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LeBron James hit the 40-point plateau for the second straight game since his 38th birthday in the Los Angeles Lakers' 121-115 victory over the Hornets on ...

"But it's a testament to what he does on a daily basis. "I was able to bring it home and in fashion." "It's incredible," Reaves said. He doesn't see a correlation between the two stretches, however. Jordan did it twice in his stint with the So, it's a great luxury to have."

LeBron James scored 43 points to pull within 500 of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA career scoring record, and the Los Angeles Lakers avenged last month's home...

“We’re playing against the best players in the world and you can’t just turn it on whenever you want to,” he said. “It's always good to get out on the break,” James said. There was a variety of ways he is on the attack and again, they had a couple of possessions where they were trying to blitz him. James began to take over in the third, scoring on drives, dunks and mid-range jumpers — he was 0 for 5 from 3-point range — while helping the Lakers push their lead to 24. “There were times where he had to be a willing passer and he was just that. Terry Rozier had 27 points to lead the Hornets, who have lost 13 of their last 16 games.

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic won his second consecutive POW award, thanks to his absolutely insane averages of 48.7 points, 13 rebounds, 10.7 assists, 2.3 ...

The Lakers ended their five-game road trip with a winning record by dispatching the Hornets 121-115 on Monday.

Toscano-Anderson didn’t score (he attempted just one shot in 11 minutes), but his value to the Lakers goes well beyond how many points he scores. After Patrick Beverley missed, he grabbed an offensive rebound near the basket and scored on a putback dunk to help seal a win. Schroder did a good job of looking for his shot on Monday, but he went just 4-of-11 overall. He hasn’t been getting to the charity stripe as much as he did in the past, but lately, that part of his game has trended upward. Brown continued his improved play by going 4-of-8 from the field (all shot attempts were 3-pointers) to go along with five rebounds, three steals and two assists. It coasted the rest of the way, which unfortunately meant the Hornets scored 39 points in the fourth quarter and made the game semi-competitive in the closing moments.

Tonight in Charlotte, your Los Angeles Lakers managed to avenge their unfortunate 134-130 December 23rd home defeat to the Hornets by stealing a victory on ...

The Hornets began 2023 the same way they spent much of 2022 by losing a basketball game, this time falling to the Lakers by a final score of 121-115.

[Charlotte Hornets](https://swarmandsting.com/) began 2023 the same way they spent much of 2022 by losing a basketball game, this time falling to the Los Angeles Lakers by a final score of 121-115. [Terry Rozier](https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3074752/terry-rozier) did the heavy lifting for Charlotte with 27 points, while [LeBron James](https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/1966/lebronjames) had 43 points to lead Los Angeles. New year, same Hornets as Charlotte falls to Los Angeles Lakers

Injury Report. Lakers: OUT Davis (foot) ; DTD James, Walker IV (lower body). Hornets: OUT Martin (knee), Smith Jr (ankle), Oubre Jr. (hand). Game Preview.

APG: 28.0 (LAL), 24.5 (CHA) RPG: 42.8 (LAL), 45.4 (CHA) (hand) PPG: 115.7 (LAL), 110.1 (CHA) If Rozier can replicate his offensive efficiency from the last time these teams played where he sunk 9/15 shots and 5/8 from three, the Hornets can gain a significant advantage on the perimeter. Los Angeles' other star, Anthony Davis, is still out, meaning the Lakers will rely on a more offensively-minded lineup with Thomas Bryant at center.

The Los Angeles Lakers 2022-23 season has not gone according to plan at all. The hope was that if they were able to shore up their bench over the offseason, ...

Of course, making this deal would cost the Lakers one, if not both, of their future first-round draft picks, which is very important to note because they only have two left that they can trade. Similar to the reasoning for picking up Reddish, the Lakers need more scorers, and in particular, more shooting. When he’s been healthy, the Lakers have been rolling with Anthony Davis at center, despite his desire to not play the position. Beverley hasn’t panned out at all this season, but he’s still a strong defender, which could be appealing to the Knicks, and Nunn just isn’t getting minutes this season. The trade deadline is fast approaching, and it feels like that will be the last chance for Los Angeles to save their season. The hope was that if they were able to shore up their bench over the offseason, they would be able to emerge as a title contender again this season.

The Lakers are suddenly streaking, thanks in large part to a scorching hot LeBron James. In their last two games — both Laker wins — LeBron has averaged 45 ...

