LeBron James is doubtful tonight with sciatica and arthritis.
As Michael Jordan walked into court for today’s proceedings, a fan was playing the Chicago Bulls’ into music.
LeBron James extends his historic, NBA-record 1,461-game streak of scoring 8+ points in regular season games
LeBron James on his feelings over his double-digit scoring streak ending: “None. We’ve won.” [1:15m]
[Highlight] RUI FOR THE GAME
LeBron is close to losing the 27/7/7 career stat line
LeBron James 10 point streak that began on January 6, 2007 as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers at home against the New Jersey Nets ends on the road to the Toronto Raptors at 1,297 games
Pat Spencer to the Philly crowd: “I’M THAT MOTHER FU*KER”
Austin Reaves this season: 28.9 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 6.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, Career-High 68.8TS%
Earlier this week, Brian Windhorst went on ESPN Cleveland and said Giannis “Asked for a trade already.” Yesterday, he went on air off of ESPN and said “Giannis has not gone up and said ‘I want to be traded’”
[Woike] After his postgame media session, he smiled and found the natural person to blame for 1,298 not happening. “You f—ing jinxed me,” James joked.
Rui Hachimura: “Bron told me right before this. He said ‘I got you, it’s gonna come to you’, so that was it” (via @NBA)
[Highlight] The Lakers players stopped playing because they thought there was a timeout call, LeBron James went to sit on the bench, and Austin Reaves scores the clutch bucket by himself. Lakers and Raptors commentaries
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (15-5) defeat the Toronto Raptors (15-7), 123-120, as LeBron James made his game-winning assist to end his streak of 1297 games with at least 10pts.
Austin Reaves is averaging more points, rebounds, and assists per than Ant, Steph, Jalen Brunson, Devin Booker and KD. He is 6th in the league in TS%, 6th in scoring, 6th in EPM. And his team has the 3rd best record in the league.
[Highlight] Austin Reaves hits back-to-back logo threes to give Lakers the lead
Shelburne: “The Clippers have a very good front office”. Ireland: “Says who? Everybody keeps saying that. Based on what? They lose all the time. They just lose, lose, lose. You are an apologist for the Clippers. How can a logical person not say, these guys are bad at their jobs.”
Austin Reaves drops a 40-piece vs Raptors: 44 PTS, 5 REB, 11 AST, +3 40 MIN
[Goodwill] Duren is lining himself up for a huge payday in the summer, with league executives telling ESPN it could be in the range of Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun’s five-year, $185 million contract signed in October 2024.
Austin Reaves in four games without Luka: 41 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 10 APG, 2 SPG on 52.8% FG and 42.5% 3pt
[Highlight] VJ tip and a Maxey block for a Sixers win!
[Highlight] LeBron is hyped after Rui’s buzzer beater celebrating it with his teammates (Lakers commentary)
[Katz] SGA has taken the fourth-most stepback 3-pointers in the NBA this season, and he’s shooting 52% on them. For reference, the three players who have taken more (Dončić, Harden, and Maxey) have made 34, 36, and 30% of their stepbacks, respectively.
[Bill Simmons] “Two different people mentioned this to me in the last 24 hours and it chills my bones: the Heat of Miami — Giannis and his brothers for Herro/Ware/Wiggins/Picks. Herro can put up 25 a night; Ware, I’m getting a really good young center; Picks; and a trade-able contract in Wiggins.”
In an unprecented move, 20.000 Partizan Belgrade fans booed their entire team, filled with ex-NBA players, during the entire first half of tonight’s Euroleague game, because they felt that the players sabotaged their legendary head coach, making him resign
[Highlight] Scottie Barnes blocks LeBron James and stops his 10-plus point streak at 1297 games
[Shaun Powell] “With more physicality and hand-checking and clogged lanes, as was the case two decades ago, would Shai be as effective?” “He is built specifically for this era. He takes full advantage of what is allowed.”
The longest consecutive point streaks for 1-65 points, all-time and active
All three of the Lakers Game-Winning Buzzer-Beaters in 2025. Only the ‘25 Lakers and ‘21 Kings have done so this decade. I compiled a list of every team to do this:
[Fischer] Multiple sources have insisted this week that Antetokoumpo, during the summer, told at least one Bucks teammate that he believed a trade to the Knicks was quite close to materializing.
[Canellis] Giannis and his representatives reached out to the Bulls about a potential deal, and the Bulls said they weren’t interested. They were not interested in breaking up their young core or changing their course of direction
[Highlight] Westbrook getting heckled by rocket fans, King fan stands up for Russ “Hey leave Russ alone!”
[O’Connor] “I’ve heard from multiple sources that James Harden was opposed to the Chris Paul signing, that he was one of the guys that was like ‘Eh, I’m not so sure here.’” [Timestamp: 05:10]
A Look at Who’s Next After LeBron’s 10-Point Streak Ends
[Highlight] SGA Clutch Tape — All Clutch Buckets — 87 Clutch Points on 25⁄46 (54%) Shooting, #1 in Total Clutch Points & Clutch PPG
[Highlight] Austin Reaves draws a foul and throws up a wild shot that somehow goes in
[NBA.com] Updated MVP Ladder: 1) Jokic — 2) Shai — 3) Luka — 4) Cade — 5) Giannis
[Highlight] On the possession immediately before VJ Edgecombe’s game-winning layup to beat the Warriors, he made an amazing defensive stop to keep the Warriors lead at just 1 point, stealing their inbounds pass and preserving 8 seconds for the Sixers offense to work with!
[Highlight] Austin Reaves 1v5s the Raptors to tie the game
[Scotto] Orlando Magic say Paolo Banchero will make his return tonight at home versus the Miami Heat after missing the last 10 games with a left groin strain. He’s averaged 21.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 4.1 assists in 12 games played this season. The Magic had a 7-3 record without him.
Luka Dončić has become a father for the second time. 26-year-old Dončić, who reportedly arrived in Slovenia yesterday, and his fiancée Anamaria Goltes are said to have welcomed a baby girl.
[Franko] Lastly, Dončić is likely to miss most, if not all, of the upcoming Eastern road trip due to traveling to Slovenia for the birth of his second child.
[Vorkunov] The Cleveland Cavaliers have been fined $250,000 by the NBA for violating the league’s player participation policy. NBA says Cavaliers sat Darius Garland in the nationally televised game of the back to back instead of during a non national TV game
Marcus and Markieff Morris wouldn’t help their teams with scouting reports on each other and would instead share what their teams had on them: “I wanted to win, but I wanted [Markieff] to play good…I would find out the scouting report and I’m telling bro…They gonna guard you going left—go right”
Scottie Barnes ends LeStreak despite a loss to the Lakers: 23 points | 11 rebounds | 9 assists | 1 steal | 3 blocks
The last 34 seconds of the Warriors-76ers game took about 15 minutes to complete.
After beating the Raptors and ending his double digit scoring streak LeBron now is tied for the second most regular season wins at 1,014
[Charania] Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is expected to be sidelined for approximately 2 to 4 weeks with a right calf strain, sources tell ESPN.