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LeBron James joined a club of one on Tuesday , while Luka Dončić joined a club of four. With 30 points and a Lakers career-high 15 assists, Luka Dončić became only the fourth player in Lakers history to post those totals in a single game in a 136-115 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. The other three: James, Magic Johnson and Jerry West. We'll call that a solid group. That performance included a stretch of three straight 3-pointers to set the tone in the first quarter. It was once again the LeBron and Dončić (LeBrončić?) show, as Dončić's co-star posted 34 points on 10-of-18 shooting, eight rebounds and six assists. Center Jaxson Hayes also had one of the best games of his Lakers career, scoring 19 points on a perfect 8-of-8 shooting plus 10 rebounds. Dončić was two points away from tying his Lakers career high in points as well, and likely would have gotten it had L.A. not taken its foot off the gas in the fourth quarter. After a back-and-forth first half in which the P...

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 combined points in the regular season and postseason Tuesday night. James surpassed the mark with a 3-pointer early in the first quarter of the Lakers' game against the Pelicans. James got to 49,999 points Sunday night when he scored 17 while the Lakers beat the Clippers, 108-102, for their sixth consecutive win. The 40-year-old James already is the top scorer in NBA history in both the regular season and the playoffs during a career in which he has rewritten all previous definitions of basketball longevity. James reached 50,000 points deep into his 22nd season, which ties him with Vince Carter for the most played in NBA history. Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who played 20 seasons, is second in NBA history with 44,149 combined points. And while nearly every other NBA player who lasted to his late 30s finished at a fraction of his peak powers, James' game shows no significa...

Lakers forward LeBron James has been named the Western Conference's Player of the Month for games played in February, the NBA announced today ( via Twitter ). While it's the 41st time in his decorated 22-year NBA career that James has earned the honor, it's the first time he has done so since 2020. James' Lakers went 10-2 in February, with the four-time MVP averaging 29.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 6.9 assists in 35.1 minutes per game to lead the way. The 40-year-old posted an impressive shooting line of .555/.443/.738 in his 11 games over the course of the month. James' teammate Austin Reaves was among the other players nominated for the award in the West, along with Stephen Curry , Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , Jaren Jackson Jr., Nikola Jokic , and Anfernee Simons , according to the league ( Twitter link ). Meanwhile, in the Eastern Conference, Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell has earned February's Player of the Month award. He was selected over fel...

LeBron James isn't a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers' busy March schedule. The Lakers will play six games in eight days from March 13 through March 20, which James called "insane" in a post on his Instagram story. While sets of back-to-back games are common in the NBA, it's unusual to have three consecutive pairs of back-to-back contests. The peculiar stretch for the Lakers in March occurred after their schedule was changed due to wildfires in the Los Angeles area , which caused their initial matchup with the Spurs on Jan. 11 to get postponed. The game was later rescheduled for March 17. The March slate will be especially important for a Lakers team fighting for playoff positioning in the Western Conference, as they face off against the Denver Nuggets twice. Los Angeles currently sits at No. 5 in the West standings with a 33-21 record, although the team is only three games behind the Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies for the No. 2 seed. ...

DENVER – LeBron James and Luka Doncic battle three-time MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in a star-studded Western Conference showdown today – Saturday, Feb. 22 – at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. This NBA game is available on multiple streaming services for free. How do I watch Lakers vs. Nuggets for free? The Lakers-Nuggets game will broadcast live at 8:30 p.m. Eastern (6:30 p.m. Mountain) on ABC. Fans can catch the action at no cost by utilizing a free trial from FuboTV and DirecTV Stream. SlingTV is also offering half off your first month This game will also stream live on ESPN Plus. You can get a subscription to ESPN Plus for $11.99 per month. Another option is to sign up for an annual subscription for $119.99. Catch a flurry of NHL games and be set for the rest of the season. The Lakers (33-21) have lost two of their last three games as they try to get back on track and ascend further up the Western Conference ladder. They are currently ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick began preparing for Thursday's matchup with Portland, the second night of a back-to-back after losing to the Charlotte Hornets, he wasn't sure if LeBron James would be available. The Lakers didn't land in Portland until nearly 3 a.m. PT. James didn't go to sleep until an hour later. He spent most of the day sleeping — he slept for eight hours, did an hour and a half of training and rehab, and then went back to sleep for another three hours. He normally takes the first bus to the arena, getting there as early as possible, but he switched up his routine and took the last bus at 5 p.m. local time instead. Redick worried that the Lakers, having lost two games in a row, would be without James and Luka Dončić (left calf injury management) against a Portland squad that had won 10 of 14 games. He didn� �t get word that James would be playing until the afternoon after James went through his pregame routine with longtim...

The Los Angeles Lakers have a problem that a lot of other teams in the league wish they had: there are two guys on the roster capable of taking the last shot with the game on the line. With the Lakers acquiring Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks in still-shocking trade that sent  Anthony Davis to the Lone Star State, L.A. has now paired two of the most clutch players to ever slip on an NBA uniform. And yes, Dončić is already amongst the league's elite clutch performers to ever play despite only having seven seasons under his belt. Dončić has taken countless clutch shots in his career, perhaps most notable a go-ahead 3-pointer over Rudy Gobert in the waning seconds of Game 2 of the Western Conference finals a season ago, a game and series which Dallas won. LeBron James has whole YouTube videos you could pull up of his triumphant clutch shots over his 22-year career, but now that those two are sharing the floor together, who gets the last shot? On Wednesday it was Jam...

Only Robert Parish (1,611) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1,560) have played in more regular-season games than LeBron James (1,542). •  Get NBA League Pass TODAY LeBron James made history Thursday night just by suiting up for the Los Angeles Lakers' 110-102 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers. And then he made some more history while closing out the game in fourth quarter. With his starting nod in Portland, James moved past Vince Carter for the third most games played in NBA history. He now sits at 1,542 and counting, 18 behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and 69 behind Robert Parish. Assuming good health, James can catch Abdul-Jabbar later this season and would become the all-time leader in games played during the 2025-26 season, at which point he would be the only player in NBA history to play in 23 seasons. James has already played the most postseason games (287) in NBA history. As for the game, James took over in the fourth quarter and scored eight straight poin...

By HoopsHype | February 20, 2025 What's the buzz on Twitter? John Gonzalez @ JohnGonzalez Beyond the Arc LIVE on YouTube at 12 pm ET w/ @SamQuinnCBS-Luka, LeBron and the Lakers followed up their worst loss of the season with…their worst loss of the season-Bobby Portis suspended 25 games for drug policy violation-Post-AS storylines youtube.com/live/omY8UQ1mI… – 11:50 AM Dave McMenamin @ mcten New story: Luka was the passer and LeBron was the guy to take the last shot Wednesday. But that won't always be the case. "I think it will go both ways," Doncic said. "One time it's going to be him, one time me" espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 10:04 AM Jorge Sierra @ hoopshype LeBron James passed Horace Grant in blocks last night.He's now No. 75 in NBA history.The only players in the Top 75 in all of the main counting stats are LeBron, Karl Malone and Kevin Garnett. – 6:19 AM Arash Markazi @ Aras...