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Written By Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room Three straight losses has a sour taste in my mouth, with the Lakers being favored in the previous two and the Phoenix Suns loss feeling particulary unacceptable. The Lakers are favored again to beat the Steph Curry less Warriors tonight, a trend that hasn't fared well in the losing streak as Boston, Orlando and Phoenix were all short handed respectively. Vegas has the Lakers as a -3.5 advantage entering the ABC primetime contest. C

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room No Devin Booker and no Dillon Brooks, should be no issue for the Lakers. Maybe. The main storyline of the day being Deandre Ayton (or Clint Capela) aligning with a return to Phoenix for the number one pick hopefully leading to a big showing after his double-double with 21 and 12 vs the Magic in one point loss two nights ago. The Lakers are looking to snap a two game losing streak and other than an angry Mark Williams they should

Written By Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room LA came in heavy -6.5 point favorites over the Orlando Magic prior to tonight's contest. So Vegas is confident, I however am not. Franz Wagner being out (along with Jalen Suggs) gives me a bit more comfort as Wagner is known for giving the Lakers all they can handle every time he see's us. We lost both games to Orlando last year and this is our first matchup with them this year as they are in the midst of a west coast trip coming

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room Getting beat in front of your uncles is crazy. Lakers defense is questionable at best. Pat Riley was honored with a statue prior to the game, along with being honored at halftime. All I could think during the pre game ceremony outside Crypto was, what the hell is Dwyane Wade doing on stage. Showtime Lakers were in the House - Magic Johnson, Byron Scott Kareem and more. Anyways, the Lakers were anything but honorable after Tip-off.

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room The Lakers finally had a clean injury report, until they did not - less than 24 hours after the groundbreaking news. Groundbreaking for Lakers fans anyway as of the last few years. LeBron sits as a game time decision tonight vs. the rival eh cross-town Clippers, with knee soreness. Other than that the Lakeshow sport a clean bill of health for their first post All Star contest. It's the final contest of the season between the two ci

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room My daughter always makes me play 'would you rather' so that might explain my current end of All Star break energy. With the NBA trade deadline in the rearview, and outside of landing sharpshooter (who's paying immediate dividends) Luke Kennard, the Lakeshow (Robert Pelinka) remained mostly quiet. Similarly, the biggest name on - and off the market (depending on the day) Giannis Antetokounmpo also stood pat and said he won't ask for

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room Brilliant idiots is fitting. Please, take what he's saying with a grain of salt, he wasn't aware the Lakers even made the 2025 playoffs before he researched it, as hoop heads we know basketball ignorance is widely accepted bliss. Nationally syndicated radio host of 'The Breakfast Club' Lenard McKelvey aka Charlamagne tha God ripped the Lakers 41 year old All NBA (formerly as of Tuesday night) employee LeBron Raymone James and gave

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room Luka Doncic is still out with hamstring issues. On the second night of a back to back joining him on the injury list is the other two thirds of the Lakers 'Big 3' LeBron and Austin Reaves. Ayton and Marcus Smart are also out with the Lakers essentially in a punt formation resembling the Patriots offense in the most recent mostly already forgotten Super Bowl. San Antonio the second seed in the Western Conference enter this game as h

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room Another nationally televised game for the league with the top stars missing, im sure Adam Silver is thrilled. The Lakeshow look to extend their win streak to 4 games as they inch closer to All Star Weekend. No Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for defending champion Oklahoma City, no Luka Doncic for the Lakers. Luka may return tomorrow vs San Antonio (Adou Thiero also for that matter). Tonight LA comes in heavy underdogs to OKC with Reaves s

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room The Lakers embark on one of their tougher back to backs penciled in for this season. The top two seeds in the West at each end with the first leg tonight vs the defending NBA Champion Oklahoma City Thunder and again tomorrow night at home vs the second seeded San Antonio Spurs. Shai Gilgeous Alexander is ruled out for the Thunder but OKC is still a strong betting favorite with the Lakers minus league leading scorer Luka Doncic. One

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room Sometimes you gotta take what you can get. Right? Saturday night primetime, only without each teams biggest star in Luka Doncic and Steph Curry respectively - both sideleined with injury. Luke Kennard is set to make his Lakers debut which provide a boost as the entire contingent of Lakers fans look for him to break the 'curse' in which knock down three point shooters a la Malik Beasley, Reggie Bullock come and suddenly forget how t

