Marcus Smart’s urgent message to Lakers teammates about fixing defense
The Los Angeles Lakers have been slipping these days. They have misplaced two video games in a row and 5 of their final 9 video games, and their lack of…
Lakers’ defensive identity vanishes into Phoenix air in loss
PHOENIX — The desert would not forgive forgetfulness. It reveals character by stripping away all the things else. Tuesday evening, beneath the cruel white lights of Mortgage Matchup Center, the…
Is this the best Luka Dončić we’ve ever seen? The Lakers star is on a historic season-opening heater (thanks, Nico)
Asked to explain what he’d seen from Luka Dončić in the early days of the 2025-26 NBA season, Marcus Smart discovered himself compelled previous grammar, diction and sense. “Fantasticness,” Smart…