By Dave McMenamin It’s been nearly a month since Dwight Howard spurned the Los Angeles Lakers for the Houston Rockets and Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni is still puzzled by the center’s decision. …read more
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Lakers' Gasol ready to reclaim center position
With Dwight Howard gone and Kobe Bryant injured, Pau Gasol says he’s eager to reassert himself as a leader of the Los Angeles Lakers. …read more
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Lakers hire former player Madsen as coach
It didn’t take long for the Los Angeles Lakers to promote Mark Madsen. …read more
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World Peace on joining Knicks: I want to win
By ESPN.com news services Metta World Peace, who cleared waivers late Sunday afternoon after being amnestied by the Los Angeles Lakers, has found a new landing spot — the New York Knicks. …read more
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World Peace says NBA not option next season
By Dave McMenamin One day after being waived by the Los Angeles Lakers via the amnesty provision, Metta World Peace said he doesn’t want any NBA team to make a bid to pick him up off waivers. Not his hometown New York Knicks or the Brooklyn Nets. And not the Lakers’ Staple …read more
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Notebook: Spurs 103, Lakers 82
THE FACTS: The San Antonio Spurs showed no mercy Sunday afternoon. They took the court in Game 4 of the Western Conference first-round series against a team they hardly recognized and treated those Los Angeles Lakers as if they were still stacked with All Stars, instead of the patchwork group they really were. San Antonio seized an early lead and never let it slip from their grasp, slowly expanding it to a 103-82 victory at Staples Center. The win completed their series sweep and sent the Lakers limping into an offseason of uncertainty.
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Spurs sweep Lakers after Howard is ejected
By Associated Press Tony Parker scored 23 points, and the San Antonio Spurs completed their first-round sweep of the injury-plagued Los Angeles Lakers with a 103-82 victory in Game 4 on Sunday night.
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Lakers' Howard ejected after 2nd technical
By Dave McMenamin In what could end up being his last game in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform, Dwight Howard was ejected for picking up his second technical foul shortly after halftime in Sunday’s Game 4 against the San Antonio Spurs.
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Spurs Rout Lakers 120-89: Lakers On Brink Of Playoff Elimination After Game 3 Loss (VIDEO)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 16 seasons, Tim Duncan knows the NBA postseason is no time for mercy. Particularly when an opponent is down and seemingly ready to go out.
In the opening minutes of Game 3, Duncan made three consecutive baskets and blocked Dwight Howard‘s shot, dominating with his usual ruthless grace.
He put the San Antonio Spurs ahead to stay, and they ended up handing the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers their biggest home playoff loss in franchise history.
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Riddled by injuries, Lakers start Goudelock, Morris
With the Los Angeles Lakers‘ top four guards sidelined by injuries, Andrew Goudelock and Darius Morris started Game 3 of their first-round playoff series with San Antonio.
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Spurs hand Lakers worst home playoff loss
By Associated Press Tim Duncan had 26 points and nine rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs pushed the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of first-round playoff elimination with a 120-89 victory in Game 3 on Friday night, the worst home playoff loss in franchise history.
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Notebook: Spurs 91, Lakers 79
THE FACTS: Tony Parker returned to form for San Antonio after late-season injuries by scoring 18 points with eight assists, and so did Manu Ginobili, whose 18 points off the bench on 3-for-5 shooting on 3-pointers elevated the Spurs past the Los Angeles Lakers for a 91-79 Game 1 victory Sunday in the Western Conference first round at AT&T Center.
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Spurs cruise by Lakers in series opener
By Associated Press Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker scored 18 points each and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 91-79 on Sunday in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series.
Lakers' Steve Nash angling for playoff return
Steve Nash is hoping to return to the Los Angeles Lakers‘ lineup in time for their playoff opener.
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Lakers' Nash eyes return for playoff opener
By Associated Press Steve Nash is hoping to return to the Los Angeles Lakers‘ lineup in time for their playoff opener.
Dwight expecting Spurs to 'Hack-a-Howard'
By Dave McMenamin Dwight Howard expects San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to parade him to the foul line when the Los Angeles Lakers open up their playoff series with Game 1 on Sunday, and it doesn’t faze him one bit.
Report: Eddie Jordan accepts Rutgers job
By Associated Press A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan has reached a tentative agreement to take over as coach at Rutgers.
Report: Lakers assistant Jordan headed to Rutgers
A person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press that Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan has reached a tentative agreement to take over as coach at Rutgers.
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D'Antoni will remain Lakers coach, GM says
By Ramona Shelburne After the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the Houston Rockets 99-95 in overtime to clinch the seventh seed in the Western Conference playoffs, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak confirmed that head coach Mike D’Antoni will return next season.
Lakers nip Rockets in battle for West 7-seed
By Associated Press Steve Blake scored 24 points, Pau Gasol added his seventh career triple-double, and the Los Angeles Lakers secured the seventh playoff seed in the Western Conference with a 99-95 overtime victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.