See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Los Angeles Lakers were on the verge of eliminating the Houston ...

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Luke Kennard once passed LeBron James on the Ohio high school basketball scoring chart. Now he's LeBron's teammate and powering the Lakers. Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images By the winter of 2015, the ...

Luke Kennard was a pretty good quarterback back in high school. Now, with the Los Angeles Lakers up 2-0 on the Houston Rockets in the NBA playoffs, those same skills are showing up on the biggest ...

Luke Kennard is earning himself some money. The soon-to-be unrestricted free agent led the Lakers to a Game 1 win against the Houston Rockets with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves both sidelined, a ...

The Los Angeles Lakers entered the 2026 NBA Playoffs without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves, both sidelined since early April. Somebody had to step up on the biggest stage. Nobody expected it to be ...

The Los Angeles Lakers got a big Game 1 win against the Houston Rockets, 107-98, led by Luke Kennard. The 2025-26 NBA three-point percentage leader scored a game-high 27 points. Kennard was efficient ...

LOS ANGELES — Luke Kennard wants you to imagine how that moment feels, soaking in the noise from every direction as officials’ whistles blow play dead after you send Crypto.com Arena into delirium ...

LOS ANGELES — Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant’s injury absence for a ...

With star guard Luka Doncic back on the Lakers’ sideline but still out indefinitely, Luke Kennard did his best impression of the NBA’s leading scorer Saturday, catapulting the Lakers to a 107-98 win ...

The Los Angeles Lakers took advantage of an undermanned Houston Rockets team on Saturday night for Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Playoffs. The night especially went well for Luke Kennard, who made his ...