Dan Woike is the Lakers beat writer for the Los Angeles Times after spending two seasons covering the league as a whole, with an emphasis on Los Angeles’ teams. His work has been honored by the Pro Basketball Writers Assn. He previously covered the Clippers during the “Lob City” era for the Orange County Register, spending most of the past decade chasing NBA teams around the country. He’s also covered the Chargers, the Angels, the Dodgers and USC while in Los Angeles. A Chicagoan always in search of good pizza on the West Coast, he’s always looking for story tips and ideas.
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Norman Powell, James Harden and Ivica Zubac each score more than 20 points to lift the Clippers to a 116-102 victory over the Lakers at Intuit Dome.
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Austin Reaves finished with 38 points and the Lakers held on for a 102-101 win after former guard D’Angelo Russell missed a three-pointer in the final seconds.
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Lucha contra las lágrimas cuando habla de la devastación causada por el incendio de Pacific Palisades y de lo mucho que esta comunidad significa para su familia.