Game after game, the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James continue to experience a paradoxical season where the star is approaching a historic moment and the regular season points record, held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, while his team is struggling to find a place in the play-offs. Saturday night, traveling to the New Orleans Pelicans, the … Read more
The game: Denver stops the Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers had won their last five meetings. But the Denver Nuggets, leader of the Western Conference, were too strong for the Californians on Monday (122-109). However, the latter were deprived of LeBron James, spared due to a sore ankle (and again Anthony Davis, who injured his … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers had not won since February 16 and a success over Utah, and remained on four consecutive losses, including two slaps against New Orleans and the LA Clippers. But, on Saturday, the Lakers finally woke up, and with style. They won at home against the Golden State Warriors (124-116), second in the … Read more
The Los Angeles Lakers won Wednesday in Phoenix against the Suns (112-107) in a game that marked the first preseason game for the duo LeBron James and Anthony Davis. The first scored 11 points (4 out of 10 shooting) and took 2 rebounds in just under 15 minutes of play, the second compiled 10 points … Read more
48 Second best scorer of the NBA season (30.3 points per game, behind Joel Embiid with 30.4), LeBron James is still in the fight for this honorary accolade. But she should not console the “King” who had the worst season of his career. The four-time NBA champion had never lost 48 games in a single … Read more
They have seven matches left, mostly away and against strong teams (Utah, Phoenix, Denver twice …), to save what can still be saved. In the meantime, the Los Angeles Lakers are no longer in a position to qualify for the play-in, this four-team mini-tournament which will determine the last two qualified in the play-offs at … Read more
The (bad) spiral: the Lakers still beaten After another victory for his team in the All-Star Game, the return to current affairs is delicate for LeBron James. The “King” and the Los Angeles Lakers largely lost Sunday at home against the New Orleans Pelicans (95-123). Without Anthony Davis, still injured in a foot, James scored … Read more
His new double-double, massive once again, was not enough. Rudy Gobert (19 points at 6/8, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks) and Utah had their hand in the last quarter of the last Martin Luther King Day game, leading by nine points with less than ten minutes remaining ( 74-83, 39th). But LeBron James (25 points, … Read more
Atlanta perfectly negotiated his visit to the Staples Center by leaving with a snatch victory over the Lakers (94-99). But of course, it is the exit on injury of LeBron James which will remain in many memories. The second quarter was just beginning when the Lakers star slammed into Solomon Hill before falling to the … Read more
To each his own series. The Phoenix Suns won Tuesday on the floor of the Los Angeles Lakers (108-80), who were deprived of Anthony Davis (left knee injury), Malik Monk and Avery Bradley (Covid protocol). The franchise of Arizona thus signed a fourth consecutive success and consolidated its first place in the Western conference. The … Read more