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Lakers wrap up 8-game trek against woeful Nets
Jan 28, 2026; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) and forward LeBron James (23) stand on the court in the first quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-Imagn Images The Los Angeles Lakers marked the one-year anniversary of acquiring Luka Doncic by fading in the fourth quarter on Sunday.
The Lakers conclude their eight-game road trip Tuesday night and hope to do enough to earn a win when they face the struggling Brooklyn Nets in New York.
Los Angeles is 4-3 on the trip with wins over the Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards while losing to the Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks.
Doncic has six 30-point games on the trip, including a 46-point showing at Chicago on Jan. 26. On Sunday, he finished with 30 points, a season-high-tying 15 rebounds and eight assists but the Lakers took a 112-100 loss to the Knicks.
After shooting 61.2% in Friday’s 31-point win at Washington, the Lakers shot 45.2% and struggled in the second half. Los Angeles was outscored 60-44 after halftime and held to 18 points in the fourth.
“We’re in a good spot,” Doncic said. “Obviously, got some work to do. I think (Sunday) we obviously missed a lot of good looks, but I think we have a great group.”
“I like this group, but we got to continue to get better,” LeBron James added. “And that’s good. We should want to get better. We want to continue to get better and better. It’s a tough league.”
James finished with 22 points Sunday and is 17-of-31 from the floor in the past two games following a 3-of-10 showing in Cleveland last week.
The Lakers played what they hope is their final game without Austin Reaves due to a left calf strain. Reaves has missed 19 games with the injury and warmed up Sunday before the Lakers opted to sit him.
Reaves is averaging a career-high 26.6 points this season and the Lakers are 14-11 without him. He’s questionable for Tuesday’s game.
The Nets are 3-16 in their past 19 games after winning seven of 10. They return home after completing a five-game road trip with a 130-77 loss to the Detroit Pistons on Sunday.
It was Brooklyn’s second-most-lopsided loss of the season, behind a 54-point loss to the Knicks on Jan. 21.
Unlike the loss in New York, Michael Porter Jr. did not play in Detroit due to personal reasons.
Without their top scorer, the Nets were held to their second-fewest points all season, trailed by as many as 55 and shot a dreadful 32.9%. It was Brooklyn’s second-lowest field-goal percentage only ahead of the 29.1% showing at New York.
The Nets also shot 22.6% from 3-point range (7 of 31), marking the 13th time they failed to hit at least 30% from behind the arc.
Brooklyn also committed a season-worst 25 turnovers, resulting in 39 points for the Pistons, who held a 70-30 edge on points in the paint.
Without Porter, the Nets started three rookies but the trio of Danny Wolf, Egor Demin and Nolan Traore were a combined 4-of-20 from the floor. No Net scored more than 12 points.
“It’s not just that you don’t play consistently hard. It’s that you quit. And we cannot allow that,” coach Jordi Fernandez said. “So, it starts with me; gotta create habits. Obviously, this one hurts. Got to help them be better.”
The good news for Brooklyn is that Porter is off the injury report and appears poised to return after a two-game absence.
The Nets are hoping their follow-up game after a lopsided loss is similar to some of the previous instances.
On Jan. 23, Brooklyn took a 130-126 double-overtime loss to the Boston Celtics after getting drilled by the Knicks. Last Tuesday, the Nets took a four-point loss to the Phoenix Suns after a 126-89 loss to the Clippers.
–Field Level Media
Sports
Northwestern will open $862M Ryan Field Oct. 2 vs. Penn State
Nov 22, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Northwestern Wildcats head coach David Braun is seen against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the first half at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Northwestern will host its first game at Ryan Field, its revamped football stadium that cost $862 million, in primetime on Friday, Oct. 2, when the Wildcats open Big Ten play against Penn State.
The date is notable because it will mark exactly 100 years since Northwestern played its first game at Northwestern Stadium, which was located on the same site, on Oct. 2, 1926.
Northwestern will play its first two home games of the 2026 season (vs. South Dakota State on Sept. 5 and vs. Colorado on Sept. 19) at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, a temporary stadium where the school has hosted most of its football games over the last two seasons.
