Dahntay Jones

Going all retro with foul calls

2013-03-28 22:56:00

MILWAUKEE — The NBA doesn't retroactively change calls on a daily basis. It just seems like it to the Lakers. The latest day-after fix involving them was announced by the league Thursday. Turns out a foul should have been called on Kobe Bryant...

Report: NBA missed Kobe Bryant foul on Ricky Rubio

2013-03-28 12:19:00

With time running out and the Lakers up by three, Kobe Bryant blocked Ricky Rubio's three-point attempt at the buzzer — or so it seemed. The Lakers left Minnesota on Wednesday with a 120-117 victory over the Wolves, but Bryant got away with a...

Kobe Bryant's wax figure at Madame Tussauds also rehabbing ankle

2013-03-22 08:00:00

Kobe Bryant is expected to play on Friday night after missing two games and playing only 12 minutes in one other game because of a severely sprained ankle. His wax figure went through a similar recovery process. Bryant's likeness, at Madame Tussauds...

Seven-man rotation a symptom, not the cause of Phoenix loss

2013-03-19 08:00:00

Did Coach Mike D'Antoni run his players into the ground with heavy minutes on back-to-back nights? Sure, but did that have anything to do with the loss in Phoenix on Monday night? "We've been playing a seven-man rotation, and I think it caught up with...

Lakers: Week 21 predictions

2013-03-18 08:00:00

For the second week in a row, the Lakers won three out of four games.�The one loss in Atlanta might have gone differently had Dahntay Jones been called for a foul on a crucial Kobe Bryant fadeaway.� The NBA later ruled that the play was called incorrectly...

Lakers' Week 20 in review

2013-03-18 06:32:00

The Lakers climbed to a season-best four games over .500, finishing Week 20 with a 36-32 record. Dwight Howard's return to Orlando for the first time since he was traded by the Magic to the Lakers was a hot topic of conversation.� Of course that didn'...

The Times' NBA rankings

2013-03-16 22:39:00

THANKS-A-LOT 1. MIAMI (50-14)�� Heat would qualify for NCAA tournament on strength of winning streak alone. (1) 2. SAN ANTONIO (51-16)�� Dept. of Labor inquiring about extra days off for Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard. (2) SHOUT OUTS! 3. OKLAHOMA...

Unusual suspects carry Lakers over Pacers, 99-93

2013-03-15 18:51:00

Lakers 99 - Pacers 93 (Final) The Lakers muscled out arguably their best win of the season, defeating the Pacers in Indiana, 99-93. Kobe Bryant got through a quarter on a severely sprained ankle he suffered Wednesday night against the Atlanta Hawks,...

Live chat: Can the Lakers survive without Kobe Bryant?

2013-03-15 10:00:00

Join Lakers Now blogger Eric Pincus at 1 p.m. Friday to chat about Kobe Bryant, his sprained left ankle and all things Lakers. How long will Bryant be out with the injury and can the Lakers survive without him? Bryant landed on the foot of Dahntay...

Kobe Bryant injury: Was it a dirty play and when will he return?

2013-03-15 09:31:00

� Join Times Lakers writer Mike Bresnahan at 10 a.m. today for a live discussion on Kobe Bryant's ankle injury. As Bresnahan wrote on Thursday: "The debate raged around the NBA on Thursday as Kobe Bryant iced his severely sprained left ankle and...

Was Dahntay Jones' foul injuring Kobe Bryant a dirty play?

2013-03-14 11:02:00

Was the Dahntay Jones play that injury Kobe Bryant dirty? According to Bryant on his Twitter feed . . . absolutely. #dangerousplay that should have been called. Period. — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) March 14, 2013 The Lakers guard suffered a...

Live discussion: What does Kobe Bryant's ankle injury mean for Lakers?

2013-03-14 11:48:00

� Join Times Lakers writer Mike Bresnahan at 12:15 today for a live discussion of Kobe Bryant's ankle injury. � [Mobile viewers: click here to view this chat in another window.] � As Bresnahan wrote after Bryant injured his ankle at the end of...

Miami fl-heat-hawks-031213bThe Miami Heat host the Atlanta Hawks at American Airlines Arena. LeBron James is fouled by Atlanta's Dahntay Jones on the way to the basket. Robert Duyos, Sun Sentinel

2013-03-12 00:00:00

Miami Heat's Shane Battier (L) guards Indiana Pacers' Dahntay Jones duringg the second quarter of Game 6 of their NBA Eastern Conference second round basketball playoff series in Indianapolis, Indiana May 24, 2012.

2012-05-24 00:00:00

Dahntay Jones #1 (L) and Lance Stephenson #6 of the Indiana Pacers lock arms as they watch their teammates take on the Miami Heat in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Semifinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on May 17, 2012 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

2012-05-17 00:00:00