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LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant will always be associated with the number 81, and with good reason. But here are two more digits tied to Bryant that are just as eye-popping: 79. As in 79 seconds, the total amount of time Bryant has sat in the Los Angel...

On the night that Shaquille O'Neal's jersey was retired, the "Big Aristotle" again took a shot at current Lakers star Dwight Howard.

Dwight Howard says he's made some "epic" April Fool's jokes in the past, but the Los Angeles Lakers center was being completely earnest when he looked at the eight remaining games on his team's schedule.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- It was a historic night for Kobe Bryant. He passed Wilt Chamberlain, one of the true legends of the game and an almost mythical man from Bryant's hometown of Philadelphia, for fourth on the NBA's all-time scoring list. It ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Here's a capsule-sized look at how the Los Angeles Lakers salvaged a 2-2 road trip with a rousing, come-from-behind win, beating the Sacramento Kings 103-98 on Saturday night at the Sleep Train Arena: How it happened: Things...

Kobe Bryant moved into fourth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list in the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the Sacramento Kings, passing Wilt Chamberlain.

Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash will be in the lineup when the Los Angeles Lakers play the Sacramento Kings, Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni said after shootaround Saturday.

Lakers guards Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash are nursing injuries.

Mike D'Antoni's short rotation left starters fatigued and reserves restless during the tail end of a back-to-back.

LOS ANGELES -- Injuries have been the story of the Los Angeles Lakers' season as much as anything, from Dwight Howard's back and shoulder to Pau Gasol's knees and foot to Jordan Hill's hip, Steve Nash's leg, Steve Blake's groin and now Kobe Bryant's ...

LOS ANGELES -- There was a telling quote from Antawn Jamison after the Los Angeles Lakers rallied to win in Indianapolis without Kobe Bryant the other night. "We have too much talent to think that there's not a chance for us to win when he's not o...

LOS ANGELES -- Sunday marked the first time in Dwight Howard's career with the Los Angeles Lakers that he played in a game that Kobe Bryant did not, as Bryant missed his first game of the season to rest his sprained left ankle and heal up from the fl...

Kobe Bryant didn't play Sunday night when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Sacramento Kings as the veteran guard is recovering from a severely sprained left ankle as well as the flu.

HOUSTON -- With the Los Angeles Lakers' starting power forward, starting center and primary back-up big man all sidelined indefinitely, Metta World Peace could be relied upon to play some center in their stead. Despite standing just 6-7 and not ha...

Mike D'Antoni and Steve Nash will be reunited when D'Antoni flies into Los Angeles on Wednesday, but they'll have to wait a bit before D'Antoni coaches his former point guard in a game again.

Phil Jackson was prepared to return to the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday morning if negotiations between his agent and the team went well, a league source told ESPNLosAngeles.com late Sunday night