Ryan Field, which will have a capacity of 35,000 and has been billed as the largest stadium project in college football history, will host each of the Wildcats’ final five home games. That also includes games against Ball State (Oct. 10), Rutgers (Oct. 24), Iowa (Nov. 7) and the season finale vs. Illinois (Nov. 28).
Northwestern finished the 2025 season with a 7-6 record, making a bowl for the second time in three seasons under David Braun.
–Field Level Media
Sports
LeBron, Durant, Curry team up as three NBA All-Star rosters revealed
Feb 20, 2022; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Team LeBron forward LeBron James celebrates after making the game winning shot with Team LeBron guard Stephen Curry (30) and Team LeBron guard Fred VanVleet (23) during the 2022 NBA All-Star Game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-Imagn Images LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry will anchor one of two U.S. teams in the inaugural NBA All-Star Game under the new U.S. versus World format.
The rosters for the Feb. 15 game in Inglewood, Calif., were revealed Tuesday, and the “USA Stripes” squad will have the veteran trio of James, Durant and Curry, with a combined 50 All-Star appearances among them.
They’ll be joined on a star-powered roster by Jaylen Brown, Jalen Brunson, Donovan Mitchell, Norman Powell, and Kawhi Leonard — the latter a late addition to the player pool Tuesday before the rosters were confirmed.
Because Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss the game due to his calf strain, the World team was short a player to reach the required eight. Karl-Anthony Towns, who was born in New Jersey but represents the Dominican Republic internationally, was moved from the American player pool to Team World, and Leonard was added by commissioner Adam Silver.
The “USA Stars” have a much younger group with Anthony Edwards, Cade Cunningham and Devin Booker. First-time All-Stars Jalen Duren, Jalen Johnson, and Chet Holmgren also made the team.
Under the new format, USA Stars, USA Stripes and Team World will play a round-robin of 12-minute games, with the teams having the best records advancing to the championship game. If all teams go 1-1 in the round robin, point differential will serve as the tiebreaker.
USA Stars roster
Scottie Barnes (Toronto)
Devin Booker (Phoenix)
Cade Cunningham (Detroit)
Jalen Duren (Detroit)
Anthony Edwards (Minnesota)
Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma City)
Jalen Johnson (Atlanta)
Tyrese Maxey (Philadelphia)
USA Stripes
Jaylen Brown (Boston)
Jalen Brunson (New York)
Stephen Curry (Golden State)
Kevin Durant (Houston)
LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)
Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers)
Donovan Mitchell (Cleveland)
Norman Powell (Miami)
Team World
Giannis Antetokounmpo* (Milwaukee)
Deni Avdija (Portland)
Luka Doncic (Los Angeles Lakers)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City)
Nikola Jokic (Denver)
Jamal Murray (Denver)
Pascal Siakam (Indiana)
Karl-Anthony Towns (New York)
Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio)
*Antetokounmpo will not play due to injury.
–Field Level Media
Sports
Golf Glance: PGA parties in Phoenix, LIV tees off '26 season in Saudi Arabia
Jan 25, 2026; La Quinta, California, USA; Scottie Scheffler hits his tee shot on the sixth hole during the final round of The American Express golf tournament at Pete Dye Stadium Course. Mandatory Credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images The PGA Tour returns to “The People’s Open” in Phoenix this week, while LIV Golf tees off its 2026 season in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
PGA TOUR
THIS WEEK: WM Phoenix Open, Scottsdale, Feb. 5-8
Course: TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course (South: Par 71, 7,261 Yards)
Purse: $9.6M (Winner: $1.728M)
Defending Champion: Thomas Detry
FedEx Cup Leader: Chris Gotterup
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday: 3:30-7:30 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday: Noon-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS); Sunday: Noon-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday: 9:15 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Saturday: 11:30-6:30 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
X: @WMPhoenixOpen
NOTES: This is the 39th edition of “The People’s Open.” The field includes 32 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. … Brooks Koepka was added to the field under the Returning Member Program so as to not take a spot from another player, with Pontus Nyholm and A.J. Ewart also added to round out threesomes for the first two rounds. The winner of the 2015 and 2021 WM Phoenix Opens, Koepka finished T56 in his return to the tour last week. … Detry will not defend his title after signing with LIV Golf. … Scottsdale residents in the field include Wyndham Clark, Max Homa, Jake Knapp, Matt McCarty and Joel Dahmen. Dahmen is playing on a sponsor exemption along with Sahith Theegala after both finished T7 last week. … Three players have posted top-20 finishes in each of the first three events this season: Pierceson Coody, Ryan Gerard and Si Woo Kim. … The tournament scoring record of 256 is shared by Mark Calcavecchia (2001) and Phil Mickelson (2013).
