EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Even after every disappointment in the Los Angeles Lakers' lost season, Kobe Bryant still wants to keep their roster toget...

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers gave away thousands of white towels to their fans Sunday, and the unintended symbolism became devastatingly appr...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dwight Howard's first season with the Los Angeles Lakers has been filled with more twists, setbacks and disappointments than he e...

It only took the Western Conference the entire season to sort out the playoff seeding, but that just makes them that much better. Kobe Bryant has suff...

LOS ANGELES -- Dwight Howard had a simple message for the Lakers after Chandler Parsons' 34-foot, line-drive 3-pointer at the regulation buzzer added ...

LOS ANGELES — An empty chair sat in front of Kobe Bryant's locker Sunday night, and the Los Angeles Lakers realized they would have to fill it t...

LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant looked around, drew in a breath and gathered himself. Time for one of the game's best closers to get to work with the ...

Kobe merely guaranteed a postseason appearance, but I'm willing to take it a step further. The Los Angeles Lakers are going to win the championship this season.

Fans in Orlando let Dwight Howard hear how they felt. His former teammates let him feel it. In his first game back in his old stomping ground sinc...

Things in Lakerland have been coming together these past few weeks, and Laker Nation is beginning to buzz. Once the postseason comes along, no one will be looking forward to playing Kobe Bryant and his Lakers.

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant was asked what it felt like to be a "playoff team," his Lakers having just moved into the No. 8 spot in the Western Confere...

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant drove past Josh Smith and rose up with the athleticism of a player half his age, throwing down an arena-rocking, one-handed...

DENVER -- It's a good thing Danilo Gallinari was a late scratch for the Denver Nuggets. With a bruised left thigh, he couldn't have kept up with his h...

While the NBA's annual trade deadline has come and gone without the barrage of deals that has characterized years past, some moves (or the decision no...

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss loved to win. He especially relished beating the Boston Celtics. Playing their first game since Bu...

HOUSTON (AP) — Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers turned their attention Monday from bad basketball and trade talk to more somber matters. ...

Dwight Howard for Rajon Rondo? The Lakers and Celtics working together? Could this really happen? Ken Berger of CBS Sports reported on Friday nigh...

LOS ANGELES — Just when the Los Angeles Lakers thought their season was fully saturated with weirdness, Kobe Bryant made one shot and committed ...

By Joe Lucia, Awful Announcing Charles Barkley was a guest on the Dan Patrick Show on Monday morning, and held nothing back (in typical Barkley fas...

So far the reviews on Howard's commitment to that work have not been stellar. It doesn't really matter if that's my opinion, but it does matter if it is Kobe Bryant's opinion.

BOSTON -- The rivalry between the Celtics and Lakers keeps rolling even if they no longer dominate the NBA. And that brought some extra satisfaction ...

Over the past decade, one of the ongoing trends in the NBA has been a dearth of quality centers. You know the type: more space eater than actual talen...

Kobe is putting the responsibility on his big men, Dwight, Pau and Earl Clark to be active and aggressive in the post, and demand the ball. If they do not seem engaged or aggressive positing for the ball, Kobe has recently thrust his bigs into the spotlight and they "had" to deliver.