{"id":561068,"date":"2026-02-02T14:13:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/561068\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:13:25","slug":"on-anniversary-of-acquiring-luka-doncic-lakers-fall-to-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/561068\/","title":{"rendered":"On anniversary of acquiring Luka Doncic, Lakers fall to Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Broderick Turner<\/a>: Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the Lakers<\/a>\u2019 acquisition of Luka Doncic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coach JJ Redick<\/a> acknowledged he felt \u201cstressed\u201d knowing about the trade<\/a> before the Lakers played the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden that night in 2025.<\/p>\n

While his stress may have faded, Redick couldn\u2019t have liked what he saw from the Lakers on the same floor one year later.<\/p>\n

Despite a strong effort from Doncic, the Lakers struggled with their shooting and lost 112-100<\/a> to the Knicks on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Doncic finished with 30 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists, but it wasn\u2019t enough to overcome the Lakers\u2019 45% shooting from the field and 29% shooting from three-point range.<\/p>\n

With the Lakers in sixth place in the uber-competitive Western Conference at 29-19, Doncic was asked where he thought they stood in their pursuit of an NBA championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in a good spot,\u201d Doncic said. \u201cObviously, got some work to do. But I think today we obviously missed a lot of good looks, but I think we have a great group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Lakers box score<\/a> <\/p>\n

NBA standings<\/a> <\/p>\n

Lakers star LeBron James named an NBA All-Star for a record 22nd time<\/a> <\/p>\n

Clippers continue to surge<\/p>\n

Kawhi Leonard<\/a> scored 25 points and the Clippers<\/a>, playing without James Harden<\/a>, routed the Phoenix Suns 117-93<\/a> on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Leonard, who was left off the Western Conference All-Star reserves announced earlier Sunday, had eight rebounds as well as his 27th consecutive game with 20 or more points. Ivica Zubac<\/a> had 20 rebounds as the Clippers bounced back from a loss at Denver on Friday and dominated the inside, outrebounding Phoenix 63-35 and outscoring the Suns 64-18 in the paint.<\/p>\n

Jordan Miller had 20 points, John Collins scored 16, Zubac had 14 and Kobe Sanders had 12 for the Clippers, who shot 51.8% from the field. Sanders started for Harden, who missed the game for personal reasons.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Clippers box score<\/a> <\/p>\n

NBA standings<\/a> <\/p>\n

No. 2 UCLA women have little problem with No. 8 Iowa<\/p>\n

From Steve Galluzzo: Angela Dugalic<\/a> scored 22 points off the bench, Kiki Rice<\/a> had 17 and Lauren Betts<\/a> added 16 as the UCLA<\/a> women\u2019s basketball team recorded its eighth win against a ranked opponent with a dominant 88-65<\/a> victory over No. 8 Iowa on Sunday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud to be part of this team,\u201d Dugalic said. \u201cIt\u2019s fun to play with these girls. We\u2019re not taking any team for granted. At the end of the day, if you\u2019re our next opponent, that\u2019s who we\u2019re concentrating on.\u201d<\/p>\n

The No. 2 Bruins (21-1 overall, 11-0 Big Ten) won their 15th straight game and improved to 10-0 at home. They lead the conference by one game over No. 9 Michigan, which beat No. 13 Michigan State in overtime Sunday.<\/p>\n

Charlisse Leger-Walker<\/a> finished with 10 points, five assists and five rebounds. Gianna Kneepkens added 10 points, four assists and four rebounds, and Rice dished out seven assists for UCLA, which improved to 3-1 all time against Iowa and 3-0 under coach Cori Close.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

UCLA box score<\/a> <\/p>\n

Big Ten standings<\/a> <\/p>\n

USC women rout Rutgers<\/p>\n

From Kara Alexander<\/a>: The USC<\/a> women\u2019s basketball team rolled to a 71-39 win<\/a> over Rutgers on Sunday at Galen Center.<\/p>\n

The Trojans (13-9, 5-6 Big Ten) got off to a slow start, ending the first quarter trailing by three points. Rutgers (9-13, 1-10) held the lead until the 5:39 mark in the second quarter when Kara Dunn hit a pair of free throws.<\/p>\n

USC picked up its defensive pressure in the second quarter, which helped ignite its offense.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

