Kobe Bryant

A Los Angeles City Council committee on Wednesday will consider moving forward with a proposal to rename a portion of Figueroa Street downtown in honor of late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.

“Shark Tank” star and self-made billionaire Mark Cuban talks about the importance of being nice in business and answers our rapid-fire questions about TikTok, Kobe Bryant and his pet peeves.

The Los Angeles Lakers have won the NBA Finals and now it’s time for Southern California to celebrate. After defeating the Miami Heat in six games inside the NBA Bubble in Orlando, Florida, the Lakers were crowned champions of the 2019-20 season. After a tumultuous season, including the death of Lakers’ legend Kobe Bryant, the Lakers have won their...

Lakers fans are ready to buy their Championship gear. Christine Kim reports for NBC4 News on Oct. 11, 2020.

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat, 106-93, in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to claim their record-tying 17th NBA Championship in team history.

The Lakers were dominant throughout the NBA Playoffs, as they finished off the Miami Heat, 106-93, to lift their record-tying 17th NBA championship. Mario Solis reports for NBC4 News on Oct. 11, 2020.

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat Sunday, giving them their 17th championship title.

LeBron James flexed his muscles high above his Lakers black jersey, looking too strong to stop. He had just scored while being fouled, finishing a three-point play that gave Los Angeles a one-point lead with 1:34 remaining. When the Lakers fell behind again, he put back his own missed shot to give them a led again with 58 seconds to…

Jimmy Butler was slumped over a video board behind the baseline in the final seconds, exhausted, gasping for air. He gave it all. The Miami Heat needed nothing less. The NBA Finals — and Miami’s title chances — are not over, not after Butler and the Heat pulled off a virtuoso performance in Game 5 on Friday night. Butler had…

One year ago Monday, the 2019-20 Los Angeles Lakers took the court together for the first time. For fans, it was the first time they saw LeBron James and Anthony Davis together in a Lakers’ uniform. Little did they know what the next year would have in store for them. A year later, James and Davis are still on the…

“Mama, there goes that man!” Anthony Davis continued his dominance in his first career NBA Finals, leading the Lakers to a 124-114 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The Lakers lead the series 2-0, and the Heat are left dangling over the precipice, as they juggle a bevy of injuries to their starting lineup….

After Game 2, Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler said his team would need to play near perfect basketball in order to beat the Lakers. Perfection might not be attainable, but in chasing it, he was excellent. Butler scored a playoff-career high 40 points and the depleted Miami Heat stunned the Los Angeles Lakers 115-104 in Game 3, to reset the…

There were no inklings of awe or uneasiness, no signs of nerves or stage fright, just utter domination. In their first NBA Finals since Kobe Bryant lifted the Larry O’Brien trophy in 2010, the new-look Los Angeles Lakers introduced themselves to the world with a 116-98 blowout victory over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. In…

In 2013, Indiana Pacers head coach Frank Vogel had his team one win away from reaching the NBA Finals. Instead, he was thwarted by then-Miami Heat forward LeBron James and never reached his dream of coaching in the Finals. Seven years later, Vogel is now the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, and instead of staying up all night…

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday approved legislation prompted by the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other people that makes it a crime for first responders to take unauthorized photos of deceased people at the scene of an accident or crime.

Following their Game 3 loss to the Denver Nuggets, the Los Angeles Lakers sent footage from that game to the NBA league office of LeBron James driving to the basket time after time. They believed that James was getting fouled and the referees weren’t calling it. They did on Thursday night. After shooting just two free throws in their Game…

Following the Nuggets heartbreaking loss in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, Nikola Jokic was asked if his team had figured something out when it came to defending the Lakers. “Maybe,” he said, staring directly into the camera that was broadcasting his postgame interview live to reporters across the country. The question was in reference to the Nuggets second…