A pair of Los Angeles Lakers players have been fined for their comments towards officials after Sunday's Game 4 loss to the Houston Rockets.

Marcus Smart clashes with a referee after a controversial ejection as the Lakers vs. the Rockets Game 4 gets heated in the 2026 NBA Playoffs.

Los Angeles Lakers veteran guard Marcus Smart laughed off the late-game trash-talk from Jae'Sean Tate and the Houston Rockets.

During the Game 4 loss to the Houston Rockets on Sunday night, the Los Angeles Lakers were outplayed from start to finish, losing their first game of the first-

Two intelligent vets and a group of hard workers came close to outsmarting the favorites and closing the series. But can they keep it up?

Deandre Ayton has been a major factor in the Los Angeles Lakers taking a 3-1 series lead over the Houston Rockets. Ayton has been engaged on both ends of the floor for the Lakers, able to defend and score when the needs him to.

Is this it for LeBron James in the NBA? We continue to speculate on whether this is it for James. I have a feeling it might be, but what happens over the next few days might change things. After

The Los Angeles Lakers’ attempt to close out their first-round series against the Houston Rockets has hit a significant wall. That’s given significant ammo to Charles Barkley, who went from writing off the Lakers to calling time on Houston to once again dismissing the Lakers’ postseason hopes.