Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest players of all time. The Basketball Hall of Famer (and Los Angeles Lakers legend) retired after the 1989 season, so

2023 — Lakers LeBron James surpasses 38,000 NBA career points, joining only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in 113-112 loss to Philadelphia 76ers at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Calif.

NBA great Magic Johnson had plenty success as player with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning five titles. Now, his winning is spilling into the NFL. Johnson, who

Counting last year's two big individual performances, this date has been a day when larger-than-life moments happen in the NBA.

In 1980, there were three legendary great NBA teams rising: the Los Angeles Lakers, the Boston Celtics and the Philadephia 76ers. The rivalry between the first two and the personal rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird would ultimately overshadow Philly,

Epic games tend to have epic names.  All of them are triggering for the teams and fan bases that had to endure the pain of those occasional disasters and the reminder every time the highlights are shown,

"That just made me so upset and so mad that I went and I worked all summer," Johnson said. "I didn't do anything; nobody could see me. I was just in the gym." "What happened to us made me understand that I wasn't as good as I thought I was,

There are 14 more All-Stars yet to be announced, and they'll be chosen in a vote of the league's head coaches. That list will be revealed on Jan. 30, and the All-Star Game — now games, really — happens in San Francisco on Feb. 16.

Nine NBA rookie coaches have won an NBA championship. Who will be the next rookie coach to win the NBA Finals?

From the "Showtime" era to the dominant Shaq and Kobe dynasty, and now to the LeBron James-led resurgence, the Lakers have redefined the NBA.

Shaquille O'Neal claims that Nikola Jokic is the best big man in the league, says that no one else is even close to him in that conversation

The Los Angeles Lakers didn't become one of the NBA's preeminent franchises overnight. The Lake Show has been blessed over the decades with outstanding ownershi