Faigen On the latest Backstage Lakers, Rob Pelinka confirmed two things that have mostly only been hinted at: 1) the team made the Russ trade/added more ballhandlers because they wanted to save wear and tear on LeBron 2) they don't think they can judge th

Five second call against the Atlanta hawks late in the game

Magic Johnson: "We haven't seen the best of LeBron yet. Kobe is more like Michael, and LeBron is closer to me. He knows how to control the game. It takes a special person to do that. See, I could control the game without even shooting the ball."

It's the 2nd time in franchise history that the Lakers have been the last remaining winless team The other time was in 1957-58 when there were 8 teams in the league

Great D by Ariza on LeBron to send the game to OT