When the Los Angeles Lakers selected Dalton Knecht with the 17th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the expectation was that he could step in early as a scoring option off the bench. Coming off a dominant final season at Tennessee where he won SEC Player of the Year,

LeBron James (23) and Jaxson Hayes (21) also score in double figures as the short-handed Lakers lead by as much as 29 on their way to a 137-130 win, their 13th in the past 15 games.

The Pacers didn't help themselves as Luka Doncic ran wild, and LeBron James had highlight plays. But Indiana pulled back into it late.

The Lakers finished their six-game road trip with a 5-1 record after downing the Pacers on Wednesday.

LeBron James and his son checked in at the same time during Wednesday’s victory in Indiana, a performance that highlighted Bronny’s G-League development.

Smart leads the team in both plus-minus and defensive rating. When the Lakers lost to the Pistons on Monday, Coach JJ Redick said not having Smart “killed us.”

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark was taking a different kind of shot while the Indiana Pacers hosted LeBron James, Luka Doncic the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. Clark, donning a photographer’s vest,

UConn head coach Dan Hurley shared details of the advice Tom Izzo gave him when considering the Lakers coaching job.