USC box score<\/a> <\/p>\n

Big Ten standings<\/a> <\/p>\n

Should Dodgers visit the White House?<\/p>\n

From Bill Shaikin<\/a>: In 1970, two years before he died, Jackie Robinson spoke at his son\u2019s high school graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a land where we declare that we have liberty and justice for all,\u201d Robinson said, \u201cit seems that slogan really means liberty and justice for all as long as you do and say what some people want you to do and say.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those words ring uncomfortably true today.<\/p>\n

Robinson often spoke out on civil rights, challenging both political parties. If you visit the Jackie Robinson Museum<\/a>, as the Dodgers did when the museum opened in 2022, you see displays on civil rights and economic opportunity and social justice before you get to the baseball showcases.<\/p>\n

\u201cJackie\u2019s passion was civil rights and equality, and more so than baseball,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts<\/a> said then. \u201cIt was more of, baseball was just a vehicle for him to use his voice, which is pretty cool to see and actually pretty inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n

In these perilous times, in which \u201cindivisible\u201d has been replaced by \u201cyou\u2019re with us, or you\u2019re the enemy within<\/a>,\u201d Robinson\u2019s team will have the opportunity to celebrate its latest World Series championship<\/a> at the White House.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Plaschke: Haters beware! Villainous Dodgers begin three-peat quest with a party <\/a> <\/p>\n

Tai Babilonia broke barriers<\/p>\n

From Kevin Baxter<\/a>: Tai Babilonia\u2019s life changed forever when she was asked to hold a boy\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n

At first she resisted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to,\u201d she remembered. \u201cHe\u2019s a yucky boy.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Mabel Fairbanks<\/a>, Babilonia\u2019s skating coach, wouldn\u2019t take no for an answer, bribing the 8-year-old with stickers and a Barbie doll if she would just reach out and grab the hand of 10-year-old Randy Gardner.<\/p>\n

It would be another 40 years before she let go.<\/p>\n

By then Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner<\/a> had become one of the most decorated pairs in U.S. figure skating history, their individual names eventually melding into one.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Kings lose to Hurricanes<\/p>\n

Sebastian Aho<\/a> scored early in overtime to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win<\/a> over the Kings<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Brandon Bussi made 11 saves on just 13 shots by L.A. to continue his dominant rookie season, while Jordan Staal and Alexander Nikishin also scored for the Hurricanes, who have earned at least a point in eight straight games (6-0-2).<\/p>\n

Samuel Helenius<\/a> and Quinton Byfield<\/a> scored for the Kings and Anton Forsberg<\/a> made 31 saves. The Kings wrapped up their road trip with a 3-1-1 record with one game (last Monday at Columbus) postponed because of severe winter weather.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Kings summary<\/a> <\/p>\n

NHL standings<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ducks defeat Vegas<\/p>\n

Chris Kreider<\/a> scored two goals, Lukas Dostal<\/a> made 27 saves and the Ducks<\/a> swept their three-game season series with the Vegas Golden Knights with a 4-3 victory<\/a> on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Cutter Gauthier<\/a> scored and Ryan Poehling<\/a> added an empty-net goal for the Ducks, who earned their eighth victory in 10 games overall despite nearly blowing an early 3-0 lead during a third period dominated by Vegas.<\/p>\n

Ducks right wing Troy Terry returned from an 11-game absence with an upper-body injury, and center Mason McTavish also returned after missing five games.<\/p>\n

The Ducks had their eighth consecutive sellout as they returned from a five-game trip to begin a nine-game homestand. Anaheim doesn\u2019t play another road game until March 10.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ducks summary<\/a> <\/p>\n

NHL standings<\/a> <\/p>\n

Rams lose OC to Cardinals<\/p>\n

From Gary Klein<\/a>: Rams coach Sean McVay<\/a> goes through it nearly every year.<\/p>\n

The Rams<\/a> have a successful season and other NFL teams raid his coaching staff.<\/p>\n

Mike LaFleur<\/a>, the Rams\u2019 offensive coordinator for the last three seasons, is the latest to parlay his time with McVay into an NFL head coaching opportunity.<\/p>\n

The Arizona Cardinals on Sunday hired LaFleur as head coach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LaFleur, 38, is the seventh former McVay assistant to land an NFL head coach job.<\/p>\n

Continue reading here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Super Bowl<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/b>
at Santa Clara<\/b>
Seattle vs. New England
3:30 p.m. PT, NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, KLAC AM 570
Halftime show<\/b>: Bad Bunny
National anthem<\/b>: Charlie Puth
Odds<\/b>: Seahawks favored by 4.5 points
Over\/Under<\/b>: 45.5 points<\/p>\n

