The Lakers have a must-win game vs the Sun tonight if they want to avoid the play-in tournament

After a tough 125-1118 loss to the Clippers on Wednesday, the LA Lakers have two games left in the regular season. They are fighting to avoid the play-in tournament and are going to need some serious help to get things to work out perfectly. First, they’ll need to take care of their own business tonight […]

Zach Wolpin  •  07 Apr 2023
Clippers’ head coach Ty Lue says there’s ‘a lot at stake right now’, they will face the Lakers tonight in their most important game of the season

Tonight’s matchup vs the Lakers and the Clippers is for more than bragging rights as the best team in LA. Playoff spots are on the line and the two sides are dead even in the standings. They both have a 41-38 record and are (11.0) games back in the West. Their matchup tonight will determine […]

Zach Wolpin  •  05 Apr 2023
Is D’Angelo Russell playing tonight (Apr. 4) vs the the Utah Jazz?

The Lakers’ final four games of the regular season are going to determine what seed they get in the playoffs. At the moment, they are 40-38 and are currently in a four-way tie for the fifth seed in the West. Technically they are the seventh seed, but the standings are so close coming down the […]

Zach Wolpin  •  04 Apr 2023
Mikal Bridges and Anthony Davis were named Players of the Week, taking home the Week 24 honor

Both the Brooklyn Nets and LA Lakers are near the middle of their respective conferences as the playoffs approach. The Nets are sixth in the East with four games left and the Lakers are seventh with four games left on their schedule as well. Mikal Bridges for Brooklyn and Anthony Davis for the Lakers were […]

Zach Wolpin  •  04 Apr 2023
LeBron James and the LA Lakers have a chance at making the playoffs as one of the top six seeds in the West despite an injury-filled season

The LA Lakers have been dealing with injuries all season long and head coach Darvin Ham has had to juggle the lineup around plenty of times. LeBron James has missed a total of 27 games for the Lakers this season, but they are 3-1 since he returned from a right foot injury. At seventh in […]

Zach Wolpin  •  03 Apr 2023
Patrick Beverley trolled Lakers fans in his first game back, insisted that the team did not use him correctly in his time with LA

This is a crucial time in the season for a large portion of the league. The play-in tournament offers more teams the opportunity to be playing meaningful basketball this late in the season. Both the Bulls and Lakers are doing just that and Chicago picked up an important win last night. It was Patrick Beverley’s […]

Zach Wolpin  •  27 Mar 2023
Lakers’ superstar LeBron James has begun on-court activities again, hopeful for a return in the final 3-4 games of the regular season

LeBron James has played just two games for the Lakers since returning from the all-star break. He’s missed their last 12 consecutive games in a row and has played in 47 of their 73 games so far this season. The injury bug has hit him hard this year and luck has not been on his […]

Zach Wolpin  •  23 Mar 2023
Lakers’ SG Austin Reaves in the first undrafted player in team history to average 30 points over a two-game span

The 2022-23 regular season is quickly coming to an end and the LA Lakers need every win they can get at this point. Currently, the Lakers are tenth in the West with 36-37, but they are also on a two-game win streak. With LeBron James still out for the Lakers and no real answer for […]

Zach Wolpin  •  23 Mar 2023
The LA Lakers set a new franchise record last night with 15 three-pointers made in the first half vs the Pelicans, taking home the 123-108 win

It was a hectic trade deadline for the Lakers this year and the team added a bunch of new pieces in hopes of making a playoff run. They were lacking consistent three-point shooting in the first half of the season and got some quality players who’ve helped the team tremendously since then. Malik Beasley and […]

Zach Wolpin  •  15 Mar 2023