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Lakers forward Metta World Peace believes the Heat aren't just being beat on the court, but also between the ears.

MIAMI -- If Sunday's Los Angeles Lakers-Miami Heat matchup had any less meaning because of Los Angeles' sub-.500 record, nobody informed the teams that was the case. Even though Miami came into the game winners of four in a row and owners of the b...

LOS ANGELES -- The Miami Heat might have come into this one playing on the second night of a back-to-back and their sixth road game in nine days to wrap up a road trip and the Los Angeles Lakers might have been under .500, but none of that backstory ...

Editor's note: Throughout the 2012-13 NBA season we'll be asking our colleagues at ESPN Los Angeles to weigh in on the progress of the Heat's quest for back-to-back titles. This week, Dave McMenamin outlines "Seven improvements or less" for the Laker...

When the principal pieces of the current iteration of the Miami Heat came together, they were given that convenient "Big Three" nickname to recognize Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh making Miami their mutual free-agency destination. But t...

Mike Brown plans to "stay the course" despite the Lakers' 0-3 start.

With the No. 3 seed in the West already locked up heading into Thursday's regular-season finale against the Kings, the Lakers' coaching staff is planning to sit team's stars and use the game as a talent evaluator for its young players.

If Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown learned anything from Sunday's 102-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, it's that even a seemingly routine substitution involving Kobe Bryant can become a point of discussion for L.A. sports fans.

Kobe Bryant says he's gone through his 16-year NBA career without a true rival on the court.

Kobe Bryant thinks the Lakers will make a move to improve the team.

Mike Brown credits the great play of LeBron James for helping him get the Lakers coaching job.

Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown would have good reason to harbor bitterness toward the Cleveland Cavaliers but he says he understands the NBA is a business.

Here are your 10 additional things to take away from the Lakers' 90-87 overtime road win against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday ... 1At 7 feet, 250 pounds and one of a dying breed of true back-to-the-basket post players in the league, Pau Gasol has...

Mike Brown said the main difference between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James is their personalities.

You want the bright side of the NBA lockout? How about a bunch of all-pro pickup games sprouting up like flowers through cracks in the pavement. With NBA owners and the players' union still at odds over economic issues, the league's players hav...

Phil Jackson is retired, the triangle offense is out, and Mike Brown is in. And the Los Angeles Lakers are still Kobe Bryant's team.