NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Brooklyn Nets 121-92 on Wednesday for their 10th straight win. Gilgeous-Alexander was 8 of 9 from the field and was subbed with 4:28 left in the third quarter with the Thunder leading by 38. The reigning NBA MVP extended…
The Houston Rockets acquired Kevin Durant in a trade during the offseason to give the team a veteran leader and offensive superstar. While that pairing has worked out quite well this season, things didn’t go well on Monday night. (Enter Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem now for a chance to win $50,000) The Rockets struggled in…
When the Los Angeles Lakers rallied from a late seven-point deficit to defeat the Denver Nuggets in overtime on Saturday, their biggest heroes were Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic. Reaves scored nine of his final 20 points in the fourth quarter, including his intentionally missed free throw, which he converted into the basket that forced…
The Los Angeles Lakers will have a big matchup on Saturday against the Denver Nuggets that will have playoff implications. They currently sit in fourth place in the Western Conference with a 41-25 record, and are a half-game ahead of fifth-place Denver. In the last few games, the Lakers have been a bit beaten up….
LOS ANGELES – – — The Los Angeles Lakers are the classic bullies of the NBA. They hit the little ones, but have difficulties when “they bother someone their size.” Los Angeles continued its dominant play against the NBA’s bottom feeders by defeating the lowly Indiana Pacers 128-117 behind 44 points from Luka Doncic on…
Lakers’ Bronny James Gets Disappointing G-League News Ahead of Knicks Showdown originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. The Los Angeles Lakers have been doing well since their three-game losing streak in late February. Advertisement The 17-time NBA champions have won four of their last…
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr issued a mea culpa on Saturday after appearing to question the medical issues of one of his new players. The Warriors acquired center Kristaps Porzingis from the Atlanta Hawks at the NBA trade deadline, just a few months after the 7-footer revealed he was dealing with postural orthostatic…
For decades, Pat Riley has been the architect of the Miami Het. But he is a Los Angeles Lakers legend whose image was fixed in perpetuity Sunday with a statue outside the Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers unveiled the statue before Sunday’s home game against the rival Boston Celtics. It stands between statues of Magic Johnson…
Thanks to this Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game, the Los Angeles Lakers will be free until Friday, February 20, when they host the Los Angeles Clippers. This is the 22nd time LeBron James has been chosen to play in the league’s midseason classic, and speculation about what he will do in basketball after this season continues…
Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks has been suspended one game by the NBA following his 16th technical foul of the season, which occurred in the second quarter of Wednesday night’s loss to the Thunder. After the game, Brooks doubled down on his comments about officiating. “Yeah. He said I play the victim all the time,”…
