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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.

The Lakers fell short, both literally and figuratively, to a Cavs team that has tons of size, length and defense.

Tristan Thompson and LeBron James once got involved in a heated argument while at the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the current LA Lakers star was forced to apologise

Very few of the league’s players have addressed the Nets guard’s promotion of an antisemitic film this past week.

A frontcourt reinforcement may be on the way for the Lakers.

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.

If the Lakers had traded for Kyrie Irving over the summer, he may have been merely a rental.