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Steve Blake could miss time with a lower abdominal strain.

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Lakers were trying to solve the problem of having too many point guards on the roster. Now, they could be running low. Starter Steve Nash has already missed five games and is out at least another week after sufferi...

With the regular season a week away, the primary concern for the Los Angeles Lakers remains the health of their star players.

Five times the Los Angeles Lakers have suited up for a preseason game this year, and after Friday's 103-98 loss to the Sacramento Kings in Las Vegas, five times they have lost. Still, tonight's was a much better effort. The offense (see below) had...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The Los Angeles D-Fenders filled their coaching vacancy Monday, announcing the hiring of former Sacramento Kings head coach Reggie Theus. He replaces Eric Musselman, who guided the team to a 38-12 record and was named the Nat...

For most of Friday's game against the Sacramento Kings, the Los Angeles Lakers put the engine in cruise control. Not ideal, but understandable for a team facing a horrible road squad in a season where discretion is definitely the better part of valor...

Some teams are greater than the sum of their parts. Other teams are the Sacramento Kings. Rocky Widner/Getty Images DeMarcus Cousins can jump over Blake Griffin, who can jump over a sedan! They're littered with intriguing, exciting, and...

My wife, walking past the TV halfway through the third quarter: "If they don't win this game, people are going to be very upset, right? Because they should win this game." She's a lot of things -- a wonderful woman and a fine mother to name a couple ...

When the Sacramento Kings appeared destined to become the Anaheim Royals, the Lakers objected to the move. Still, beyond some real economic considerations related to the team's TV upcoming TV deal with Time Warner, even with a third team in the L.A./...

Tuesday wasn't exactly a banner day for the Lakers. First, Steve Blake was diagnosed with chickenpox, shelving him indefinitely. Unpleasant enough for kids, chickenpox is worse when contracted as an adult, so it's undoubtedly a burly time in the Blak...

Things look bad right now for the Lakers, losers of four straight for the first time since April of 2007. Big picture, today's problems, real as they are, don't have to mean tomorrow's failings. This is still a championship caliber team, one welcomin...

Lakers coach Phil Jackson was asked if excitement was already building towards what could, by the time it rolls around, become the most anticipated regular season game in NBA history as the Lakers take on the Miami Heat on Christmas Day.

Catherine Steenkeste Man of the Hour: Robert Horry saved the day for the Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals against the Kings with a buzzer-beating triple. The Lakers would win the series in seven. May 26, 2002. Rick Fox stood on the...

In Sunday night's 99-92 win over Washington at Staples, the Lakers led by 26 at halftime and so dominated play against a travesty of a mockery of a sham of an NBA team I was left wondering if the final 24 minutes were really necessary. Yes, apparentl...

AP Photo/Alex Gallardo Really, should anyone be surprised anymore? As a sports fan, sometimes it's important to compartmentalize in order to obtain the maximum amount of enjoyment from said fandom. Or perhaps it's best just to see the glass as half...

There are certain things you don't expect to see in the final seconds of an NBA game with the result still in question. A play drawn up for Darko Milicic, for example. Defense from a Don Nelson squad. The Nets. Kobe Bryant taking a three so wide o...