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[Highliht] Luka tosses a lob up to LeBron, then steps back to drain a 3 and put the lakers up 9 with under a minute remaining

41-year-old Lebron James in the win against the Rockets: 30 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists on 13-14 FG | 2-2 3PT | 2-3 FT

[Highlight] Lebron collects the lob from Marcus Smart for the one-handed oop slam

[Highlight] Jonathan Kuminga hits a full-court shot to end the quarter

[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (44-25) defeat the Houston Rockets (41-27), 124-116 to continue their win streak to 7.

Luka Doncic during Lakers 7-game win streak: 38.1 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 8.0 apg

The Lakers now hold the head to head tiebreaker against the other three teams competing for the 3 seed. They finish the season 7-2 against Denver, Houston and Minnesota.

Jared “sold high” McCain off the bench against the Nets: 26 PTS (⁹⁄₁₆ FG, ⁵⁄₉ 3PT), 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK

There’s blowouts. There’s bad games. Then there’s whatever the hell the Brooklyn Nets are doing right now.

Luka Doncic drops a near triple-double against Rockets: 40 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 1 STL

[Highlight] LeBron throws it down on the fast break

Highlight] Luka Dončić hits the dagger step-back three and lets the Rockets fans know it.

[Highlight] Luka Doncic splits the defenders with the nasty behind the back dribble and then finishes with the no-look lob to Rui Hachimura for the dunk (with replays). ESPN and Lakers commentaries

[Highlights] Luka Doncic lobs it to LeBron James for the clutch alley-oop dunk and then hits the step back 3 dagger over Jabari Smith Jr. (with replays). He got some words for the crowd.

The Brooklyn Nets just scored the fewest points in a single half (24) by an NBA team since the Utah Jazz on November 14, 2018

[Charania] The Milwaukee Bucks want Giannis Antetokounmpo to shut down for the remainder of the season after his latest injury and the team’s playoff chances dwindled, but Antetokounmpo has refused the team’s requests and wants to play again, sources tell ESPN.

LeBron James at half: 18 points on ⁸⁄₈ shooting, ²⁄₂ from 3, 2 reb, 1 steal

Houston Rockets are 8-7 since the KD files leaked, 4-6 in their last 10, and 2-7 against teams above .500

[Highlight] Luka fires an inbounds touchdown pass to LeBron

[Woike] Deandre Ayton says he finally realized that he’s not that guy. “I just started looking in the mirror and said ‘Yo bro, … you’re not that guy. You don’t need to be on this team doing that at all. This team, you came here to be the effort guy and close out possessions, rebound, run the floor.”

Sources: LeBron James’ path to NBA ownership ‘less likely’ as partners pass on expansion bid

[Highlight] LeBron is putting on a dunk-fest right now with the fast break slam, Luka flexes from the bench in appreciation

[Lowlight] Luka baits a foul and misses all 3 Free Throws

LeBron James tonight: 30/4/2, 1 stl, 1 blk on ¹³⁄₁₄ FG, ²⁄₂ 3FG, 97.9 TS%

Joe Ingles explodes for a season high 7 points on ³⁄₄ shooting in the win against Utah

[What’s Wright Show] Nick Wright says he wishes the Inside the NBA crew actually enjoyed basketball. “You see more in the NBA of the guys saying their era was better. You don’t see Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long on Fox NFL pre game being like ‘none of these guys could cut it in the 70s or 80s!”

[Highlight] Jokic executes normal shooting form to sink a 3

Luka is allowing just 0.84 points per possession in 109 isolations this season, just below Amen Thompson and above McDaniels and OG Anunoby

[Highlight] The Only Miss that LeBron had in the game. Should this have been called a foul?

[Highlight] LeBron calls out Jabari Smith Jr for his untucked jersey, Jabari has no reply

[Highlight] Jonathan Kuminga throws the full court pass to Jock Landale and the ball goes in! Hawks and Mavericks commentaries

[Highlight] Hachimura throws down a no-look lob from Luka

For The First Time In Celtics History, They Swept All California Games: 8-0. They Also Swept The Pacific Division: 10-0

Luka Doncic has been the best scorer of the 2020s decade, he has the most points scored this decade and has the most 45, 40, 35, 30, 25 and 20 point games

[Highlight] Thunder two-way player Payton Sandfort scores his first NBA basket, and the Thunder sideline goes crazy

[Highlight] Joe Ingles knocks down a 3-pointer as the crowd erupts + Bizzy Bones celebration

I don’t think it’s possible to play basketball at a higher level than Luka just did those last 5 minutes of tonight’s game.

[Highlight] LeBron James with the powerful alley-oop dunk off a lob by Marcus Smart (with replays). Lakers and ESPN commentaries

Kevin Durant at halftime: 2/4/2, 2 TO, ¹⁄₃ FG, -13

[Post Game Thread] The Atlanta Hawks (38-31) defeat the Dallas Mavericks (23-47) 135-120. Atlanta has won 11 in a row

[Highlights] Rui Hachimura drains the clutch 3 to give the Lakers the lead, off the friendly bounce, off a pass by Luka Doncic. Doncic then drains a clutch 3 of his own (with a replay)

Jared McCain records his fourth game with at least 20 points since being traded to OKC in February.

[All-Access] Kristaps Porzingis gets a warm welcome back as he returns to Boston for the first time this season.

[Post Game Thread] The Memphis Grizzlies (24-44) defeat the Denver Nuggets (42-28), 125-118.

[Post Game Thread] The Oklahoma City Thunder (55-15) defeat the Brooklyn Nets (17-52), 121-92 behind 26 points from Jared McCain.

When the league expands to 32 teams, they should change the NBA Cup format to a 32-team single elimination bracket

With an efficient 30 point outing vs the Rockets, LeBron’s regular season points total now stands at 43210

Lakers just beat rockets on nearly 61% shooting