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room Bad news first, Luka Doncic is listed as doubtful for Saturday night's game at home vs the Golden State Warriors. Per ESPN Dave McMenamin “There is some initial optimism that Luka Doncic is not dealing with a major issue with his left hamstring, however the Lakers star is doubtful to play Saturday against the Golden State Warriors, sources tell ESPN” This release says a little, but a lot. Last thing the Lakers can afford right now

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room Los Angeles -Home cooking! after an 8 game grammy trip the Sixers came in to Crypto looking for a sixth straight victory. Joel Embiid is playing adding 26 ppg on nearly 50 percent shooting to the Philadelphia offensive attack that already features Tyrese Maxey at 28.9 PPG himself, good for 5th in the entire NBA. Paul George is still on a somewhat fresh suspension along with the team still reeling from the shocking Jared McCain to t

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room Rob Pelinka closed a deal, and for a long range assassin in Luke Kennard in a swap with the Atlanta Hawks for Gabe Vincent & a 2032 2nd round pick. Kennard is shooting 49.7 lights out from 3 Point range which should pair perfectly with the shot creation of Luka Doncic (LeBron and Reaves also for that matter). They didn’t get any better with defense or athleticism in this trade but with Gabe Vincent shooting 35.3 percent from 3 this

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room The Lakers are waiting for summer. Apparently, the first two seasons of the "Luka Doncic timeline" may be spent as a middling Western Conference team - it could be worse I guess. Unless something happens for the Lakers in the next FIVE HOURS. That's how long remain's until the 2026 NBA Trade deadline is official at 3 PM E.T. Then we have to hope this team that has proven inconsistent and defensively incapable of competing with top

Written by Malcolm Xavier of The Lakers Room No, its not the Showtime at the Apollo nor Madison Square Garden, but the second leg of the Lakers New York City two step got a boost prior to tip off. It's official Lakers fans the return of Austin Reaves - off the bench. Austin has been sorely missed on the offensive end for shot creation purposes when Luka is being blitzed to give the defense another on ball magician and three level scorer to have to focus in on. On the Brookyln

The Lakers look to end their 8 game road trip (and two game New York City swing) with a bounce back vs. the lowly Brooklyn Nets after a disappointing 2nd half in MSG vs the Knicks. The Nets have posted a putrid 6-17 home record while the Lakers are one of the better road teams in the league at 17-11. Los Angeles is a heavy -8.5 Favorite to close out the season long 8 game road trip but are still without Austin Reaves, Bronny & Adou Thiero are also OUT. Besides ending the Gram

I'll start by saying I have no clue who Jake L Fischer is, but for some reason it sounds like he know's what he's talking about. Not so much breaking news, as every other story lately has been to wedge a gap between LeBron James and the Lakers wether it's the locker room ehh - Rich Paul. Or with front office - Jeanie Buss. The Lakers know more drama than TNT, and this year is no exception. Im not sure if this story is remotely true although I do choose to "sort of" believe it

I guess to go missing means you were there at some point, in some fashion. Deandre Ayton was in full force in the first quarter of the game vs the New York Knicks at MSG. He scored 4 of the Lakers first six points both on alley oops - including one beautiful no look pass from Marcus Smart. He finished the first quarter with 9 points and 4 rebounds on 4-4 shooting which the Lakers lead after one on the road 33-27. I'm not sure what happened from there, but to be on pace for 36

THE LAKERS CANNOT SUSTAIN FOR 48 MINUTES. WE LOOK GOOD IN BURST - WE’LL GET BACK TO THAT. ON THE SAME DAY OF THE PAVEMENT CRACKING LUKA DONCIC TRADE FROM THE MAVS TO THE LAKERS…WHICH THE TEAM RECEIVED THE NEWS AFTER BEATING THE NEW YORK KNICKS IN A FEBRUARY 1ST 2025 CONTEST AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WHERE 40 YEAR OLD LEBRON RECORDED A 33 POINT 12 ASSIST 11 REBOUND TRIPLE DOUBLE.  TODAY THEY FACE THE SAME TEAM - THE SAME DAY. ALSO, TODAY LAKERS LEBRON JAMES WAS NAMED TO A RECOR