AP Sources: Bobcats hire Lakers assistant Clifford
Michael Jordan felt he needed a head coach with a little more NBA experience this time around to improve his struggling Charlotte Bobcats. The former ...
AP Sources: Bobcats hire Clifford as coach
The Charlotte Bobcats have hired Los Angeles Lakers assistant Steve Clifford to become their new coach. Two people familiar with the situation said ...

James, Bryant voted to All-NBA first team
LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection. James received all 119 votes ...

NBA draft order set, so who goes No. 1?
The Cleveland Cavaliers are on top of the NBA draft yet again, only this time there is no LeBron James waiting to save them. There may not even be a ...

Spurs finish off Lakers sweep, roll to 2nd round
Tony Parker could only shake his head at the travails of the Los Angeles Lakers, who probably packed more drama and turmoil into this season than the ...

Spurs finish 4-game sweep, routing Lakers 103-82
For four straight games, the San Antonio Spurs showed off all the teamwork and tenacity that the Los Angeles Lakers lacked all season long. And when ...

Injuries mount as Lakers face elimination by Spurs
Facing an 0-3 deficit to the surging San Antonio Spurs, the Los Angeles Lakers probably will run out of games in their season before they run out of ...

Duncan's steady Spurs put Lakers on the brink
While the Los Angeles Lakers have been a jumble of injury, inconsistency and general weirdness throughout their tumultuous season, Tim Duncan's San ...

Duncan leads Spurs' rout, pushing Lakers to brink
After 16 seasons, Tim Duncan knows the NBA postseason is no time for mercy. Particularly when an opponent is down and seemingly ready to go out.

Already down 0-2 to Spurs, Lakers' injuries mount
Steve Nash needed three injections for pain relief on the Los Angeles Lakers' day off. He's still more likely to play in Game 3 on Friday night than ...
NBA officials OK with Kobe's 'fascinating' tweets
A headache for his coach, Kobe Bryant's tweets during a Lakers playoff game were a hit at the NBA office. Bryant has since decided to stop, saying the ...

Parker leads Spurs to 102-91 win over Lakers
The San Antonio Spurs kept insisting the playoffs were a new season and that their woeful finish to the regular season was not as grave as it appeared

Spurs' Ginobili 'feeling good' day after Game 1
Gregg Popovich can rest easy. Manu Ginobili is just fine. The San Antonio Spurs' coach was concerned how Ginobili would feel following a day after his ...

Lakers fail to take advantage of Spurs' struggles
The Los Angeles Lakers had a golden opportunity to take Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round series against San Antonio. The Spurs were ...

Ginobili, Parker lead Spurs past Lakers in Game 1
Manu Ginobili cautioned against expecting too much from him in his second game back from a hamstring injury. All he did is help the San Antonio Spurs ...

Is there a challenge for Heat in NBA playoffs?
Looking for a reason not to pick the Miami Heat to win another NBA title? Don't check the odds, where the Heat are such an overwhelming favorite that ...

Lakers hold off Rockets, take West's 7th seed
Dwight Howard had a simple message for the Lakers after Chandler Parsons' 34-foot, line-drive 3-pointer at the regulation buzzer added five more ...
Lakers win without Kobe, rallying past Spurs 91-86
An empty chair sat in front of Kobe Bryant's locker Sunday night, and the Los Angeles Lakers realized they would have to fill it together. With their ...

Lakers lose Kobe, survive thriller with Warriors
Kobe Bryant pushed his fraying body and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates relentlessly through the second half of a vital game until he felt a searing ...

Bryant has 47 in Lakers' 113-106 over Blazers
It didn't matter that it was the Rose Garden. The "M-V-P!" chant for Kobe Bryant was loud and clear. Bryant scored a season-high 47 points and carried ...
Lakers beat Hornets 104-96 to stay in hunt
Kobe Bryant looked around, drew in a breath and gathered himself. Time for one of the game's best closers to get to work with the score tied to start ...

Clippers beat Lakers 109-95 to win division title
Chris Paul held up the red T-shirt reading 'Can't Stop Los Angeles' for a quick postgame photo. He didn't put it on, and neither did his Clippers ...

Lakers hang Shaq's No. 34 jersey in the rafters
When Shaquille O'Neal visited the Forum during the summer he joined the Los Angeles Lakers, general manager Jerry West encouraged him to look up at ...

Kobe Bryant leads Lakers past Kings, 103-98
Kobe Bryant passed Wilt Chamberlain for fourth place on the NBA's scoring list, then put on one of the best passing performances of his storied career

Pick 6: A look at the NBA's late-season races
The races are on in the NBA, both on and off the court. With now less than three weeks remaining in the regular season, the eight teams that will be ...