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Addressing reporters for the first time since his Christmas Day fall down steps of his house caused a concussion, Ron Artest said that hes feeling better every day and is hoping to play as soon as possible.

Amare Stoudemire scored 26 points, Jared Dudley matched his career best with 19 and the Phoenix Suns sent the Los Angeles Lakers to their second loss in three games with a 118-103 loss on Monday night. Kobe Bryant scored 34 for the Lakers but sat out the final 7:50 when the game was deemed out of r...

For the second straight week, third time this season and 25th time in his career - an NBA record - Kobe Bryant was named the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, Dec. 21, through Sunday, Dec. 27

Phil Jackson offered an anecdote from Saturday night’s 112-103 double overtime victory in Sacramento that explained how Kobe Bryant feels about coming out of basketball games, no matter what the injury...

Kobe Bryant scored 38 points and the Los Angeles Lakers bounced back from a humbling Christmas Day loss to Cleveland by beating the Sacramento Kings 112-103 on Saturday night in double overtime.

Over the last 13 years, you’ve been almost as likely to see Kobe Bryant on Christmas Day as Santa, Rudolph, candy canes, and ornament-laden trees. We might as well just give him a red robe. Since entering the NBA in 1996, Bryant has appeared in 11 Christmas games, save only the 1997-98 and 98-99 s...

Kobe Bryant leads all vote getters, Pau Gasol & Andrew Bynum still need your help. Vote on NBA.com daily.

Pau Gasol is the NBA’s best all-around big man. Just ask Kobe Bryant. “I don’t think it’s close,” said Bryant, No. 1 to Gasol’s 1A on the Lakers. In the 15 games Gasol had played this season prior to L.A.’s 111-108 Tuesday evening victory over Oklahoma City, the seven-footer had posted the kind o...

The Los Angeles Lakers have signed forward/center Pau Gasol to a multi-year contract extension, it was announced today by General Manager Mitch Kupchak. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.

Kobe Bryant scored 40 points for the sixth time this season, and the NBA-leading Los Angeles Lakers shook off a rough first half before hanging on for their 16th victory in 17 games, 111-108 over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

Lakers Nation took a collective gasp (!!) when Kobe Bryant appeared to hyperextend his left knee late in Tuesday’s victory over Oklahoma City...

That Lamar Odom is a great guy to have in the locker room isn’t exactly breaking news for anyone that’s been around the jovial swing man. On the contrary, Odom has long been as one of the league’s most well-liked personalities by players, coaches and media members alike...

Legitimately media savvy, guard Jordan Farmar needs little prompting when put in front of the camera, which is why it's only fitting that he belongs to the Screen Actor's Guild.