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A week or so ago I was asked on the radio to forecast the Lakers' first five games. I called two Lakers losses, and Wednesday's game at Utah was one. Salt Lake City is always a tough place to play, particularly when the Jazz have some talent, as they...

Preseason games are rarely enticing, but they don't necessarily have to be this ugly. Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers, light on stars, were again waxed by the Utah Jazz, 114-80. Their preseason record stands now at 0-4 heading into Friday's gam...

LOS ANGELES -- For those concerned about such things, the Los Angeles Lakers remain winless in the preseason, as the Utah Jazz outscored them by 24 points in the second half Saturday at Staples and won going away, 99-86. So there are kinks to work ou...

I guess they were due. The Lakers, dominant this season at home -- their only two losses coming against strong Chicago and Indiana squads -- finally laid an egg against an inferior opponent. The Utah Jazz, missing Al Jefferson and Earl Watson, came t...

With the final touches apparently being put on Derek Fisher's buyout in Houston, newly acquired forward/center Jordan Hill is no longer in post-trade limbo, and will suit up Sunday night for the Lakers at Staples against the Utah Jazz. Notice I sa...

Realistically speaking, a split in the first two games of the road trip felt like a win heading in, and that's what the Lakers have after dropping Saturday's game in Salt Lake City. Still, after what the Lakers did the night before, they will sure...

Exhale, Los Angeles, the Lakers are on the board. After consecutive losses to open the season, including a worrisome nine-point loss Monday in Sacramento, the Lakers overcame a slow start to blow out the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night at Staples Cente...

Heading into Tuesday's game against the Jazz, the Lakers face the prospect of starting 0-3 for the first time since the 1978-79 season. While Lakers coach Mike Brown isn't happy about the results, he remains optimistic.

If the collective purpose for the Lakers and Jazz in Tuesday night's game at Staples was to set basketball back about 50 years, congratulations on a spectacular effort. If it was to entertain those in attendance ... yikes. Describing the lack of qual...

UPDATE: Gasol has been diagnosed with a bone bruise, and is officially listed as day-to-day. I suspect the Lakers will be cautious with him heading into Tuesday's game against the Jazz, a team they ought to beat whether Gasol is in uniform or stre...

Take that, Jerry West! My assumption is the visitors found the Lakers rather spry Tuesday night. Below is the anatomy of a beatdown... Highlights: 1. The First Quarter. To say the Lakers own the Jazz at Staples does a disservice to the conc...

The Lakers don't get the win, but big picture it should be a fairly easy loss for fans to shake off. Among the topics discussed after Utah's 102-96 win over the purple and gold: -A poor night for the reserves, and from beyond the arc. Both served ...

It looked good early, then looked good again fairly late. Unfortunately, a lot of the stuff in between (the second quarter, for example), didn't go so well. The Lakers dropped their third game of the season, but overall it was hardly a disaster. H...

Back on American soil, the Lakers had a far more positive week, registering wins over Sacramento and Denver before Sunday's loss to the Jazz. Now they're down to their last week of exhibitions before the regular season begins. Likely they'd prefer to...

33 points on only 18 shots, 14 rebounds (including seven offensive), a pair each of assists and blocks, and a partridge in a pear tree. I added that last one. But needless to say, it was a complete night for Pau Gasol- as Andy pointed out, one going ...

The Lakers will say all the right things -- it's a best of seven, not a best of five, nothing is done until they get that fourth win and officially advance to the Western Conference Finals. They can't say it, so I will (likely on your behalf as well)...