Some people may have thought that LeBron James was going to be very aggressive offensively in Game 1 of the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets and look to score a lot of points. Some may have even felt it would be necessary to do so with Luka Doncic and Austin…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell has more support on the Cleveland Cavaliers roster heading into this year’s postseason. But even with a deeper roster, Mitchell still has the mentality to make a statement in the first game of a series. Advertisement The All-Star guard did that again Saturday afternoon with a game-high 32 points in…
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves will not return from injury in time to start the Lakers’ first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets, leaving Los Angeles without its two leading scorers. “They’re out indefinitely,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said after Tuesday’s practice at the Lakers’ training complex. “I won’t have…
As the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up their regular-season schedule, Luka Doncic traveled to Europe to pursue specialized treatment options for his Grade 2 hamstring strain suffered on April 2. He reportedly headed to Spain and underwent an injection procedure in an attempt to speed up the recovery process. According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, the…
Finishing with a 53-29 record in the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers finished as the fourth seed in the Western Conference. They accomplished this despite several injuries to key players throughout the season, and despite many national experts predicting before the season began that they would simply be a tournament team. The Lakers will…
Bronny to LeBron and vice versa: James family makes NBA history for Lakers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. It’s hard to imagine this happening again in the NBA, at least once LeBron James has retired. Advertisement On Thursday night, Bronny James helped his…
Traded Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James had to balance his player status with that of his father Sunday night after an errant pass from his son and Lakers teammate Bronny James. While the two were playing for Los Angeles in Dallas on Sunday night in an eventual loss, Bronny James sent the wrong pass…
Luka Doncic’s injury suddenly changes everything for the Lakers at the worst possible time originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. For most of the night, it was already looking like a tough matchup for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Then,…
After a brief break to bring you our annual Tanking Rankings, we’re back to our regular bi-weekly programming: The World’s Most Accurate NBA Power Rankings. But first, an update to those Tanking Rankings, detailing exactly how well the 10 NBA lottery teams, now set in stone, have navigated to the bottom of the standings: Advertisement…
Duke’s March Madness run ended Sunday in the Elite Eight, and what an ending it was. The Blue Devils blew a 15-point halftime lead, fumbled the ball in the final seconds and watched UConn’s Braylon Mullins oust them from the NCAA tournament. It was a painful loss, but it has company in Duke’s oeuvre of…
