[Lorenzi] Jaden Ivey reportedly told the Bulls’ head of player performance on March 25 that Jesus healed his knee and he was ready to play, He underwent an MRI the next day, and Chicago shut him down for the season.
[Highlight] A turnover leads the alley-oop slam for LeBron James and the Cavs call a timeout
Reporter tells Luka that Wemby made his case for MVP and asks what his argument would be: “I never do that so. I’m not the one voting..but I think I’ve been playing pretty good. We been winning. That’s it. That’s all I gotta say.”
[Highlight] Luka spams the animation cancel before hitting the mid-range jumper.
Luka Dončić has averaged 40/8/7 on 64% TS in last 13 games, Lakers are 12-1 in that span.
[Highlight] Luka Doncic with the filthy two hand slam!
Marc Stein: “This Lakers team, if they finish 3rd in the West, it’s a massive overachievement that Luka has dragged them to. I don’t think Luka’s case is being looked at properly. First of all, he’s been much better defensively than advertised, but offensively, he’s been even more otherworldly”
Luka Doncic checks out with a 40-piece as Lakers defeat Cavaliers: 42 PTS, 5 REB, 12 AST, 2 STL, 0 TOV
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (50-26) defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers (47-29) behind Luka’s 42 point performance, 127-113.
Luka Doncic now has more pts this month (600) than Anthony Davis had his entire career with the Mavs (587)
LeBron James Claims Another Record: Last night he passed Kareem and now holds the all-time record for most wins (regular season and playoffs) with 1,229 victories.
Luka Doncic has reached 15,000 points in the regular season. The 3rd youngest to ever do it.
[Highlight] LeBron James with the fastbreak block on Donovan Mitchell, 5 seconds into the game (with replays). Lakers and Cavaliers commentaries
The Lakers, Spurs and Thunder went a combined 43-5 in March
[Highlight] Ausar Thompson got a technical foul from Tony Brothers for telling his bench to challenge the call on the floor (with replays).
The challenge was successful, but the tech remained.
Kidd on the accusations that he was in on the Luka trade: “When are we going to move on? We have to move forward. We’re focused on the present and the future..”
Luka Doncic Through 3 Quarters vs The Cavs: 35 Points, 11 Assists, 0 Turnovers, 4 Rebounds. On 11-22 FG, 5-10 3PT, 8-8 FT. Lakers lead 107-83.
Nick Young speaks on Jaden Ivey: “Here’s where you messed up. You went at Steph Curry. You said the Golden Child wasn’t a Christian? God might even do something to you for that. What other n***a you know is 6ft and the best in the NBA?”
[Cowley] Jaden Ivey’s interviews became sermons in which he was asking Chicago Bulls reporters if they’ve been “saved” and if they “fornicated before marriage.”
[Highlight] Jake LaRavia posterizes Jarrett Allen and Luka is feeling freaky
[Highlight] Luka Dončić caps off a 42-point effort with a two-handed slam dunk. Dončić becomes the third-youngest player to reach 15,000 career points in NBA history as he leads the Lakers to a 127-113 victory over the Cavaliers.
Luka Doncic in the year 2026 despite “poor start” to the season: 34/8/8 on 62% TS, 40% from 3 on 11 attempts, 2 steals, 3.7 turnovers
[Highlight] James Harden slowly walking on offense, as the Lakers totally forget about him, as makes the COMPLETELY WIDE OPEN 3 (with a replay)
Luka Doncic puts up 42/5/12 with 2 steals against the Cavillers Cavaliers
[JCowley] Josh Giddey speaks out on the Bulls waiving Jaden Ivey: “I hope he gets the help he needs, whatever he’s going through. I do really hope he gets help. It’s not going to be with the Bulls anymore, but wherever it is, I hope he gets it.”
The 12 cities in play for NBA Europe: London, Paris, Rome, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens, Istanbul, Berlin, Munich, Lyon, and Manchester. Level of interest is extremely high, bids are coming in and have already surpassed $1 billion dollars.
[Highlight] Cooper Flagg receives a powerful karate chop to the face from Rudy Gobert, who didn’t see him (with replays).
[Highlights] Jalen Duren vs the Raptors was 12-13 from the field and 7-7 from the line with 31 points and 9 rebounds
The New York Knicks will go an entire month without beating a team over .500
Donte DiVincenzo finally got his Ragu sponsorship
Bill Simmons’ list of ~ 16 things that have made this one of the wildest NBA seasons in recent history.
Jokic and Luka will get their 6th All Nba First Team Selections this year
[McMenamin] The Los Angeles Lakers could initiate a sign-and-trade that would help LeBron James return to Cleveland in exchange for Jarrett Allen. This trade would allow James to make more than the midlevel exception ($15.1M) if he stayed with the Lakers.
Daniel Gafford’s shirt said ‘faith isn’t for the weak’: “Faith isn’t for the weak because god gives his tests to his strongest soldiers. Most definitely, and I really can’t go deep into that, with the stuff that’s going on with the Ivey situation…”
[Highlight] Bam Adebayo on if he’d ask his teammates to give up rebounds so he can break Udonis Haslem’s franchise record:
“Nah, that’s unethical basketball.”
Luka with the Lakers in March 2026: 16 games - 596 points. AD’s entire time with the Mavs: 29 games - 587 points. Defense wins championships!
[Charania] Amar’e Stoudemire, Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne and Doc Rivers are among the members inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026, sources tell ESPN.
[Highlight] “Different air up there.” Check out the replay angles of Austin Reaves’ lob to LeBron James for the alley-oop.
Luka is the 3rd Youngest to get to 15,000 points. Luka played the 3rd Least amount of Games to get to 15,000 points. Luka played in the 3rd Least amount of Minutes to get to 15,000 points
Since the All Star Break, the top player in Net Rating averaging at least 30 mins a game is: Dyson Daniels. This is in spite of shooting 25.8% from three.
[Highlight] Luka Dončić hits the step-back 3-pointer to cap a 20-point first half. He leads all scorers as the Lakers lead 65-53 at halftime.
[Highlight] Javonte Green loses it at Scott Foster after no call is made on the fastbreak
Rachel Nichols on Luka’s MVP case: “[MVP] is a full season award and it’s for both sides of the ball…so am I gonna vote him my number one for MVP? No, is he gonna be on my ballot? absolutely”
Final stats in the race for the Western Conference Player of the Month
With the Suns loss, the Lakers and Nuggets clinch a playoff berth. The Nuggets are the only team in the play-in era to make the top 6 in all 7 years.
[Amick] Sources: After a successful scrimmage on Tuesday, Warriors star Steph Curry is targeting Sunday’s game against Houston for his possible return.
[Post Game Thread] The Portland Trail Blazers (39-38) defeat the Los Angeles Clippers (39-37), 114-104.
Charles always keeping it a buck