Elgin Baylor

Lakers' Kobe Bryant is named to his 11th All-NBA first team

2013-05-23 17:06:00

Kobe Bryant was named to his 11th All-NBA first team Thursday, joining LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Tim Duncan and Chris Paul for the 2012-13 season. With the honor, Bryant joins Karl Malone with the most first-team selections in league history. The...

PASSINGS: Flynn Robinson, Steve Forrest, Mack Emerman

2013-05-23 21:40:00

Flynn Robinson Guard in Lakers 1971 championship team Flynn Robinson, 72, a flashy guard who was a member of the 1971-72 Lakers team that brought Los Angeles its first NBA title, died Thursday at Keck Hospital in Los Angeles from complications...

Kobe Bryant named to All-NBA 1st team; Dwight Howard on 3rd team

2013-05-23 12:09:00

Kobe Bryant was named to his 11th All-NBA first team on Thursday, joining LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Tim Duncan and Chris Paul for the 2012-13 season. With the honor, Bryant joins Karl Malone with the most first-team selections in league history. The...

Kobe Bryant announces August event to help eradicate homelessness

2013-05-19 21:14:00

On Sunday night, Kobe Bryant announced "Kobe up Close," an Aug. 15 charity event to be held at Nokia Theatre. "I'd like to officially announce that I'm partnering with the Sports Spectacular to help eradicate homelessness," said Bryant in a pre-recorded...

In this NBA, it's brawn over brains and muscle that matters

2013-05-06 19:33:00

It is always easier to be critical when you don't have a dog in the fight, so let's go ahead. The NBA playoffs are in full swing. If we think hard, we in Los Angeles can remember what that's like. People flying purple flags out car windows. The Clippers...

Lakers' week in review

2013-05-06 06:00:00

The Lakers hit the off-season after a 4-0 sweep by the San Antonio Spurs. Afterward, Coach Mike D'Antoni said he was proud of his team despite their "doomed" season. The Lakers held exit meetings with each player early in the week to discuss the...

Hall of Fame Lakers forward Elgin Baylor to auction memorabilia

2013-05-03 05:47:00

Lakers Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor will be auctioning off memorabilia, awards and personal items on May 31 with the help of Julien's Auctions. Baylor, whose No. 22 jersey is retired at Staples Center, is making available his 1959 All-Star Game MVP...

Clippers need to learn how to live with success

2013-04-17 23:39:00

SACRAMENTO — The cow bell crowd came to beg some more for NBA attention, maybe the last Kings' game to be contested on this prairie before a move to Seattle. But there was the real possibility the energy in this graveyard might raise the Kings...

Fists fly as 1964 Lakers beat Knicks

2013-04-03 00:43:07

Minnesota could be key to Lakers' playoff future

2013-04-04 20:19:00

addCustomPlayer('1189yw62t2l8f1q7dcyl28cduy', '', '', 600, 418, 'perf1189yw62t2l8f1q7dcyl28cduy', 'eplayer15'); The Lakers hadn't played in days but gained some ground on Utah. If only the rest of their season had been this easy. Their playoff lives,...

Lakers retire Shaquille O'Neal's jersey

2013-04-02 21:19:00

The Lakers retired Shaquille O'Neal's No. 34 jersey at halftime on Tuesday as the team hosted the Dallas Mavericks. "The most gifted specimen I've ever seen play this game," said Kobe Bryant in a prepared video.� "Historical, the run we had together."...

Lakers acknowledge error in Shaquille O'Neal's retired jersey

2013-04-03 12:13:00

The moment was perfect. The jersey wasn't. On Tuesday night the Lakers retired Shaquille O'Neal's jersey, but they overlooked one not-so-minor detail: O'Neal's name is stretched across the front of a Lakers home jersey instead of the back. "The...

Flynn Robinson, second from left, joined other members from the Lakers' 1971-72 championship team for a fundraiser for the West Coast Sports Medicine Foundation last year.

2012-12-08 00:00:00

A who's who of basketball greatness assembles alongside the statue of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Friday evening outside of Staples Center. If you look closely, you can spot Lakers legends Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, James Worthy, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, Pat Riley, Michael Cooper, Kurt Rambis and

2012-11-16 00:00:00

scored 63 in a double-overtime game against Boston in 1986. Baylor made 22 shots in 46 attempts, sending the Lakers back to Los Angeles with great confidence. We ll win it now. We ve got em back at home now, Lakers Coach Fred Schaus said.

2011-04-13 17:13:21

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