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SALT LAKE CITY — Despite the ridicule Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook has received in his first season with the franchise, one constant the guard has provided is availability. Westbrook has been in the lineup in all but one of the team’s 76 contests. His lone absence was an early February game in Portland due to lower back tightness. The Los Angeles native admitted it has been a trying experience for him and his family as he has been scolded by fans and media for what he would… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers got beat up in every facet of the game by the Phoenix Suns on Sunday in a 140-111 thrashing, and it was a total embarrassment for LeBron James and company. After L.A. took a 6-2 lead, the Suns scored 14 unanswered points, and they became a supernova from there, scoring a ridiculous 48 points in the first quarter. LeBron James was able to reach a singular and incredible milestone, but it feels empty, as winning world championships is the most important thing for his… Source link

At least for now, the Los Angeles Lakers have stopped the bleeding. You will not be surprised to hear it took a huge night from LeBron James. The Lakers superstar almost single-handedly ended the team’s four-game losing streak on Saturday, leading a second-half rally to take down the Golden State Warriors 124-116. James finished the game with 56 points, the most he has ever scored in a single game in a Lakers uniform, on 19-of-31 shooting (6-of-11 from deep) with 10 rebounds and three… Source link

Where smoke surrounds LeBron James, there is always fire, and the Los Angeles Lakers are burning. Whenever James has been dissatisfied in his career, whether he tells us directly or lets anonymous sources do the informing, whispers become louder right before a momentous change reverberates around the NBA. We have seen James spin this cycle through Cleveland, Miami, back to Cleveland and now in Los Angeles. It should come as no surprise, then, that James has made headlines during the NBA’s… Source link

Much has been made about the Los Angeles Lakers standing pat at the trade deadline despite some obvious struggles, and the discontent reportedly extends behind closed doors with the team. The biggest topic is what to do, or should have done, with point guard Russell Westbrook, who hasn’t proven to be the kind of player the Lakers need alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis. The Lakers acquired Westbrook last offseason in exchange for a bevy of players and have since watched his production… Source link

Two fans were ejected on Thursday night after they got into it with Carmelo Anthony late during the Philadelphia 76ers’ 105-87 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Anthony, near the midpoint of the fourth quarter at the Wells Fargo Center, suddenly started marching over toward a pair of 76ers fans standing just behind the row of courtside seats during a dead ball. Clearly upset, Anthony started yelling at them before an official held him back. The fans had apparently been yelling at Anthony for… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers will not be making a personnel move at this juncture and Frank Vogel will travel with the team tomorrow to coach in Orlando on Friday, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Vogel’s job security has been a topic of speculation recently as the Lakers have lost four of their last five games, including a 111-104 defeat to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday in Los Angeles. In that loss, offseason acquisition Russell Westbrook was benched late in the game. Vogel told reporters after… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers‘ braintrust is leaning heavily toward making coach Frank Vogel the scapegoat for their own failure to build another NBA championship-level roster around LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Vogel was “coaching for his job” during Monday’s victory against the Utah Jazz and will continue to be “evaluated on a game-to-game basis” going forward, according to The Athletic’s Bill Oram and Sam Amick.  In other words, Vogel could be fired any day now. The Lakers won the title just… Source link

Russell Westbrook isn’t bothered by Magic Johnson’s opinion of his and the Los Angeles Lakers’ recent performance. Though he didn’t mention Johnson by name, LeBron James may have taken it to heart — as he actually apologized to Lakers fans on Sunday. Johnson ripped the Lakers after their 37-point loss to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night, which marked the second-worst loss of LeBron James’ career. “After being blown out by the Nuggets 133-96, we as Lakers fans can accept being… Source link

HBO’s upcoming mini-series on the Los Angeles Lakers is churning up plenty of interest.  Just not from Magic Johnson.  The basketball icon and centerpiece of the 1980s “Showtime” Lakers who won five NBA championships got caught by TMZ’s cameras on Sunday. He was asked his thoughts on the upcoming show titled “Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty.”  He’s not interested. “I’m not really looking forward to it,” Johnson told TMZ. “I’m gonna leave it at that.” Asked if he’s planning on… Source link