The Lakers could also attach first-round pick swaps in 2026 and 2028, giving the Wizards a huge haul of firsts for their three-time All-Star. While the Wizards have been streaking as of late — winners of five in a row — they still sit at 17-21, and as the 10th seed in the East. 12 seed in the West, and are a half game back of the Minnesota Timberwolves for the No. This offseason, the Wizards rewarded Beal with a massive five-year, $251 million deal with a full no-trade clause. The Lakers have officially jumped the Oklahoma City Thunder for the No. In their last two games — both Laker wins — LeBron has averaged 45 points, 10.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists, and has carried his team to two huge road wins to finish 2022 and start 2023.

LeBron is adding another chapter to his great legacy. But should one last run at a title in the Western Conference come at the cost of the Lakers' future?

The Lakers are in a tough spot — one where doing nothing, and doing something, are both right and wrong at the same time. [Their overall minus-2.1 point differential ](https://cleaningtheglass.com/stats/team/14/team#tab-four_factors)has them 24th in the league as well [.](https://cleaningtheglass.com/stats/team/14/team#tab-four_factors) Say the Lakers do go get Buddy Hield and Myles Turner from the Pacers for Russell Westbrook and the 2027 and 2029 first round picks. He gets the Lakers to the No. Expect the Lakers to make a move to get him help — for better or worse. Or the third seed is the Memphis Grizzlies, and no one can defend Ja Morant. In an NBA landscape where parity rules more than ever before — and LeBron James and Anthony Davis, when healthy, are two of the 10 or so best basketball players in the world — wouldn’t it make sense just to make it to the dance and see what happens? But Patrick Beverley, Kendrick Nunn, and one of the Lakers’ first-round picks in either 2027 or 2029 (years when James almost certainly will be gone from the league) for Eric Gordon of the Rockets? With the semi-resurgence of Russell Westbrook in his sixth-man role, perhaps a deal involving him isn’t required. At the age of 38. Mediocrity and the Los Angeles Lakers are not historically synonymous with one another. While he isn’t doing it in the most efficient manner (his The championship in the Bubble feels like it happened a world away (in a way, perhaps it did) and with Anthony Davis again sidelined due to injury, where the Lakers go from here feels like anyone’s guess.

Miami Heat forward Duncan Robinson is listed as questionable for Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Robinson continues to deal with a left ...

[CLICK HERE](https://www.si.com/nba/heat/miami-news/a-frustrated-lebron-james-is-unsure-how-many-more-years-he-will-play) [CLICK HERE](https://www.si.com/nba/heat/miami-news/how-miami-heats-twitter-reacted-to-the-loss-against-the-denver-nuggets-friday-night) [CLICK HERE](https://www.si.com/nba/heat/miami-news/takeaways-from-the-miami-heats-loss-friday-to-denver-nuggets) For the Heat, Nikola Jovic (back), Omer Yurtseven (ankle) and Dewayne Dedmon (foot) are out, Udonis Haslem (Achilles) and Caleb Martin (quad) and Duncan Robinson (hamstring) are questionable, Jimmy Butler (knee) and Gabe Vincent (knee) are probable. For the Lakers, Anthony Davis (foot) is out, LeBron James (ankle) and Lonnie Walker IV (knee) are questionable and Russell Westbrook (foot) is probable. "They're seeing a lot of different coverages.

There's been a ton of Los Angeles Lakers trade rumors through the first 2.5 months of the 2022-23 NBA season. Some of these rumors are laughable with.

In return, the Lakers nab a bench option to team up with Russell Westbrook who is a But for the Lakers to be able to acquire a 20-point scorer who can team up with Davis and James in the frontcourt, it would be an absolute coup. The former Lakers first-round pick can opt out of his contract and become a free agent. In return, Los Angeles sends the enigmatic Beverley and two future second-round picks to a rebuilding Pistons team The Rockets are more likely to get multiple second-round picks in exchange for the aging guard. [connecting on 45% of his shots from three-point range](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/burksal01.html) on the season.

Heading towards a second-straight season without the playoffs, LA is in need of some reinforcements, but management hasn't acted so far.

With coming free agency in the summer, we’re expecting LA to give the kid a raise, as it would be a mistake not to. While one has to commend, the former nine-time All-Star point guard’s embracing of his new role as the Lakers’ sixth man, the reality is this has never been a happy marriage. Add to that, the fact that he’s playing better than ever at the moment - despite the Lakers overall decline - and you can imagine his frustrations are at fever pitch. To be clear that would mark the first time in LeBron James’ that he didn’t play in the post season in back-to-back seasons. Currently 13th in the Western Conference, 3.5 games back from the play-in and 5.5 games back from the 6th seed, there is the very real possibility that the Lakers won’t make the playoffs for the second running. As we mentioned above and as you probably already know, the Lakers are in a bad way at the moment.