Derek Fisher News

Kobe Bryant continued his strong play against the Knicks, pouring in 34 points on 14-of-20 shooting, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 100-90 win over New York in a matchup of teams heading in different directions.

Lakers owner Jerry Buss didn't want to predict the future for the NBA regarding its labor issues, but he knows the summer of 2011 has the potential for problems.

Photo Wire George Lopez, left, and guitarist Slash watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Houston Rockets during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Nov.

One thing about playing in Los Angeles is that the Lakers get plenty of exposure to the Hollywood crowd.A Even then, this has been a curiously Tinsletown-heavy year for the Lakers already with three members of the team making appearances on TV shows.A First it was Jordan Farmar on Numb3rs , then Lamar Odom was featured in a very special episode of ...

LOS ANGELES Ask Kobe Bryant to reflect on his 2007 demand to be traded away from the Lakers, and he will express appreciation for all the hard work an awful lot of people put in to make the Lakers better.

Pau Gasol had 24 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut, and Kobe Bryant scored 21 points while passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the Lakers' career scoring chart in Los Angeles' 108-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.

The Pistons begin a four-game road trip tonight . This will be a tough stretch, and Ia TMd consider winning two of the games a rousing success.

What is it the official weekend of revenge for teams that the Lakers beat in the post-season?A Of course not, that would be ridiculous.A It is quite obviously the weekend where the Lakers decided to stop playing like they give a crap.

There's almost always an upside to extended conversations with Derek Fisher , and it's typically two-fold. First, he's a given for introspective, thoughtful copy.

Josh Powell had just out-hustled the starters for an offensive rebound during a five-on-five scrimmage at the end of Monday's practice when Lakers coach Phil Jackson decided he couldn't watch in silence any longer.

If Trevor Ariza had any doubts about how he would be received in his first game back in his hometown since signing with Houston this summer, they disappeared about an hour before tipoff.

Reporting from Denver - Phil Jackson might want to rethink this thing. Before Friday's game, long before the Denver Nuggets thumped the Lakers, pounding them in practically every category in front of an amped-up crowd, Jackson said he didn't consider Denver to be a Western Conference rival.

Derek Fisher knew the challenge ahead of him was a big one. He was about to face Steve Nash, one of the top point guards in the NBA, a crafty veteran who has won two most valuable player awards.

Lakers are able to slow and eventually smother the team that thrill-seeking fans hoped would be their biggest Western rival.

Fair to say the Lakers handled the first half of their toughest back-to-back to date with style.

Barney and Robin's romance falters, and Lily comes up with a scheme to break up the unhappy couple that involves a little help from Robin's celebrity friend, Alan Thicke .

Winning games early in the season has been somewhat of a struggle for the Lakers without Pau Gasol in the lineup.

Mere hours after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar revealed he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia last December, the Lakers admitted they were just as stunned by the news as everyone else.

Normally, we don't focus on what the opposition says unless it relates to the purple and gold, but here it's hard to resist.

For a moment in the second quarter, the Lakers went to sleep against the New Orleans Hornets.