http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said he was "hopeful" and "optimistic" that Dwight Howard will be back with the Lakers next season and beyond.]]> May 20, 2013 16:29:51 PDT 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 hi...]]> May 01, 2013 07:45:09 PDT The Los Angeles Lakers will be without Steve Nash for Friday night's pivotal Game 3 against the San Antonio Spurs.]]> April 27, 2013 12:46:12 PDT 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...]]> April 17, 2013 22:04:55 PDT 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 mi...]]> April 17, 2013 19:49:48 PDT 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.]]> April 17, 2013 10:26:22 PDT The Los Angeles Lakers have come down to the final game of their rocky 2012-13 regular season and in a most appropriate scenario, considering everything that's happened to the team this year, L.A.'s postseason fate is still up in the air.]]> April 16, 2013 12:26:46 PDT 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...]]> April 14, 2013 18:06:43 PDT Kobe Bryant's absence won't be the only lineup change Sunday for the Lakers when they host the Spurs. Steve Nash will miss his seventh straight game with an injured hip and hamstring and Metta World Peace will return to the starting lineup.]]> April 14, 2013 09:24:41 PDT Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant suffered what the team called a probable torn Achilles tendon during Friday night's win against the Golden State Warriors.]]> April 12, 2013 19:23:35 PDT Pau Gasol explained he was thinking about the Los Angeles Lakers' chances in the long term when he called Kobe Bryant's 47 points in 48 minutes performance against the Portland Trail Blazers "bittersweet."]]> April 12, 2013 10:10:23 PDT As we first reported in January, the Lakers will play in the China Games next preseason and the dates of the games were announced by the NBA on Tuesda...]]> March 05, 2013 13:07:44 PST LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers might have been the only NBA team without a representative at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Bosto...]]> March 03, 2013 17:51:24 PST LOS ANGELES -- In a season full of hard knocks, the Los Angeles Lakers got a little bit of luck on their side when all three teams they're immediately...]]> February 28, 2013 19:20:38 PST Will the Los Angeles Lakers make the playoffs? That's really the only pertinent question for the boys in purple and gold these days. All the oth...]]> February 26, 2013 15:30:24 PST