Atlanta Hawks beat LA Lakers 122-102 in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday.
Austin Reaves added 23 points and Gabe Vincent scored 15 on five 3-pointers for the Lakers. Rui Hachimura and Jaxson Hayes had 11 points apiece and Jarred Vanderbilt collected 14 rebounds.
Despite being listed as doubtful starter due to a left ankle strain, Anthony Davis took to the court and delivered a record-breaking performance.
Can Shubman Gill and his men rewrite the script once more? The answer begins unrolling on July 23.
'RIP Diogo. Condolences to his family and friends during this incredibly sad time,' former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard posted.
Lebron and Bronny became the first father-son duo to play on the same team together in an NBA game.
Last year, James also surpassed Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer and now has more than 41,000 points to his name.
Zero women cracked the list of the world's 100 highest-paid athletes released on Wednesday by Sportico.
Kobe, who won five championships with the Lakers, and 13-year-old Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash in January.
Both players remain asymptomatic and are in quarantine. LA Lakers has chosen not to reveal the identities of both the players. Last week, Utah Jazz's Rudy Gobert had also tested positive for coronavirus and this resulted in the suspension of NBA for at least 30 days.
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant was inducted posthumously into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.
LeBron James made it to his 10th NBA Finals appearance, while LA Lakers made it to their first Finals in a decade as the Lakers earned a comfortable 117-107 win against Denver Nuggets in Game 5 to win Western Conference Finals 4-1.
The Los Angeles Lakers will pay tribute to Kobe Bryant on Friday when the team plays its first game since the NBA great died, although details of what that will entail remain unclear. Bryant perished along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others when the helicopter they were travelling in crashed in foggy weather on a hillside northwest of Los Angeles on Sunday.
Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook led the Lakers from 17 points down in the second half. Davis had 30 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, while Westbrook supplied 26 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. Carmelo Anthony added 18 points.
The Los Angeles Lakers captured a record-tying 17th NBA Championship on Sunday with a 106-93 victory over the Miami Heat that sealed the best-of-seven title series 4-2, restoring the storied franchise to the top of the basketball world.
Tayshaun Prince scored 25 points as the Detroit Pistons crushed the Los Angeles Lakers 103-81 in a rematch of last year's NBA finals.
The four-time champion "King James" became the league's scoring king just over a year ago when he passed Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Soros, 94, in the recent past has spoken openly against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ruling BJP believe that he tried to interfere in Indian elections.
Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
Pau Gasol scored 20 points and added 10 rebounds to help lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a 85-73 home win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
NBA champion Detroit Pistons eased past the Wizards 105-96 for their fourth consecutive win.
LA Lakers owner Jeannie Buss said on Friday, the Juneteenth holiday, that she is no longer willing to ignore hate and called on white people to come together and acknowledge the racism that exists in the United States. Juneteenth commemorates the US abolition of slavery under President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, belatedly announced by a Union army in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, after the Civil War ended.
The heavily anticipated new era of Los Angeles Lakers basketball began with a whimper as their much vaunted team bristling with All-Stars were beaten 99-91 by an under-strength Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Lakers head coach is considering stepping down due to ill health after less than seven months at the helm.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic has been acquired by the New Jersey Nets in a three-team trade that sent Nets guard-forward Terrence Williams to the Houston Rockets, the NBA teams said on Wednesday.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas picked up 30 points and LeBron James added 25 points, nine assists and eight rebounds to help the Cleveland Cavaliers pound the Los Angeles Lakers 103-89 Sunday.
The Miami Heat gave their fans some Christmas cheer with a dominating 96-80 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.
The Los Angeles Lakers kept their title hopes alive with a 103-98 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday to trim their NBA Finals deficit to 3-2. Kobe Bryant scored five of his 25 points in the final 2:14 to help extend the Lakers' season and send the best-of-seven series back to Boston for Game Six on Tuesday.
NBA champions Los Angeles Lakers were left stunned and humiliated after being upset 98-79 on their home court by the under-strength Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Lakers had very little time to lick their wounds after stunningly losing their regular-season opener to the Dallas Mavericks but, almost to a man, they said that time was their most precious commodity.
The Los Angeles Lakers have shut down Kobe Bryant for the remainder of the preseason in a bid to get the ailing All Star guard fit for next week's regular season opener, the team said.
Kobe Bryant, the NBA's second leading scorer, left the game in the opening quarter after he severely twisted his right ankle fighting for a rebound under the Cleveland basket.
Kobe Bryant poured in a game-high 31 points to spark the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-96 win over Minnesota Timberwolves.
Kobe Bryant scored 27 points and dished out 10 assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to an 111-104 victory over the Houston Rockets.
Kobe Bryant's fast start allowed him to clock off early as the Los Angeles Lakers made easy work of the Charlotte Bobcats in a 106-73 home blowout on Tuesday.
The battle for Los Angeles gained another feisty chapter as the Lakers scrapped to a 96-91 win over the Clippers on Wednesday to reassume inner-city bragging rights.
The Los Angeles Lakers woke up after a couple of lackluster quarters, riding a 44-15 final period to a 105-103 win over Dallas to hand the Mavericks their second loss of the season Friday.
Kobe Bryant's partnership with Andrew Bynum continued to blossom on Tuesday as the Lakers duo carried Los Angeles to a thrilling 116-111 double overtime victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant tore a ligament in his right wrist in Monday's preseason game against the Los Angeles Clippers and is considered day-to-day, the National Basketball Association club said on Wednesday.
India's junior men's hockey team drew 1-1 against Canberra Lakers in their Pool B game of the AHL in Perth on Sunday.
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