Clippers Suffer Major Loss to Pelicans 131-110
So many things went wrong for the Clippers as they faced the Pelicans on Saturday.
So many things went wrong for the Clippers as they faced the Pelicans on Saturday.
The Los Angeles Clippers officially clinched the eighth seed by defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 119-100 on Sunday evening at Crypto.com Arena.
In their fourth game this week, the Los Angeles Lakers are still winning. After executing the longest road-game winning streak to start the season in franchise history, the Los Angeles Lakers return to the Staples Center to oust the New Orleans Pelicans 112-95.
– Captains to Draft Rosters for Team LeBron vs. Team Giannis; TNT to Air NBA All-Star Draft on Feb. 6. West Starter Pool: James, Lakers’ Davis, Mavericks’ Dončić, Rockets’ Harden and Clippers’ Leonard. East Starter Pool: Antetokounmpo, 76ers’ Embiid, Raptors’ Siakam, Celtics’ Walker and Hawks’ Young.
In Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart’s first time back at STAPLES Center since being traded, Anthony Davis scores 46 Points to spoil the Pelicans’ second meeting against the Lakers.
The reinvented Los Angeles Lakers held Media Day at the UCLA Health Training Facility on Friday with the return of some familiar faces and a plethora of new ones. Two of the most recognizable faces were LeBron James, who returned for his second season in the purple and gold, and Anthony Davis, who was acquired in a blockbuster summer trade that sent the former Lakers’ young core to New Orleans.
Los Angeles Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka introduced its new prized possession in Anthony Davis as “the most dominant young basketball player in the world,” Saturday at the Lakers training complex in El Segundo.
Since January, the Los Angeles Lakers desperately were in pursuit of pulling off a blockbuster trade that would pair LeBron James with 26-year-old superstar Anthony Davis.
As the Lakers faced the end of their season and their sixth straight failure to obtain a playoff spot, another startling announcement was made moments before that game was to commence. Shortly after Luke Walton’s last routine pregame press conference for the season on Tuesday, Johnson called for an impromptu press conference where it was assumed that many things would happen. Shockingly, what did happen was that his announcement that was stepping down from his role as president of basketball operations for the Lakers.
The Los Angeles Lakers signed 33-year-old Andre Ingram from the team’s G-League affiliate, South Bay Lakers, on a 10-day contact Monday.
Ninety minutes before tipoff, the word had gotten out that LeBron James would make his return to the hardwood for the first time since Christmas.
Lakers sophomores Lonzo Ball and Kyle Kuzma were two of 10 American first- and second-year players selected by the league’s assistant coaches to participate in the Mtn Dew Ice Rising Stars game
Klay Thompson tied an NBA record 10 straight three-pointers on his way to 44 points as he led the Warriors atop the Lakers 130-111 inside Staples Center on Monday night, Jan. 21.
The Lakers’ young core consisting of Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, and Josh Hart have spent the last seven games being forced to play without their centerpiece LeBron James and veteran point guard Rajon Rondo. Over that span, the Lakers have gone 2-5 with their only wins coming over the Kings on Dec. 30 and the Mavericks on the road Monday, Jan. 7.
The Lakers returned to Staples Center on a back-to-back night as the team defeated the Atlanta Hawks 107-106 to improve to 7-6 on the season. It marked the Lakers’ third consecutive win and the first time the franchise has been above .500 since Nov. 22, 2016.