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Even though the Philadelphia 76ers find themselves on the wrong end of a losing streak right now, there is one glowing positive of their recent stretch: second-year guard Tyrese Maxey continues to flourish in his expanded role. Sixers head coach Doc Rivers gave Maxey a big challenge heading into this year, and he has started […]

The Portland Trail Blazers were outclassed in the early going against the lowly Houston Rockets on Friday. Three days earlier, they trailed the LA Clippers by double-digits less than three minutes after tipoff. And on Sunday versus the depleted Denver Nuggets, Portland fell behind 24-8 in the first quarter, never coming closer than nine points […]

Although the Golden State Warriors’ seven-game winning streak ended on Sunday, there was one positive takeaway from this game against the Charlotte Hornets. That positive was the play of their first lottery pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Jonathan Kuminga. His defensive abilities were on full display, and Draymond Green noticed some things and made […]

The Golden State Warriors’ seven-game winning streak came to an end on Sunday night against LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets. It was the second and final meeting between the two groups, and it ended with a series split at one apiece. In Sunday’s Hornets victory, Ball finished with 21 points, seven rebounds, five assists, […]

LOS ANGELES – Paul George and the LA Clippers‘ seven-game winning streak came to an end on Sunday night at the hands of Lonzo Ball, Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, and the visiting Chicago Bulls. Sunday marked one the ugliest shooting game of the month for LA, shooting just 35.8 percent from the field and 32.4 […]

On Sunday, the Los Angeles Lakers earned their first win in regulation without LeBron James of the season, defeating the San Antonio Spurs 114-106 at Staples Center. Barring a couple of tight moments, it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Los Angeles. In the short term, that was just what the doctor ordered for a […]

The Charlotte Hornets went from losing four straight on the road to now rattling off three straight wins. This time, they were able to take down arguably the best team in the league, the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors only had one loss coming into Spectrum Center. The Hornets stuck to their game plan, slowed […]

The Brooklyn Nets visited the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday. OKC, surprisingly, has rattled off four wins in a row, giving a little added intrigue to this contest–although Brooklyn is still favored to win. The city of Oklahoma will surely bring up some memories for Kevin Durant and James Harden. Both players played their early […]

The Portland Trail Blazers entered Sunday’s matchup with the Denver Nuggets at 6-7, that relative success coming in spite of Damian Lillard enduring the longest slump of his career. Playing without their injured superstar against Nikola Jokic and company, though, nonetheless proved a reminder of just how reliant the Blazers remain on their best player—apparently both […]

After knocking off the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Brooklyn Nets are now 10-4 and tied for first place in the East standings with the Washington Wizards. The game may have had a little something extra for Kevin Durant and James Harden since they both began their careers with the Thunder. Technically, KD was drafted by […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Anthony Davis is a proudly die-hard Green Bay Packers fan. He often wears Green Bay gear to the arena when the Lakers play on the same day as the Packers. He frequently posts about their wins on social media. He brings them up at press conferences, and (politely) cuts interviews short […]

Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, and the Los Angeles Lakers host the Chicago Bulls on Monday, which means Alex Caruso will make his bittersweet return to Staples Center. Of course, this time, Caruso will be wearing red instead of gold — a sight Lakers fans still haven’t gotten over. IRL, it will be even harder to […]

LOS ANGELES — Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers are only 12 games into their regular season, but they’ve shocked many by winning seven games in a row despite missing Kawhi Leonard. The latest win came against Patrick Beverley and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night, improving their record to 8-4. The Clippers started the […]

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers welcomed back guard Patrick Beverley to Staples Center on Saturday night for the first time as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves. While the Clippers handed Minnesota their worst loss of the year, the game also featured a celebratory moment for Beverley during the first timeout of the […]

The Portland Trail Blazers, coming off consecutive losses to Western Conference playoff hopefuls, badly needed a victory against the bottom-dwelling Houston Rockets on Friday night. But their 104-92 win over the Rockets at Toyota Center was about much more than breaking a two-game losing streak. Portland ended a six-game stretch of road losses to open […]

It only took six tries and facing a team that had lost its last nine games, but the Portland Trail Blazers finally got their first road win of the season on Friday night, beating the Houston Rockets 104-92 at Toyota Center. Don’t mistake the Blazers’ much-needed victory away from the friendly confines of Moda Center […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have a long way to go if they want to raise the franchise’s 18th banner. That was made starkly apparent on the night when the Lakers debuted their City Edition uniforms honoring their championship-laden history. Anthony Davis knows it. “We have to decide who we want to be,” he said after […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had seemingly turned a corner this week. They responded from a halfhearted effort against the Portland Trail Blazers with gutsy and “resilient” overtime wins (without LeBron James) against the upstart Charlotte Hornets and contending Miami Heat. On Friday, in a 107-83 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at Staples Center, the Lakers […]

The Charlotte Hornets kicked off their four-game home stand in style with a win over Kemba Walker and the New York Knicks. The Hive was on its feet all night as they watched their hometown will their way to a second straight win. Charlotte got off to its usual sluggish start, unfortunately, but they turned […]

So much has been made this season about James Harden’s slow start, so his exploding for 39 points, five rebounds and 12 assists on top of 6-of-10 from beyond the arc and 11-of-15 from the line must have made the Brooklyn Nets’ win against the New Orleans Pelicans extra sweet. Oh baby, James Harden is […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will debut their 2021-22 City Edition uniforms on Friday night at Staples Center. Fittingly, the Lakers are breaking out their latest City Editions— which pay homage to multiple eras of Lakers lore — against the franchise that currently plays where the Lakers were founded: the Minnesota Timberwolves. Unfortunately, we’ll have to […]

