Sports

Lakers guard Luka Doncic was voted as a Western Conference starter for the NBA’s All-Star team, becoming the 15th player in NBA history to earn six All-Star selections before the age of 27. Doncic, who received his fifth starting nod, leads the league in scoring (33.3), is fourth in assists (8.6), is making 46.4% of…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Finishing a grueling stretch of five games in seven days, the Lakers were “a little bit exhausted,” Hachimura acknowledged. Redick had a secret weapon to perk them up. The Lakers rolled out a zone defense to begin the second quarter. The sheer size of a lineup with the 7-foot Ayton, 6-8 Jarred Vanderbilt,…

The Lakers were as whole as they have been in a while Sunday, giving Coach JJ Redick more weapons at his disposal at a time when their schedule has picked up the pace. They got Luka Doncic (left groin soreness), center Deandre Ayton (left knee soreness) and backup center Jaxson Hayes (left hamstring tendinopathy) back…

A look at The Times’ top 25 boys’ basketball rankings for the Southland after Week 9. Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. SIERRA CANYON (18-1): Showdown with Harvard-Westlake on Wednesday; 1 2. REDONDO UNION (20-3): Two big games for Devin Wright this weekend; 2 3. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (21-2): Showdown games vs. Sierra Canyon, Notre…

There are high school basketball players, and even parents, who cringe when a coach says, “You’re playing with the junior varsity.” Yes, times have changed. The days of varsity programs using JV teams to build up their programs are largely gone. Freshmen with potential end up playing varsity. Others are put on frosh-sophomore teams trying…

Santa Anita’s experiment of placing a similar version of Historical Horse Racing at the race track on Thursday came to an abrupt halt on Saturday afternoon when law enforcement officials physically removed the machines after racing ended. Two officials at Santa Anita confirmed that representatives of the state Department of Justice removed the betting machines…

Sho Evans of Cleveland High was thrown into the fire as a freshman guard last season. “It was hard,” he said. “I was trying not to mess up.” This season as a 6-foot-4 sophomore, you can see his growing confidence and calmness. He’s had a 39-point game and isn’t afraid to launch a three. “I…

FRIDAY’S RESULTS BOYS CITY SECTION AMIT 41, Discovery 17 Angelou 70, West Adams 50 Bell 37, Huntington Park 35 Bernstein 77, Mendez 31 Central City Value 61, Annenberg 49 CHAMPS 66, Bert Corona 38 Cleveland 78, El Camino Real 49 Community Charter 52, Lakeview Charter 39 Downtown Magnets 39, Orthopaedic 28 East College Prep 52,…

Using a playbook familiar to their front office, the Dodgers waited until the market for slugging outfielder Kyle Tucker dwindled before making him an offer short on duration but generous in dollars. The result is the defending two-time World Series champion plugged the only hole in its lineup with another superstar — one regarded by…

There are one-day high school girls’ basketball events scheduled for Saturday and Monday that should produce good games involving top teams. First up is an event at Mira Costa on Saturday. JSerra, Flintridge Prep, St. Anthony, Birmingham and Palisades lead the teams scheduled to play. Then on Monday, Rosary in Fullerton will host eight games…