Reporting from Sacramento -- Mike Brown tried to put on a brave front. He didn't care if there were cowbells in his ear.
"That's all right," the Lakers' coach said before Monday's game against Sacramento. "I lived on a farm growing up."
Noise turned out to be the least of the Lakers' problems.
They were run ragged by the younger and…
Lakers
One down, two to go in the frantic, anything-but-sleepy NBA schedule.
The lockout cost the league its traditional 82-game schedule, so the Lakers must cram 66 games into 124 days, including a back-to-back-to-back situation to start the season.
After losing to Chicago, 88-87, on Sunday, the Lakers play in Sacramento on Monday before returning home Tuesday to…
Somewhat happy holidays?
The Lakers have habitually lost on Christmas Day since Kobe Bryant came their way, but they were close to doing something kind for their fans Sunday.
Then came the final two minutes, a flurry of gaffes wrapped up in a conga line of missed free throws and a pair of unsuccessful Bryant plays.
The Chicago…
Kobe Bryant is hurt, and so many questions remain unanswered.
How is Blake Griffin? Did he get a good night's sleep?
How's Chris Paul feeling?
Did Chauncey Billups have anything to say about Bryant's injury and what impact it might have on Chauncey's game?
PHOTOS: Lakers vs. Clippers
Sorry to hear about Bryant, but by now doesn't everyone have the…
By Mike BresnahanDecember 19, 2011, 11:16 p.m.
It was hardly the Battle of L.A.
That was last week, when Chris Paul ended up with the Clippers instead of their sun-is-always-shining rivals down the hall at Staples Center.
Score another one for the Clippers, though, who beat the Lakers in an exhibition opener, 114-95, Monday night.
It was a small-scale…
The Clippers now have put pressure on the Lakers, and how funny a sentence is that?
They have become the talk of the town, exciting and packed with all kinds of promise, while it's the same old Lakers.
Well, not even the same old Lakers if you lose Lamar Odom, Shannon Brown and Chris Paul.
"We did our…
Los Angeles Lakers Roster
Num
Name
Pos
Ht
Wt
Age
DOB
0
Gerald Green
F
6'8
200
25
1/26/1986
0
Ater Majok
F
6'10
225
24
7/4/1987
0
Josh McRoberts
F
6'10
240
24
2/28/1987
0
Malcolm Thomas
F
6'9
220
23
11/8/1988
0
Andrew Goudelock
G
6'3
200
23
12/7/1988
1
Joe Smith
F
6'10
225
36
7/26/1975
1
Darius Morris
G
6'4
190
20
1/3/1991
2
Derek Fisher
G
6'1
210
37
8/9/1974
3
Devin Ebanks
F
6'9
215
22
10/28/1989
4
Luke Walton
F
6'8
235
31
3/28/1980
5
Steve Blake
G
6'3
172
31
2/26/1980
9
Matt Barnes
F
6'7
226
31
3/9/1980
15
Metta World Peace
F
6'7
260
32
11/13/1979
16
Pau Gasol
F
7'0
250
31
7/6/1980
17
Andrew Bynum
C
7'0
285
24
10/27/1987
18
Elijah Millsap
G
6'6
215
24
8/12/1987
21
Zach Andrews
F
6'8
225
26
3/9/1985
24
Kobe Bryant
G
6'6
205
33
8/23/1978
28
Jason Kapono
F
6'8
215
30
2/4/1981
45
Derrick Caracter
F
6'9
275
23
5/4/1988
50
Theo Ratliff
C
6'10
235
38
4/17/1973
54
Chris Daniels
C
7'0
265
27
4/19/1984
HEAD COACH
Mike Brown
ASSITANT COACHES
John Kuester
Chuck Person
Quin Snyder
Los Angeles Lakers Schedule/Results
Won: 12 Lost: 9
December
12/25
vs. Chicago
L - 87-88
Wrap | Box
12/26
at Sacramento
L - 91-100
Wrap | Box
12/27
vs. Utah
W - 96-71
Wrap | Box
12/29
vs. New York
W - 99-82
Wrap | Box
12/31
vs. Denver
W - 92-89
Wrap | Box
January
1/01
at Denver
L - 90-99
Wrap | Box
1/03
vs. Houston
W - 108-99
Wrap | Box
1/05
at Portland
L - 96-107
Wrap | Box
1/06
vs. Golden State
W - 97-90
Wrap | Box
1/08
vs. Memphis
W - 90-82
Wrap | Box
1/10
vs. Phoenix
W - 99-83
Wrap | Box
1/11
at Utah
W - 90-87…
For the second time in less than a week, Chris Paul was almost traded to the city of angels.
The first time, David Stern nixed a trade that would have sent the Hornets PG to the Los Angeles Lakers for Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom. More recently, the Los Angeles Clippers backed out of a deal…
The Lakers' deal for New Orleans guard Chris Paul has been killed by the NBA, which owns the Hornets franchise.
"It is not true that owners killed the deal," said NBA spokesman Tim Frank. "It wasn't even discussed at the Board [of Governors] meeting. The league office declined to make the trade for basketball reasons."
The league…