Behind the NBA’s hottest new duo, LeBron James and Luka Dončić, the Los Angeles Lakers entered Saturday night’s showdown with the Boston Celtics on an eight-game winning streak that had vaulted them up the Western Conference standings and firmly into the championship conversation. The Celtics have a pretty good one-two punch of their own, though, … Read more
Steph Curry reached another major milestone in his historic career on Saturday when he joined the 25,000-point club during the Golden State Warriors’ thrilling 115-110 victory over the Detroit Pistons. Curry hit the mark early in the third quarter when he buried a 3-pointer thanks to a screen from his long-time teammate, Draymond Green. Curry … Read more
Anthony Davis is in a rare and nearly impossible position. If almost any team acquired him, he would arrive in his new city with extreme fanfare. The New Orleans Pelicans treated him as a savior. To the Los Angeles Lakers, he and LeBron James represented a once-great franchise’s return to glory. But Davis no longer … Read more
The Sunday NBA schedule features an eight-game slate, including a trio of nationally-televised contests. The Milwaukee Bucks will host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET in a matchup of two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference. Giannis Antetokounmpo is averaging 30.9 points per game this season and has scored at … Read more
Sunday’s NBA schedule features eight games, beginning with a Western Conference showdown featuring Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets vs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder at 1 p.m. ET. Oklahoma City holds a commanding 11-game lead atop the Western Conference standings and is 17-2 in its last 19 games at home. The Thunder … Read more
Two of the three best teams in the Western Conference meet when the Denver Nuggets battle the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first of back-to-back games against one another on Sunday. Denver is coming off a 149-141 overtime win over the Phoenix Suns on Friday, while Oklahoma City downed the Portland Trail Blazers 107-89 that … Read more