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The Mavericks will have to overcome a money mountain to convince Chris Paul or Dwight Howard to come to Dallas. The collective bargaining agreement gives their current teams a tremendous financial edge this summer, allowing them to offer five-year...

As far as setting up the Mavericks' summer goes, it was a phenomenal first round. Dwight Howard's team got swept. Chris Paul's squad lasted only six games. Enough seeds of doubt have been planted for the two superstars to at least seriously co...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Pau Gasol left his exit meeting with general manager Mitch Kupchak on Tuesday with an increased sense that he may have played his last game with the Lakers. "The future is uncertain," Gasol said. "There's no doubt about it. I...

When Dwight Howard becomes a free agent on July 1, he has a chance to rectify the damage he's done to his reputation by making a necessary, bold move. He should sign with Houston.

It is time for LA to think about the summer of 2014 and the next era of Lakers basketball.

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The Los Angeles Lakers will be without Steve Nash for Friday night's pivotal Game 3 against the San Antonio Spurs.

This concludes our look at the sets and actions integral to each NBA playoff team's success. Read about the Knicks, Celtics, Heat, and Bucks here; read about the Nuggets, Clippers, Grizzlies, Warriors here. Brooklyn Nets: Deron Williams and the UC...

Ten things we'll learn in the 2013 NBA playoffs, from whether Dwight Howard is right to the Heat's historical standing.

Who has the most to prove in these playoffs? J.A. Adande examines each West series.

Stephen Dunn/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Lakers and Rockets played one of Wednesday night's few meaningful games. LOS ANGELES -- Give the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets their due, the two teams played a frenetic, de facto playoff game. The Rockets ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Lakers are in. In what seemed like a remote possibility months ago and a dicey proposition even a week ago when Kobe Bryant went out with a torn Achilles, the Lakers not only got into the playoffs, they got in playing a brand of...

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

LOS ANGELES -- In what has seemed at times like a never-ending Los Angeles Lakers season, the last game of the regular season came down to the last minute of overtime. The Memphis Grizzlies seemingly took most of the drama out of the night for the...

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.

The Los Angeles Lakers are faced with a "win and get in" opportunity Wednesday night when they host the Houston Rockets in their regular-season finale.

LOS ANGELES -- It figured to be an emotional night in the first Los Angeles Lakers game since Kobe Bryant went out with that devastating season-ending Achilles tear. And L.A. used the charged atmosphere to its advantage. Here's a look back at L.A....