By Ben Bolch
Dwight Howard has made himself a target with his unsteady free-throw shooting, but the Lakers collectively didn't do enough down the stretch to beat Houston.
By Mike Bresnahan
Rockets rally for a 107-105 victory, dropping L.A. to 1-5 on the road.
By Mike Bresnahan
Lakers' forward plans to sit at least two games because of tendinitis.
By Mike Bresnahan
Hornets might be the Pelicans next season.
By Ben Bolch
Lakers probably will stick with Darius Morris and Chris Duhon as they await return of Steve Nash, as Blake sets surgery and may not play again until February. Nash won't be back during three-game trip.
By Ben Bolch
Kobe Bryant couldn't defend, Dwight Howard couldn't make enough free throws and Pau Gasol couldn't do much of anything. They need to start making adjustments, the sooner the better.
By Mike Bresnahan
They fall to 8-9 after allowing Orlando to score 40 points in the fourth quarter. Dwight Howard goes nine for 21 from the free-throw line against his former team, which employs the "Hack-a-Howard" strategy often in the final 12 minutes.
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times
The older brother of Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni is his most important sounding board on the court and helps as Mike D'Antoni recovers from knee-replacement surgery.
Lakers face the struggling Magic, center Dwight Howard's former team and ex-UCLA Bruin Arron Afflalo's current one.
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times
A day before Lakers play Orlando, his old team, Dwight Howard says Los Angeles rates a '12' on scale of 1 to 10. But he won't commit to staying past this season.
By Mike Bresnahan
Lakers' star has a tirade at practice Thursday. Then the bench contributes in a big way to 122-103 victory over Denver.
By Ben Bolch
Nuggets coach, who despises the Lakers, says their struggles are just part of the NBA.
By Mike Bresnahan
However, the center hasn't shown in it games, and L.A. is the worst from the line in the NBA.
By Ben Bolch
Steve Nash and Steve Blake remain sidelined, and the Lakers got little production from facilitators in a 79-77 loss to Indiana on Wednesday. Coach Mike D'Antoni says Nash will have a big effect.
By Mike Bresnahan
Center has been struggling to get shots, and his free-throw shooting has been awful, but he says team will find a groove.
By T.J. Simers
It's hard to decipher Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni's West Virginia drawl, but his recent criticism of Pau Gasol was pretty clear. But he says he's a big fan of Gasol.