Today marks the 16th anniversary of The Dark Knight's release Lakers GM Rob Pelinka recalls how Kobe impressed by Heath Ledger's performance sought to learn Ledger's methods and applied these insights in a game against the KnicksLedger had passed away 6 months before the movie was released

At his current scoring average assuming he does not miss any games LeBron would break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's points record at Madison square garden versus the Knicks

Misc Media Kobe Bryant teaches Cindy Crawford how to play Basketball 1997

Lowlight Nikola Joki with a very rare miss under the rim vs the Knicks last night missing a close range wide open floater He can't believe it

Wojnarowski ESPN reporting with Mcten The Lakers are planning to bring Russell Westbrook off the bench in the final preseason game vs Kings tonight ESPN 10 ET Darvin Ham and Westbrook have been exploring possibility of Westbrook quarterbacking second unit and they'll try it tonight