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Curry scores 31 in return as Warriors defeat Lakers 128-121 despite 40 points from James

Mar. 17, 2024 02:45 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Curry belatedly celebrated his birthday by returning to the Golden State lineup and leading the Warriors to a much-needed victory. Curry, who turned 36 on Thursday, scored 31 points after missing the last three games with a sprained right ankle as the...

Lakers' Anthony Davis suffers eye injury during first quarter against Warriors

Mar. 17, 2024 01:52 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Lakers fans didn't know by now how important Anthony Davis is to their team's postseason hopes, they got a significant reminder Saturday night. Los Angeles' All-Star center suffered an eye injury late in the first quarter against the Golden State Warriors and...

Nullified 3-pointer by James, shot clock malfunction make for lengthy ending to Warriors-Lakers

Mar. 17, 2024 01:22 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Kerr has been part of plenty of exciting finishes between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers. On Saturday night, the teams played a game that simply wouldn't finish. The final 2 minutes, 7 seconds of the Warriors' 128-121...

Curry returns to Warriors' lineup going into pivotal Western Conference clash vs. Lakers

Mar. 16, 2024 20:28 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Golden State star Stephen Curry returned to the starting lineup on Saturday when the Warriors faced the Los Angeles Lakers. The two-time MVP missed the last three games after he sprained his right ankle late in the fourth quarter during a March 7 game against the...

NBA Cup may factor into playoff tiebreakers. And the league addresses a post-break scoring slowdown

Mar. 15, 2024 20:20 PM EDT

Success in the NBA’s in-season tournament could factor into playoff tiebreakers as early as next season, the league told its teams in a memo Friday following meetings with the competition committee. In the same briefing, the league said it has not ordered that fewer fouls be called...

Sabonis has triple-double as Kings beat Lakers 120-107 for 4-game season sweep

Mar. 14, 2024 01:44 AM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Domantas Sabonis had 17 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Lakers 120-107 on Wednesday night. The Kings have won seven of their last eight games against the Lakers, including a four-game sweep this season....

With Embiid out, the 76ers are sliding toward a play-in round that could have several stars in 2024

Mar. 12, 2024 06:08 AM EDT

Less than two months ago, Joel Embiid scored 70 points in a game. He's played twice since then, and this week his Philadelphia 76ers struggled to score 70 as a team. At least they won that unsightly matchup, 79-73 over the New York Knicks. That snapped a three-game...

The Lakers are planning to fix a few errors carved into the base of Kobe Bryant's statue

Mar. 11, 2024 19:03 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers say they're planning to fix a handful of errors on the base of the statue of Kobe Bryant unveiled last month outside their arena. The names of former NBA players Jose Calderon and Von Wafer are misspelled on the base in a rendering of the...

Anthony Davis bullies Timberwolves with 27 points, 25 rebounds in Lakers' 120-109 victory

Mar. 11, 2024 01:17 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis had 27 points, a season-high 25 rebounds and a career-high seven steals while leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 120-109 victory over the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night. Davis added five assists and three blocked shots in one...

D'Angelo Russell scores 44 points in LeBron-less Lakers' stunning 123-122 win over Bucks

Mar. 09, 2024 01:46 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — D'Angelo Russell scored 21 of his season-high 44 points in the fourth quarter and hit a go-ahead jumper with 5.9 seconds to play, and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame LeBron James' injury absence for a 123-122 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. ...