AON SWING 5: This is the final event for players to earn exemptions into the first two signature events of the year at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational. The current leaders are Coody, McCarty, Patrick Rodgers, Ryo Hisatsune and Andrew Putnam.
BEST BETS: Scottie Scheffler (+225 at DraftKings) has won seven of his past 14 worldwide starts. He is also a two-time winner in six previous starts in Phoenix (2022-23) … Xander Schauffele (+1900) is seeking to rebound after having his streak of 72 consecutive made cuts snapped last week. He won his previous start to that at the Baycurrent Classic. … Cameron Young (+2400) finished T22 in his 2026 debut last week, snapping a streak of six consecutive results of 11th or better. … Hideki Matsuyama (+2500) is one of three players in the field who has won the WM Phoenix Open multiple times (2016-17). … Si Woo Kim (+2700) has not finished lower than T11 in his past four starts, including a runner-up last week. … Chris Gotterup (+3600) followed up his win in Honolulu with a T18 last week.
Last Tournament: Farmers Insurance Open (Justin Rose)
Next Tournament: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Pebble Beach, Calif., Feb. 12-15
LIV GOLF LEAGUE
THIS WEEK: LIV Golf Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 4-7
Course: Riyadh Golf Club (Par 72, 7,464 Yards)
Purse: $30M
Defending Champion: Adrian Meronk
2025 Season Winners: Individual: Jon Rahm; Team: Legion XIII
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Wednesday-Saturday: 10:05 a.m. ET shotgun start (Fox Sports, FS1, Fox Sports App, LIV Golf+)
X: @livgolf_league
NOTES: The season-opening event will be contested under the lights at night. … LIV Golf is moving to a 72-hole format for the league’s fifth season in 2026. The daily shotgun start includes 13 teams and 57 total players, including five wild cards. … Phil Mickelson (personal) and Lee Westwood (injury) will miss the first two events of the season. Ollie Schniederjans will replace Mickelson for the HyFlyers and Ben Schmidt will replace Westwood for the Majesticks. … Two teams have changed names: the Iron Heads are now the Korean Golf Club while the South African team is now called Southern Guards.
Last Event: Team Championship (Legion XIII)
Next Event: LIV Golf Adelaide, Feb. 12-15
DP WORLD TOUR
THIS WEEK: Qatar Masters, Doha, Feb. 5-8
Course: Doha Golf Club (Par 72, 7,508 Yards)
Purse: $2.75M
Defending Champion: Haotong Li
Race to Dubai Leader: Jayden Schaper
HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday: 4-9 a.m. ET; Saturday: 4:30-9 a.m.; Sunday: 3:30-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel)
X: @DPWorldTour
NOTES: This is the fourth of seven events on the tour’s International Swing. The winner of the International Swing will earn a $200,000 bonus and a spot in the Scottish Open if not otherwise exempt … World Golf Hall of Fame member Padraig Harrington will make his 500th career DP World Tour start.
Last Tournament: Bahrain Championship (Freddy Schott)
Next Tournament: Kenya Open, Nairobi, Feb. 19-22
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stewart Cink
Last Tournament: Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai, Ka’upulehu-Kona, Hawaii, Jan. 22-24 (Cink)
Next Tournament: Chubb Classic, Naples, Fla., Feb. 13-15
LPGA TOUR
THIS WEEK: OFF.
Race to the CME Globe Leader: Nelly Korda
Next Tournament: Honda LPGA Thailand, Pattaya, Chonburi, Feb. 19-22
–Field Level Media
Northwestern will open $862M Ryan Field Oct. 2 vs. Penn State
LeBron, Durant, Curry team up as three NBA All-Star rosters revealed
