Playoffs

MEMPHIS, Tenn. —  LeBron James should be excited to be back in the playoffs, the misery of watching from home a year ago erased by the buzz surrounding the Lakers’ first-round series with the Memphis Grizzlies.After a one-year absence from the playoffs, James might be energized by a return to the postseason. Maybe he’ll channel all of that on the court Sunday in Game 1 at Memphis. Yet Saturday, when James walked off the practice court, he seemed nothing but serious, his focus ramping up as the Lakers are about to play…

LeBron James doubled over in exhaustion. Anthony Davis twisted around in pain. Darvin Ham stared blankly in disbelief.It shouldn’t have been this hard. It shouldn’t have been this taxing. This should have been a two-foot putt. This should have been a gimme.The Lakers’ play-in game Tuesday night against the decimated and distracted Minnesota Timberwolves should have been a bold first step into a bright postseason.It was, instead, a staggered stumble into the great unknown, a night requiring extra time, exhausting effort,…

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The Lakers targeted 19 wins for a very specific reason.It was in early February, the morning before LeBron James would break the NBA’s all-time scoring record in fact, when Dennis Schroder put it on the record.With 28 games left in their season, Schroder said the team’s mindset was to win at least 19 — that would be the number the Lakers would need to make it into the playoffs.Days later, the roster would be remodeled and soon, the Lakers would play some of their best basketball of the season.They’d win 18 more games,…

The crowd at Crypto.com Arena stood as one and roared while the clock ticked off the final seconds of a Lakers season that began with doubt and despair and ended with an invigorated team that earned more wins than anyone would have dared to guess.The buzz built as the Lakers pulled away for a 128-117 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday afternoon to lock up seventh place and a date Tuesday with Minnesota in the NBA’s contrived but dramatic play-in tournament. D’Angelo Russell encouraged the joyful noise, lifting his arms…

One corner of the Lakers organization has explained it to coach Darvin Ham plenty of times because it’s their job — sifting through all the possible scenarios for who, when and where the Lakers could play in the postseason.His job is to only sort of understand.“We all have our job,” Ham said Friday. “My job is to coach the team and to make sure that whatever the scenario is, we come out and we do what we’re supposed to do on the basketball floor.”If only it was that straightforward.As the NBA begins its final two days of…

The NBA season is almost over, which means one thing – Playoffs. The NBA Playoffs will kick off next weekend on April 15. And Sling TV is making it easier than ever for NBA fans to enjoy the first round of the playoffs. It is offering free access to NBA TV during the first round.That means from April 15 through April 30, if you’re a Sling TV subscriber, you can get NBA TV for free. Typically, NBA TV would cost you $11 per month as part of the Sports Extra Pack add-on. So this is a nice gesture from Sling.All of the NBA…

The NBA’s regular season ends in just a couple of weeks, but Google just surprise-dropped a major overhaul of its popular Pixel Arena feature. The original Pixel Arena was advertised as a virtual space for fans to fully experience the NBA, but there wasn’t much to do other than play trivia and watch 3D shot recaps. The new Pixel Arena, however, is chock-full of activities for the discerning basketball fan, according to an . The biggest change is that users can now roam freely around the space, so the emphasis on…

Hey everyone, I’m Dan Woike, and welcome back to the Lakers newsletter, a chance for me to speak directly to you, dear reader, through the same medium that various men’s outlet stores speak to me. Sadly, I can’t get you 40% off on chinos.I can, though, offer you a piece of Lakers’ optimism and a look ahead to what could potentially be a very interesting postseason (should the Lakers get there).Wild, wild, wild West I was a guest on Spectrum SportsNet on Wednesday night, and before the show, I was asked which team in the…

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. My name is Eric Sondheimer. The state basketball playoffs begin this week after regional pairings were released Sunday. But there’s still buzz about the play of the year and the ending that was hard to believe Saturday night.Incredible ending The Southern Section Open Division championship game at the Honda Center on Saturday night produced an ending for the ages.As Corona Centennial coach Josh Giles put it, “Regular season, playoffs, that’s the craziest ending ever.”Aaron…