Patrick Beverly and Montrezl Harrell cheered in joy and poured water on Lou Williams moments after the final buzzer had sounded at Staples Center. ... read more »

Lakers’ rookie Johnathan Williams made his NBA debut against the San Antonio Spurs as he introduced himself to the Staples Center crowd with a two-handed dunk on his first play of the game. After Lakers’ starting center JaVale McGee fouled out and Ivica Zubac found himself in foul trouble, Lakers’ coach Luke Walton called Williams’ number. Though Williams’ first NBA game ended in an overtime loss, he racked up eight points on 4-5 shooting, grabbed four rebounds and three blocks in 14 quality minutes. Williams joined Laker great Magic Johnson and Andre Ingram as just the third Lakers rookie of all time to notch eight points and three blocks in their NBA debut. ... read more »

The Lakers took the contending San Antonio Spurs into overtime to unhinge their gameplay and land a 122-112 victory. ... read more »

The Sacramento Kings’ fourth-quarter performance showed how basketball is a game of seconds and not a game of minutes. ... read more »

A depleted Lakers squad ran out of gas in a 124-122 overtime loss against the Milwaukee Bucks. The loss came although the team shot at 51 percent from the field and 21 second-chance points. ... read more »

The Los Angeles Lakers announced their roster for the 2017 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas ... read more »

Zubac will be out for the remainder of the season ... read more »

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed guard Jordan Clarkson, forward Luol Deng, and center Ivica Zubac ... read more »

"I did see where my locker was, and I definitely knew it was Kobe's locker,'' Ingram said. "(General manager) Mitch (Kupchak) told me I had some big shoes to fill when I came in here..." ... read more »

The team will hold its first practice next Tuesday, July 5 at the Toyota Sports Center and begin Summer League play in Las Vegas with back-to-back games on Friday, July 8 ... read more »

Walton plans on adopting the philosophies practiced by the Golden State Warriors to spearhead the young Lakers squad. ... read more »