The Los Angeles Lakers made a trade (with the Atlanta Hawks) earlier this season that is paying off in the NBA playoffs.

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The Los Angeles Lakers host the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference first round with a 1-0 lead in the series

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Lakers center Jaxon Hayes secures Slovenian passport, making him eligible to team up with Luka Doncic on Slovenia’s national team and pursue the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

2026 NBA playoffs picks, predictions, odds for Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Lakers Western Conference first-round NBA postseason series. Who wins?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series on Saturday night.

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