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Utah forward Andrei Kirilenko says he hopes to return to the Jazz by Game 3 of their second-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers.

A series that was all about Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant ended up being decided by the superstar who got lost in the shuffle....

Pau Gasol scored 25 points and Andrew Bynum added 21 as the Los Angeles Lakers crushed the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-87 on Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their first-round Western Conference playoff series.

Kevin Durant scored 22 points, Russell Westbrook added 18 points and eight assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder evened their first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers with a 110-89 victory in Game 4 on Saturday night.

Kevin Durant scored 29 points, and Russell Westbrook added 27 as the Oklahoma City Thunder earned their first-ever playoff victory, holding off Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers 100-96 in Game 3 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series.

Thousands of fans poured into the Coliseum early Wednesday to celebrate the Los Angeles Lakers’ 15th NBA title with a parade and rally that the financially troubled city either badly needs or can’t afford, depending on who you ask.

The Lakers are NBA champs for the fourth time this decade. In the end, it was just too much Kobe Bryant, who scored 30 points as the Lakers finished off the Magic 99-86 in Game 5.

The NBA on Friday quickly completed its review of Mickael Pietrus' two-handed shove into Pau Gasol's back in the final seconds of Game 4 and ruled that no further action will be taken against the Orlando Magic swingman

The Los Angeles Lakers comeback win over the Orlando Magic easily drew the most viewers Thursday night as evidenced by Friday morning's fast affiliates, and those numbers will increase dramatically once the true national ratings come in later this afternoon.

With clutch 3-pointers late in the game and in overtime, Derek Fisher helped give Los Angeles a commanding 3-1 lead over Orlando in the N.B.A. finals.