Of all the Lakers retired jerseys hanging in the rafters at the Crypto.Com Arena in downtown Los Angeles, Michael Cooper's number 21, raised into Purple and Gold immortality last Monday night is the most improbable.

After enjoying nearly a decade of intense practice battles, strong on-court chemistry and five NBA championship runs, Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson handed out another assist to teammate Michae

The Los Angeles Lakers are having Michael Cooper's jersey retirement ceremony during Monday's game against the San Antonio Spurs.

LA was understandably rusty and distracted in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs, who had a surprise for grieving coach JJ Redick.

Video of the Los Angeles Lakers officially retiring the No. 21 jersey of Michael Cooper at halftime against the San Antonio Spurs.

Lakers retire Michael Cooper’s jersey and Spurs stars give JJ Redick’s sons their jerseys on a strange, heavy night when the team hoped to provide hope and joy

At halftime of Monday's game between the Lakers and Spurs, Michael Cooper had his No. 21 jersey retired onto the wall at Crypto.com Arena.

Los Angeles hosted its first NBA game since the devastating fires broke out last week, but it didn’t feel like much of an escape.

The Associated Press Michael Cooper, a Hall of Famer and Lakers legend, has his No. 21 jersey raised to the rafters in Los Angeles on Monday. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Cooper spent his entire ...

Michael Cooper spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers as a defense-minded guard who always focused on helping his Showtime teammates to be stars. When the Lakers raised Cooper's No ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Cooper spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers as a defense-minded guard who always focused on helping his Showtime teammates to be stars. When the Lakers ...