “Zero Regrets” and “Thank You Oklahoma!” On his feet was a new pair of his signature Jordan WhyNot Zer0.3 sneakers, in the orange and blue hues he’d known for more than a decade. Layered all […]
Continue readingLeBron James was ruled out because of an illness and flu-like symptoms and Danny Green also missed the game because of a sore right hip, the team announced. Anthony Davis, who missed Friday’s win in Dallas because of a bruised buttocks injury suffered earlier in the week versus New York, was also ruled out. The […]
Continue readingDavis eventually rose with help from his teammates, and he walked to the Lakers’ dressing room slowly, but under his own power. After the initial shock of the fall wore off, Davis was able to walk more in the player tunnel but was ultimately carted out of the arena at the end of the night […]
Continue readingIngram and Ball received a warm round of applause from the Staples Center crowd when the Pelicans’ starting lineup was introduced. “Brought back some memories,” Ingram told reporters during the Pelicans’ morning shootaround of seeing purple and gold at Staples Center again. “That’s the team that drafted me, made my dreams come true.” The Lakers […]
Continue readingPORTLAND, Ore. — LeBron James says Kyle Kuzma approached him to squash the growing speculation about his and his trainer Clint Parks’ social media activity following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Christmas Day loss to the L.A. Clippers. In his posts, Parks had lauded Clippers star Kawhi Leonard at the expense of James, and Kuzma himself […]
Continue readingLOS ANGELES — A nervous energy pulsed through Staples Center during the intracity showdown between the Lakers and Clippers on Wednesday. A somewhat hobbled LeBron James appeared tentative for the Lakers in the opening half, while the Clippers threw the ball around the gym with impunity. As the game tightened after halftime, the intensity heightened […]
Continue reading“I felt healthy going into the game,” James said after finishing with 23 points on 9-for-24 shooting, with 10 assists and 9 rebounds. “I got kneed in the groin taking a charge from Pat Bev, and it kind of set me right back to where I was five days ago.” Last Christmas, James suffered a […]
Continue readingBehind a sensational third quarter, in which Brown scored 16 points and went 5-for-5 from the floor (including 3-for-3 from 3-point range), the fourth-year forward finished with a game-high 30 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a 118-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors, who were hosting their first Christmas Day game. “It was good […]
Continue readingJames first sustained the injury, a pull in the rib cage area, against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday and played through it during Thursday’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. James didn’t require an MRI, but this is a significant issue and not just a load management situation, sources told ESPN. Earlier this week, James said […]
Continue readingJames, who turns 35 this month, is averaging 25.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and a career-high 10.6 assists while playing a career-low 34.8 minutes. Although James was out, Kyle Kuzma, who had missed the previous five games with a left ankle sprain, returned to the lineup on Sunday with a minutes restriction. He scored 16 points […]
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