This day in sports history<\/p>\n

1876 \u2014 The National League forms, consisting of teams in Philadelphia, Hartford, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and New York.<\/p>\n

1936 \u2014 Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson are the first members elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

1954 \u2014 Bevo Francis of Rio Grande College scores 113 points in a 134-91 victory over Hillsdale. Francis, breaking his own record for small colleges (84) set two weeks earlier against Alliance College.<\/p>\n

1959 \u2014 Vince Lombardi signs a five-year contract to coach NFL\u2019s Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n

1962 \u2014 Using a fiberglass pole, John Uelses becomes the first man to vault more than 16 feet, indoors or out. Uelses, a Marine Corps corporal, clears 16\u00bc during the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York.<\/p>\n

1970 \u2014 Pete Maravich becomes first to score 3,000 college basketball points.<\/p>\n

1977 \u2014 Toronto\u2019s Ian Turnbull scores five goals to set an NHL record for defensemen, leading the Maple Leafs past the Detroit Red Wings 9-1.<\/p>\n

1991 \u2014 New Hampshire\u2019s basketball team ends its 32-game losing streak at home with a 72-56 win over Holy Cross. The NCAA-record streak started on Feb. 9, 1988.<\/p>\n

1994 \u2014 Lenny Wilkens gets his 900th NBA victory, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Orlando Magic 118-99. Wilkens runs his regular-season mark to 900-760, trailing only Red Auerbach\u2019s 938 in NBA regular-season victories.<\/p>\n

1999 \u2014 Austria\u2019s Hermann Maier and Norway\u2019s Lasse Kjus ski to an unprecedented tie in the super-G to mark the start of the world championships.<\/p>\n

2001 \u2014 Stacy Dragila breaks her world indoor pole vault record by a half-inch with a 15-2 1\/4 vault at the Millrose Games.<\/p>\n

2003 \u2014 Atlanta Thrashers star Dany Heatley joins Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux by scoring a record-tying four goals in the NHL All-Star Game. His Eastern Conference team loses the first All-Star shootout 6-5.<\/p>\n

2009 \u2014 Kobe Bryant breaks the current Madison Square Garden record with 61 points to lead the Lakers to a 126-117 victory over New York. Bryant, who hits all 20 of his free throws, tops the previous visitor record of 55 points held by Michael Jordan and the overall record of 60 by Bernard King.<\/p>\n

2012 \u2014 Sam Gagner has four goals and four assists in the NHL\u2019s first eight-point game in 23 years, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8-4.<\/p>\n

2013 \u2014 California Institute of Technology\u2019s baseball team ends a 228-game losing streak with a 9-7 victory against Pacifica, the Beavers\u2019 first win in nearly 10 years. Caltech hadn\u2019t won since Feb. 15, 2003, 5-4 against Cal State Monterey Bay.<\/p>\n

2014 \u2014 The Seattle Seahawks win their first Super Bowl title, crushing the favored Denver Broncos 43-8. The Seahawks led 36-0 before Denver finally scored on the last play of the third quarter.<\/p>\n

2017 \u2014 Patrick Marleau scores his 500th career goal, Chris Tierney tallies twice and San Jose beat Vancouver 4-1. Marleau becomes the 45th NHL player to reach 500 goals, scoring in the first period on a power play.<\/p>\n

2020 \u2014 Super Bowl LIV: Kansas City Chiefs beat San Francisco 49ers, 31-20; MVP: Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs, QB; Chiefs\u2019 first Super Bowl victory in 50 years.<\/p>\n

Compiled by the Associated Press<\/p>\n

Until next time…<\/p>\n

That concludes today\u2019s newsletter. If you have any feedback, ideas for improvement or things you\u2019d like to see, email me at houston.mitchell@latimes.com<\/a>. To get this newsletter in your inbox, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Broderick Turner: Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the Lakers\u2019 acquisition of Luka Doncic. Coach JJ Redick…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":561069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1578,1582,276,2442,56587,10006,2961,8604,224,2444,5337,50,14852,12335,3007,3780,637,5618,56586,2071],"class_list":{"0":"post-561068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-associated-press","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-dodgers","12":"tag-jason-preston","13":"tag-kings","14":"tag-la","15":"tag-lakers","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-times","18":"tag-losangeles","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-sandy-alcantara","21":"tag-taylor-fritz","22":"tag-team","23":"tag-teams","24":"tag-times","25":"tag-tuesday","26":"tag-ucla-olympic-sports","27":"tag-wimbledon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116001453400142399","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}