“I fully understand the repercussions if this team does not win or have success,” Blake said at a news conference Monday, his first public comments since he fired McLellan last Friday. If firing a coach who received strong support from key players recently doesn’t jolt the Kings out of a slump in which they’ve won three of their last 17 games and plummeted to a wild-card playoff position, the next voice Blake hears will come from his bosses and it will tell him he should find another job. Pops was even there when the teenager who was technically his grandson took his official visit to UCLA, oohing and aahing at every Bruins legend adorning the walls.įrom Helene Elliott: Kings general manager Rob Blake said his desire to hear a new voice and see renewed energy within the team led him to fire coach Todd McLellan and elevate assistant Jim Hiller to the head coaching job for the rest of what has been an erratic and disappointing season. Pops took him to the apartment complexes he owned, showing the boy how good he had it by comparison. Pops drove Andrews to the gym three hours before youth basketball practices, telling him if he was on time it meant he was late. “That was my like everything, man,” Andrews said. They’re the same sorts of words Andrews once heard from “Pops,” the man no single word or phrase could encapsulate. The team and veteran reliever Ryan Brasier agreed to a two-year, $9-million contract, according to a person with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly, to keep the right-hander in Los Angeles after his resurgent performance last season. PT, CBS, Paramount+ DODGERSįrom Jack Harris: Days before pitchers and catchers report to spring training in Arizona, the Dodgers’ bullpen situation became a little more clear Monday. Super Bowl LVIII: Start time, teams, betting odds and halftime show Davis had 26 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists for his third career triple-double and Los Angeles held on to defeat the short-handed Charlotte Hornets 124-118 on Monday night for their. Instead, he was in a cramped trailer beneath M&T Bank Stadium remotely calling the Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla. (AP) Anthony Davis and the Lakers might be starting to find their rhythm just as the uncertainty of the NBA trade deadline approaches.

He was decidedly not on the beach the day before the AFC championship game in Baltimore, even though millions of viewers surely thought he was. … It’s not like I’m on a beach somewhere.” “People say, ‘Are you enjoying being semi-retired?’” said Nantz, 64. “Got down early in the second half, continued to keep fighting. “To go 6-1 against the caliber of teams we played on this trip, coming into it, we knew tonight was going to be tough,” coach Tyronn Lue said. They won at Miami on Sunday, the front end of this back-to-back. The Clippers went 6-1 on a 13-day trip and improved to 26-5 since Nov. Trae Young, the Eastern Conference player of the week, had 25 points and De’Andre Hunter matched a season high with 27 off the bench for the Hawks, who had won four in a row. James Harden had 30 points and 10 assists, and Paul George scored 18 for the Clippers. Kawhi Leonard scored 36 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, and the Clippers finished off a long road trip in style with a 149-144 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most. The team will have Tuesday and Wednesday off before hosting the defending world champion Denver Nuggets on Thursday.Enjoying this newsletter? Consider subscribing to the Los Angeles Times It is now just 3 1/2 games behind the fifth-place Sacramento Kings. Los Angeles now has a three-game winning streak and a 27-25 record, which puts it in ninth place in the Western Conference.

flexed its muscles enough to escape with a 124-118 win. The short-handed Hornets came roaring back and made the outcome interesting in the closing minutes. They still led by 14 to start the fourth quarter and seemed headed toward an easy win. On Monday, the team ended its six-game “Grammy” road trip with a contest against the Charlotte Hornets, one of the worst teams in the NBA.Īfter falling behind 8-2 in the opening moments, the Lakers turned their game on and shot 64.4% in the first half en route to a 74-58 halftime lead. It followed that win with a hard-earned 113-105 triumph over the New York Knicks on Saturday. responded by downing the Boston Celtics despite being without LeBron James and Anthony James. They had lost back-to-back games in blowout fashion to the Houston Rockets and Atlanta Hawks, both of which are lousy teams, and their playoff hopes were looking bleak.īut L.A. Just days ago, the situation was looking very concerning for the Los Angeles Lakers.

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