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Injuries and chemistry issues derailed the season early and often.

It wasn't always pretty, but the Lakers are in the playoffs and ready for anything.

Dwight Howard had been there. To the operating table, to the dark place a career-threatening injury can plunge a superstar into, and down the long, frustrating road that comes next. He'd been there, and so he is determined to be there for Kobe Br...

In starting their time without Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers must unlearn how to play with him, without forgetting what he taught them.

For just the third game this season, the Los Angeles Lakers will look pretty much as they were intended to look back in August when visions of becoming a superteam danced in their heads.

Mike D'Antoni and the Los Angeles Lakers understand that their original goal of a high-octane offense is not the best way to the playoffs now.

The Los Angeles Lakers have already lost more games this season (29) than they have in any full season since 2007, and big man Dwight Howard says he knows that his inconsistent energy and struggles with conditioning have cost his team some of them.

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

Kobe Bryant doesn't get what all the fuss was about.

Dwight Howard said he intends to play in this weekend's All-Star Game as long as he doesn't aggravate the torn labrum in his right shoulder during the Los Angeles Lakers' final two games before the break.

In a season of turmoil, what have we learned about the Lakers?

Shelburne: Too soon to tell if Lakers' resurgent play is for real.

Howard or D'Antoni? The Lakers might have to choose.

Little has gone according to plan for the Lakers this season. So little, in fact, that Jim Buss said it would be foolish to "blow it up" until the team has played enough games together to correctly identify why it has struggled and so badly underachieved.

Dwight Howard says the Lakers need to develop a better chemistry.

As the Lakers get close to full strength, it's clear this experiment may work after all.