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Injuries and chemistry issues derailed the season early and often.

LOS ANGELES -- Dwight Howard had every reason to be upset after the Los Angeles Lakers 109-95 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday afternoon at Staples Center. All he's supposed to do is play defense, right? Lock up the middle of the key,...

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant was running on fumes. Pau Gasol had just a few more jumps left in his sore right foot. Antawn Jamison's sprained right wrist was throbbing after another hard fall. Steve Nash was still in street clothes because of a sore hi...

LOS ANGELES -- Playing the Memphis Grizzlies on any given night is like signing up for an MMA fight. The Griz are among the NBA's most physical teams. Nothing comes easy against them and their stout defense, which gives up a league-low 89.8 points a ...

LOS ANGELES -- Antawn Jamison held up his right wrist, flexed it a bit and winced. "It's killing me," Jamison said. "But as long as we win and get in the playoffs, that's all that matters." Jamison is among the Los Angeles Lakers walking wound...

With Shaq giving him a push, Dwight Howard is stepping up as he needs to

The Los Angeles Lakers are learning how to conquer adversity, but, to be sure, they are not a better team without Kobe Bryant.

Just when you think he's done it all, Kobe Bryant takes it to another level.

Jamison's productivity shows what's going right with Lakers

DENVER -- Amnesty THAT ... game? After rallying for an emotional win in Dallas Sunday afternoon, then having a little fun at Mavericks owner Mark Cuban's suggestion that the Lakers should use the amnesty clause on the final year and $30.5 million of...

DALLAS -- Dirk Nowitzki's facial hair says the same thing Kobe Bryant said aloud earlier this week: The Lakers and Dallas Mavericks are desperate to make the playoffs. "We're both fighting for our lives," Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said before Su...

It's uncertain how the death of Jerry Buss will affect the Lakers, but winning certainly cures all.

LOS ANGELES -- Every time the Lakers and Clippers get together, there's one play you remember. One play that makes all the talk before and after this game about how there is no real rivalry between these franchises seem cheap. One play that tells the...

Pau Gasol is back on the court, but the Lakers are still far from figuring out the best use for him.

DALLAS -- Steve Nash stands a shade over 6-foot-3 when his latest hairdo is freshly combed, dresses well, has a wicked sense of humor and is one of the more socially conscious athletes in professional sports. One day he will be a Hall of Famer. F...

Dwight Howard's debut with the Lakers allowed him to leave his past behind.