Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have overwhelmed teams by making open 3-pointers. The defending NBA champions couldn’t hit huge shots in the last chapter of a tough season. Curry and Thompson shot 6 of 26 from three in Friday’s 122-101 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6 of their second-round series. The Warriors […]
In Game 6 of the second-round series, LeBron James led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 122-101 win over the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors. Starting Tuesday night in Denver, the seventh-seeded Lakers will play Nikola Jokic and the top-seeded Nuggets in the Western Conference finals. Anthony Davis scored 17 points and 20 rebounds […]
The Los Angeles Lakers reached the Western Conference finals six months and a day after starting 2-10. LeBron James and Anthony Davis have led the Lakers’ stunning turnaround in recent weeks. After leading their team to its largest home win in nearly a decade, the superstars hugged Friday night. In Game 6 of the second-round […]
Draymond Green admired Golden State’s defensive energy against LeBron James and knows the Warriors must bring that same urgency back to Los Angeles for another chance to preserve this topsy-turvy season and protect their title. After Anthony Davis’ fourth-quarter head injury, they need the same focus. The reigning champion Warriors defeated the Lakers 121-106 in […]
After the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Lakers injured Lonnie Walker, who fell out of their rotation. Walker didn’t whine. He cheered. Practiced harder. Waited to shine. When it came, the unheralded pro with unwavering confidence outshot Stephen Curry in the fourth quarter of a playoff triumph that put his Lakers on the brink of […]
LeBron James didn’t take a shot in the first quarter of Game 3 for the first time in his NBA-record 275 playoff appearances, and the Los Angeles Lakers’ home crowd rumbled with mild uncertainty each time he passed. James and the Lakers were just warming up before crushing the Golden State Warriors. A slow-starting James […]
With a 127-97 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 on Saturday night, the Los Angeles Lakers seized a 2-1 lead in their second-round playoff series. Anthony Davis had 25 points and 13 rebounds, while a sluggish LeBron James finished with 21 points, eight assists, and eight rebounds. With a great defensive effort […]
With Chris Paul’s future uncertain, the Phoenix Suns return home to face the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semi-finals on Friday. In Monday’s Game 2, the Suns improved their defense but lost 97-87 after the Nuggets defeated them 125-107 on Saturday. Our defense was better tonight. “We couldn’t put the ball in the hole,” […]
On Friday, Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant announced that he had signed a “lifetime contract” with Nike, joining Michael Jordan and LeBron James as the only basketball players to do so. Since his 2007 NBA debut, Durant, 34, has released 15 pairs of basketball sneakers with Nike. “When I first signed with Nike, I couldn’t […]
The Milwaukee Bucks, who played the majority of the game without Giannis Antetokounmpo, were routed 130-117 by the visiting Miami Heat in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series on Sunday thanks to Jimmy Butler’s 35 points and 11 assists. For the eighth-seeded Heat, who had just defeated Chicago in a play-in elimination […]
When NBA players and owners met together to reconstruct the CBA two years ago, the supermax deal was created. It meant more money for players with the intent of increasing the likelihood that stars and superstars in small markets would remain put instead of leaving for the brighter lights. However, the deal hasn’t gone as planned. […]
By now, we all know that the Los Angeles Lakers’ eyes are on Year Two of the ‘LeBron James Experiment’. They are planning on going big-game hunting on the deep pool of stars and superstars hitting free agency in 2019 to pair with the NBA’s best player. They have been linked to the likes of […]
