Like the overwhelming majority of his teammates, Marc Gasol has never experienced what a Lakers playoff game at Staples Center is like as a competitor. He has, however, experienced it as a spectator. Then just beginning his career with the Memphis Grizzlies, the last time Gasol attended was a doozy: Game 7 of the 2010…
Lakers excited for first Staples Center playoff game since 2013 — Press Telegram
For the Lakers, the worst shot might just be the one not taken. Twice in the second half of Tuesday’s Game 2 against the Phoenix Suns, the Lakers were forced to eat shot clock violations. It was a symptom more than the sickness: As misses from 3-point range piled up among the Lakers’ role players,…
Lakers seek more offense from role players in Game 3 against Suns — Orange County Register
PHOENIX — The warmest show of diplomacy between old friends on Sunday afternoon came in the second quarter, when LeBron James was by Chris Paul’s side and gave him an embrace just before Paul walked off with a shoulder injury of undetermined severity. 866 more words
Lakers’ LeBron James, Suns’ Chris Paul show no love lost in tense series opener — San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Is it appropriate to note here that the Lakers lost Game 1 in their first two playofff series in the bubble last year en route to championship No. 17? If so, it’s also appropriate to note this: Toto, they’re not in Orlando anymore. Oh, and for those experts who figured the No. 7 seed should…
Alexander: Lakers will be better as series with Suns continues — Orange County Register
This season has been about resilience and patience for the eight-time All-Star as much as anyone else. The Lakers hope the “beast” is ready to make the same kind of postseason impact he made last season, but the only person he’s winning to please, at this point, is himself.
Lakers’ Anthony Davis focused only on winning: ‘I have nothing to prove to anyone’ — Whittier Daily News
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Bay Area News Group’s Warriors beat reporter Wes Goldberg and Southern California News Group’s Lakers beat reporter Kyle Goon go back and forth on Wednesday’s play-in game that will determine which team will advance to the playoffs as the No. 2,277 more words
Warriors-Lakers: Biggest storylines ahead of the play-in showdown — Monterey Herald
Editor’s note: This is the Monday May 17 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. If the goal of the NBA’s new play-in system was to give us all something to talk about, it’s working. The Lakers and Warriors face…
Breaking down the Lakers-Warriors play-in with Golden State expert Wes Goldberg — Daily Bulletin
There’s a chance – perhaps a small one – that the Lakers (40-30) will look healthier than they’ve been in weeks when they line up for an unusual Saturday morning tip in Indianapolis. 545 more words
Lakers hold their breath for healthy roster in Indiana — Orange County Register
Amid the rumblings and reports that he’d make a return to the Lakers’ lineup during the last homestand of the regular season, LeBron James finally weighed in himself: He won’t play Wednesday night against the Houston Rockets, on the night the Lakers are set to unveil their 2020 championship banner. 502 more words
LeBron James won’t play in Lakers’ regular-season home finale tonight — Orange County Register
That LeBron planned to return and didn’t is so discouraging.
LeBron James, Anthony Davis out for Lakers-Rockets — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
“I saw the other day Jeanie Buss made a statement, the five most important Lakers, one of the most offensive things I’ve ever heard in my life.”
Jerry West Insulted At Being Left Off Jeanie Buss’ Top 5 Lakers List — CBS Los Angeles
A seventh-seeded team has never, ever won an NBA championship. In one way, that reads like an invitation to the Lakers, and why shouldn’t it in this season of the unprecedented? 1,050 more words
Lakers, with play-in likely, pitted against NBA history — San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The view from left field 