Even Magic Johnson is very worried about the Lakers. Los Angeles and its revamped roster is off to an ugly 0-2 start, after losing to the defending Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns at Staples Center on Friday night. The Lakers were...
It wasn’t the home opener the Boston Celtics were hoping for. Backing up after a draining double-overtime loss to the New York Knicks, the Celtics were run out of TD Garden by the Toronto Raptors, 115-83. New head coach Ime Udoka...
LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul scored his 20,000th career point on the way to 23 points and 14 assists, and Devin Booker added 14 points in the Phoenix Suns’ 115-105 victory over the winless Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. What...
Chris Paul has created a category all his own. During Friday night’s game between the Suns and Lakers, the Phoenix star became the first player in NBA history to score at least 20,000 points and dish out at least 10,000 assists. Paul, who had 10,285...
Scott Mayfield was talking, but Mathew Barzal, sitting right next to him, drew attention from Mayfield’s words with his actions. “Definitely ups and downs,” Mayfield said, as Barzal leaned back. Barzal crossed his arms, exasperated, then leaned back forward, his glance...
The rocky start has continued for the Los Angeles Lakers. After going winless in preseason and dropping their first regular season game to the Golden State Warriors, the Lakers found themselves down double-digits to the Phoenix Suns in the first half....
Once again, the Dodgers are dealing with issues involving their starting pitchers. Manager Dave Roberts has employed bullpen games multiple times in this year’s postseason, both by design and because of circumstance, and he may have another one on his hands for...
ATLANTA — Mission accomplished for the Dodgers in extending this NLCS to the weekend, but now what? The answer to that question revolves largely around their pitching situation. Max Scherzer on Friday was scratched from Saturday’s scheduled start for Game 6...
The Philadelphia 76ers’ home opener against the Brooklyn Nets came 124 days after they were eliminated in the 2021 playoffs with a Game 7 loss to the Atlanta Hawks in the Conference Semifinals. However, the final minutes of the game are bound to...
The excitement. The anxiety. The pressure. The nerves. The expectations. Everything Kemba Walker is going through right now as the hometown hero returning to play point guard for the Knicks, Mark Jackson lived through three decades ago. “Just the bright lights...
