Suns 92, Lakers 86
The Lakers have been fragile all season. They still are. Dwight Howard’s shoulder couldn’t be handled with enough care Wednesday night, and the Lakers’ burgeoning optimism was stuffed by a...
View ArticleDwight Howard dealing with more shoulder pain
Dwight Howard flatly ruled out shutting himself down or turning to surgery for the labrum injury in his right shoulder, even though he said the pain from this aggravation was the greatest since he...
View ArticleDwight Howard to undergo PRP shoulder therapy
Dwight Howard skipped the Lakers’ game in Minnesota on Friday and returned to Los Angeles for platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy on his sore right shoulder Saturday, hoping to accelerate healing and...
View ArticleLakers 111, Timberwolves 100
The Lakers can win on the road. They can win without Dwight Howard. Gradually rebuilding their belief that they are a winning team, the Lakers handled the Minnesota Timberwolves, 111-100, on Friday...
View ArticleMetta World Peace still friendly with cup thrower
Next stop is Detroit on the Lakers’ seven-game trip, and Metta World Peace was trying to meet up with guy who threw cup at him back when he was Ron Artest and the “Malice in the Palace” was a national...
View ArticlePau Gasol calls starting ‘a good feeling’
Get the feeling that Pau Gasol still wants to start? “It was a good feeling,” Gasol said after his cameo as a starter Friday night for the Lakers because of Dwight Howard’s injury absence. “Like the...
View ArticleDwight Howard (shoulder) not playing in Detroit
Lakers center Dwight Howard decided not to play Sunday in Detroit with lingering pain in his right shoulder, and he wasn’t sure he’d return Tuesday in Brooklyn either. “It feels a little bit better,...
View ArticleLakers 98, Pistons 97
Dwight Howard rested, but many other Lakers used their Sunday to put in some serious work. It was barely enough for the Lakers to avoid another devastating setback and edge the lowly Detroit Pistons,...
View ArticleNo trades coming, according to Mitch Kupchak
Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Lakers fans can rest easy. General Manager Mitch Kupchak told Newsday that he has no intentions of negotiating a trade. Not today, tomorrow or any time before the Feb. 21...
View ArticleNew Lakers blog: ocregister.com/blogs/lakers
We have moved the Orange County Register’s Lakers blog to a new URL: ocregister.com/blogs/lakers Please make the appropriate changes to keep up with the feed. Thanks. New Lakers blog:...
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