The Latest Breaking News from Utah

The Jazz, Blazers and Spurs are exceeding expectations. Can they stay in the playoff mix?

Utah’s CEO addresses tanking talk and trying to build a team for the present and the future.

LOS ANGELES — Midway through the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon, Lakers coach Darvin Ham stood near midcourt, slumped slightly to his left with both of his hands in pockets.

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James condemned hate speech of any kind — including antisemitism — following the Lakers' 130-116 loss to Utah, saying he has "love" for Kyrie Irving but the Nets guard "caused some harm to a lot of people."

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 6,000 miles from the Crypto.com Arena in Limoges, France, a 7-foot-4 basketball prospect pushed the ball between his skyscraper legs before taking a one-footed three-point shot that swished through the rim, evoking some ungodly mix of Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki.

LOS ANGELES — Almost every defense has the same goal: cut off the head of the snake.

The Lakers' defense had been strong to start the season, but it fell apart on Friday against the Utah Jazz.

USC vs Cal game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 10 game on Saturday, November 5

Cristian Javier’s fastball was too much to handle for the Phillies.