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After being down in the fourth quarter by 12 points, the Los Angeles Lakers managed an impressive comeback win against the Phoenix Suns thanks to a late rally led by LeBron James. The Lakers won 100-95. James nearly outscored the Suns singlehandedly in the fourth quarter, in which the score was Suns 28-11, with James scoring ten points alone. According to James, the comeback began once coach Darvin Ham asked if he could go the whole fourth quarter. “He asked me if I could go the [whole] quarter, and I looked at the time and the score and what was going on in the game, and it was an easy answe...
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It didn’t take long for chemistry concerns on the Los Angeles Lakers roster to manifest themselves on the court. During an uninspiring performance in a preseason game against the Minnesota Timberwolves Wednesday, Russell Westbrook was noticeably withdrawn on multiple occasions and appeared to be openly dismissive of teammate Patrick Beverley during a team huddle. When the Lakers first traded for Beverley in August, many immediately questioned how the new acquisition would function with other players on the roster. He and Westbrook have consistently had disagreements for the better part of a de...
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The Los Angeles Lakers have requested and received permission to interview Golden State Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson to be their head coach. The fifth candidate to interview for the L.A. gig, Atkinson joins Bucks assistant Darvin Ham, Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin, former Blazers coach Terry Stotts and former Warriors coach Mark Jackson. Atkinson was a Knicks assistant from 2008-2012, a Hawks assistant from 2012-2016, then spent three and a half seasons coaching the Brooklyn Nets, was a Clippers assistant 2020-2021 before landing with the Warriors last year.
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There’s at least one person who is not a fan of HBO’s Winning Time docuseries chronicling the Lakers teams of the Magic Johnson era: the team’s former executive Jerry West, who serves as one of the show’s main characters. He’s so livid, in fact, that he’s threatening legal action and demanding a retraction and apology for “a baseless and malicious assault” on his character via his portrayal on the show. Skip Miller, of West’s legal team, sais: The portrayal of NBA icon and L.A. Lakers legend Jerry West in ‘Winning Time’ is fiction pretending to be fact—a deliberately false characterization tha...
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Following the firing of Frank Vogel as head coach, Lakers PG Russell Westbrook sounded off on the relationship—or lack thereof—between the two. “I think it’s unfortunate, to be honest, because I’ve never had an issue with any of my coaches before,” Westbrook said after his exit interview. “I’m not sure what his issue was with me or I’m not sure why, but I can’t really give you an answer to why we really never connected.” Westbrook didn’t reserve his animosity for his former coach in the 21-minute news conference. “When I first got here, the ability to be able to do what I’m able to do for a te...
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What have you done for me lately? For Frank Vogel and the Los Angeles Lakers, the answer is not enough, apparently. Just two years removed from leading the team to the NBA title, Vogel is expected to be out as head coach of the Lakers. The search for his replacement is sans a front-runner. L.A. finished its 2021-2022 campaign—which will not include a playoff appearance—with a disappointing 33-49 record following a 146-141 OT win in Denver Sunday. Vogel signed a three-year deal with the team in 2019 and inked a one-year extension this past offseason. He hasn’t been informed of any moves yet, bu...
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Criticism against a 14-year veteran, nine-time All-Star, and former league MVP is sometimes valid, but death threats—regardless of the player’s stature—are never ok. Russell Westbrook and his wife, Nina, have shared that that’s exactly what they’re dealing with. Nina went to social media to reveal the “death threats” her family has received during Westbrook’s first season in Los Angeles. The two say they’re speaking out on behalf of their three children: 4-year-old Noah and twin 3-year-old daughters, Jordyn and Skye. “I 100% stand behind my wife and how she’s feeling,” Westbrook said Monday. “...
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As things have started to go haywire, the Los Angeles Lakers plan to make some tweaks to their roster. The team plans to waive backup big man DeAndre Jordan and sign free agent guard DJ Augustin. The move shows the Lakers are placing an emphasis on guard play and shooting—in lieu of post play. L.A. also plans to sign forward Wenyen Gabriel to a two-way contract. Jordan appeared in 32 games for the Lakers this season and played 12.8 minutes per. Augustin played in 34 games for the Rockets but was waived earlier this month. A career 38% shooter from three-point land, it’s not a shock to see a te...
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If the on-the-court results weren’t apparent enough, the fans’ reactions made it clear: the Lakers are in serious trouble. The team Sunday night suffered its worst loss of the season—123-95 against the Zion Williamson-less Pelicans, nevertheless. Things got so bad that the home fans booed LeBron James and company. After the boos subsided, broadcasters noted that it was so quiet that you could “literally hear a mouse fart.” Perhaps the fans had a point: The Lakers were down to the Pelicans by 30 points after the third quarter and lost by 28.
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Wednesday marks the two-year anniversary of the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven other people. “When my oldest daughter was born, and I have a picture which we framed of him, and have in the house, of him holding her and giving her a kiss on the cheek,” former Laker teammate Jordan Farmar said. “Just how much he transitioned to being the ultra-fierce competitor to this soft, healthy, worldly guy. And I think his kids and his girls softened him up and made him that way.” On January 26, 2020, a helicopter carrying the nine peop...
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