The Los Angeles Lakers are off to a solid start to the season. They sit with a 6-2 record through their first eight games and are coming off arguably their best

Denver also remains highly ranked, while the preseason predicted top teams in the East have stumbled to start the season.

In men’s college basketball, Mercyhurst opened its 2025-26 season with a road trip to Evanston, Illinois to face Northwestern out of the Big Ten. Head coach Gary Manchel’s Lakers, who trailed by just 11 points at halftime,

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard made a buzzer-beater and finished with 34 points to give the Los Angeles Clippers a 126-124 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night in the first game of the NBA Cup group stage for both teams.

It’s that time of the season again where Fridays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays will be about the NBA Cup, which will take place from Oct. 31 to Dec. 16. Starting with group play, the Lakers will play one game against each opponent in their group with two games at home and two on the road.

The Buss family's four-decade run as majority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers is ending as the NBA approved the sale of the team to Mark Walter.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/fannation/nba/fastbreak as Ex-NBA Big Kendrick Perkins Makes a Bold Claim About LA Lakers Duo. The Los Angeles Lakers are thriving, and LeBron James hasn’t even stepped foot on the court yet.