LOS ANGELES — The return of Austin Reaves was not enough to help the Los Angeles Lakers close out their Western Conference first-round series against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, April 29. Reaves ...

The Los Angeles Lakers have defended home court. The Lakers topped the Houston Rockets, 101-94, on Tuesday, April 21, to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. Los Angeles has done this ...

The Lakers were coming off two straight losses at the hands of the Rockets, pushing them halfway to an unprecedented collapse. Game 4 was a one-sided defeat on the road, Game 5 wa ...

Ahead of Game 6 against the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center, the Los Angeles Lakers had lost two straight games after a red-hot start to this first-round playoff series in which LeBron James and ...

Amen Thompson helped the Houston Rockets extend the first-round NBA playoff series to a Game 5 against the Los Angeles Lakers. Thompson shot 10-of-16 from the field for a team-high 23 points in the ...

Austin Reaves' status, LeBron James' follow-up to his Game 4 showing and more will shape Game 5 of this series. Jeff Zillgitt Austin Reaves, out nearly 4 weeks, could provide the Lakers a big boost in ...

LeBron James, who scored 28 points in Game 6, drives to the basket. Kenneth Richmond / Getty Images After wasting two chances to close out their first-round series against the Houston Rockets earlier ...