LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers can advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs for the first time in three years when they host the Houston Rockets on Wednesday in Game 5 of their Western ...

The Lakers’ mission was to take the Rockets’ postseason life away. But the Rockets are still breathing. And very much alive and confident after beating the Lakers 99-93 on the Lakers homecourt in a ...

Austin Reaves was 3-for-16 shooting, including 0 for 5 on 3-pointers, in Game 1 against Oklahoma City. Joshua Gateley / Getty Images OKLAHOMA CITY — In a lot of ways, this was a worst-case scenario ...

The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder made it look easy against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of their best-of-7 NBA Playoffs series. Chet Holmgren had a team-high 24 points and 12 ...

HOUSTON — JJ Redick said the Lakers would need to “kill” the Rockets to close out their first round playoff series. And on Friday night at Toyota Center, the Lakers accomplished their goal, ...

The Thunder are possibly the best team in the NBA again. They should roll past a banged up Lakers team. Prediction: Thunder 111, Lakers 93 ...

The Thunder are possibly the best team in the NBA again. They should roll past a banged up Lakers team. Prediction: Thunder 111, Lakers 93 ...

Right before Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder tipped off on Tuesday, May 5, Lakers head coach JJ Redick took a seat on the bench, ...

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers have the chance to make quick work of Jabari Smith Jr. and the Houston Rockets. Tim Warner / Getty Images Let’s get the obvious out of the way: The Los Angeles ...

LeBron James and the Lakers take the court tonight at home looking to eliminate the Houston Rockets who will be without Kevin Durant…again. There is a Game 5 because the Rockets controlled Game 4 ...

The NBA playoffs are rolling into the second round and something that would have been thought to be unlikely just one month ago is, indeed, happening: The Lakers will still be playing when the ...

An hour before tipoff of Game 5 against the Houston Rockets, the word came down that Austin Reaves was available to play for the Lakers, his wait over, his oblique strain no longer an issue. Reaves, ...