LOS ANGELES – Paul George vs. Erik Spoelstra has been a matchup to watch for almost a decade now. The Los Angeles Clippers star and Miami Heat coach saw their first big matchup against one another back in George’s second year in the league as a member of the Indiana Pacers and Spoelstra’s fourth year as […]

The Houston Rockets have led at halftime in four out of their last five games. They’ve gone on to lose every single one of these games, including Wednesday night to the Detroit Pistons who are 15th in the Eastern Conference. Digging through the film and confirming it with the numbers, it’s not hard to isolate […]

San Francisco, CA – When your team is 10-1, and you have the best record in the NBA, things feel pretty good. That’s what the Golden State Warriors have going on right now. One thing that plays a part in their success is the leadership of Stephen Curry. He’s there to get on his teammates […]

San Francisco, CA – Wednesday night, the Golden State Warriors had another dominating victory. They took down Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves with very little resistance. Everything seemed to be going their way most of the game besides one moment between Draymond Green and Jordan Poole. During a timeout, the two engaged in a […]

When the Brooklyn Nets (8-4) first acquired LaMarcus Aldridge via buyout market last season, they probably didn’t expect this level of play from the 36-year-old. The seven-time All-Star abruptly retired after appearing in just five games for Brooklyn because of concerns related to an irregular heartbeat last season. At that point the possibility he might become […]

The Portland Trail Blazers dared to deploy drop pick-and-roll coverage against Devin Booker on Wednesday night, a bet that paid off as the Phoenix Suns star scored 12 points on 5-of-15 shooting. Chris Paul fared much better in that comfort zone and overall, but still fell short of the table-setting dominance that could’ve propelled the […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors are known for making it rain from 3-point land, but Thursday night, the most memorable moments were thunderous dunks from Andrew Wiggins and Gary Payton II. Every dunk they threw down with authority made the crowd go insane. The Bay Area is the home of the Splash Brothers, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers secured their second overtime win in a row on Wednesday at Staples Center, this time against the Miami Heat, 120-117. For the second consecutive game following their inexcusable showing against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Lakers put forth a tough, gutsy performance. No matter shorthanded, sheer effort goes a long way […]

Approximately 24 hours after Alex Caruso shared disturbing details about the inexplicable lowball offer the Los Angeles Lakers made in free agency, one of his replacements — Malik Monk — played the hero (and Tyler Herro) in L.A.’s latest dramatic victory. This game, a 120-117 overtime win over the Miami Heat, happened to be the […]

The short-handed Los Angeles Lakers (7-5) have won back-to-back overtime games at home following their lackadaisical effort against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Moda Center last Saturday. They gutsily defeated the Charlotte Hornets, 126-123 on Monday, then escaped with their best win of the season vs. the Miami Heat on Wednesday, 120-117. The Lakers […]

The Portland Trail Blazers squandered another encouraging performance from Damian Lillard on Wednesday, losing to the Phoenix Suns 119-109 at Footprint Center. The loss comes about 24 hours after they fell in similarly competitive yet frustrating fashion to the LA Clippers, moving the Blazers to 5-7 on the regular season—and an unnerving 0-6 on the […]

The Charlotte Hornets finally snapped their five-game losing streak after beating the Memphis Grizzlies, 118-108, thanks in large part to a historic night from Kelly Oubre Jr. The Hornets were 0-4 on their West Coast road trip heading to Memphis. The main reason for a bulk of those losses was their inability to close teams […]

San Francisco, CA – The Golden State Warriors are off to a 10-1 start in the 2021-22 NBA season. The spectacular beginning has been done without two key members Klay Thompson and James Wiseman. Both are nearing a return, but Wiseman should be able to join the team first. Wiseman can practice with the squad, […]

The Brooklyn Nets are not here to complain. But Steve Nash admitted something pretty intriguing about the impact Kyrie Irving‘s absence has had on his squad. Now of course, Brooklyn knows that they have a better roster than most teams in the NBA. But they also know that since assembling what many (accurately) labeled as […]

Led by Paul George, the Los Angeles Clippers are expecting to surprise a lot of people this season. They’re not expected to win an NBA championship without superstar Kawhi Leonard. Well, some good news regarding the two-time NBA Finals MVP was recently released. In the minutes leading up to the NBA on TNT broadcast of […]

Good news for Los Angeles Lakers fans: LeBron James may return to the court soon. We don’t exactly when, and the Lakers will surely remain extra-cautious with the 19-year veteran early into the 2021-22 NBA season. However, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst (who has long been plugged into LeBron’s camp) provided an encouraging update on the nature […]

The Portland Trail Blazers lost their fifth straight road game to open the regular season on Friday, falling to the LA Clippers 117-109 at Staples Center. After the game, Chauncey Billups bemoaned his team’s penchant for losing focus on defense away from the friendly confines of Moda Center, remarks echoed by Damian Lillard. The numbers, […]

The Los Angeles Lakers confounded their fans and the NBA world by letting Alex Caruso walk in free agency. Caruso landed a four-year, $37 million deal with the Chicago Bulls. He and his new team have been thriving (7-3) early into the 2021-22 season, while the Lakers have largely struggled, especially on defense. Alex Caruso […]