Kobe Bryant not in NBA’s all-time top 10? Shaq thinks it’s ‘criminal’
Shaquille O’Neal has an issue with a recent ranking of the all-time best NBA players.On Monday, Bleacher Report released its list of the “top 100…
Lakers star LeBron James chosen to All-NBA second team
Twenty-two seasons ago, LeBron James entered the NBA with almost unbelievable expectations, the fate of a franchise in Cleveland and a league hungry for a…
Clippers beat Warriors and get fifth seed in NBA playoffs
SAN FRANCISCO — Step by step, the Clippers have inched toward their goal of making the NBA playoffs.The final step came Sunday and it was against the…
Luka Doncic and Lakers struggle in loss to Stephen Curry and Warriors
The Lakers couldn’t miss. And then they couldn’t make anything.Eleven times in a row, they got a mismatch they liked and found themselves in spots…
Stephen Curry’s 52-point game moves him past Jerry West on NBA scoring list
The focus rightly was on the immediate. Stephen Curry scored 52 points Tuesday in a 134-125 win over the Memphis Grizzlies that vaulted the surging…
‘I never doubted it’: James Harden returns to All-Star level
OAKLAND — James Harden was happy to be back — but maybe not in this building in these back hallways.Walking through the guts of the former Oracle…
NBA players have mixed opinions about NBA All-Star game format
SAN FRANCISCO — This year’s NBA All-Star Game was an end, the final All-Star Game aired on TNT before the league switches television partners. The NBA All-Star…
Lakers star LeBron James will miss his 21st All-Star Game
SAN FRANCISCO — LeBron James, set to start in the NBA All-Star Game for the 21st consecutive season, removed himself before the game Sunday, saying foot and…
Norman Powell and Clippers beat slumping Warriors, again
Norman Powell scored 24 points and the Clippers held on to beat the slumping Golden State Warriors for the third time this season, 102-92 on…
Clippers defeat Warriors after Steph Curry leaves with injury
DENVER — For the third straight time to start the season, the Clippers were in a game too close for comfort that challenged their composure.They have…
Lakers sign Quincy Olivari to two-way contract, waive Colin Castleton
Rookie Quincy Olivari capped his preseason with the one thing he wanted more than anything else — a job.The Lakers signed Olivari to a two-way…