A backlight assembly for a liquid crystal display includes a lamp to
irradiate light; a light guide plate to guide incident light from the
lamp to a display panel; a plurality of optical sheets disposed in front
of the light guide plate, and each optical sheet having an eye part with
a through-hole; a guide panel to house the lamp, and having a jaw-like
step part to mount the light guide plate and the optical sheets; and an
adhesive pad having a lower end that passes through the through-hole and
provided on the guide panel, and an upper end that adheres to the display
panel.