[Charania] Just in: Detroit Pistons star Cade Cunningham has been diagnosed with a collapsed lung and is expected to miss an extended period of time, sources tell ESPN.
Dell Curry awaits his jersey retirement in Charlotte, his sons, Seth & Steph Curry are in attendance.
Mark Cuban can’t hide his disdain for Nico Harrison.
65 game requirement is great for the league
Erik Spoelstra on LeBron James: “He’s competing against Father Time and he’s giving Father Time hell.”
The uncomfortable truth about Kevin Durant. If he never went to Golden State, his career would look very similar to James Harden. His stints in OKC, Brooklyn, Phx and Houston prove that teaming up with Steph was the best move he ever made. He can’t do what Kawhi did in 2019’ or Giannis did in 2021’.
[Highlight] The difference in the Lakers bench compared to the Rockets bench in clutch time
Lakers staffer praised Luka Doncic for his “kindness” and “warmth” and for always looking out for various Lakers personnel, whether it’s ball boys, equipment staff, security personnel or video coordinators
(Aside from Cade), Tyrese Maxey also only played 61 games currently. He cannot apply for 62 games threshold exception
Cade Cunningham only played 61 games this season. This means he cannot apply for at least 62 games played Season Ending Grievance Exception (65 games rule disqualification)
Robert Parrish learns that Joe Mazzulla practices martial arts
[Dalzell] Jaylen Brown explained how he’s memorized all of his teammate’s astrology and numerology in order to better learn how to communicate with them: “D-White, who is Year of the Dog. So, his communication style is different. Hugo is also a Dog. Payton is a Tiger. JT is a Tiger. Ron is a Dragon.
Zach Lowe on this week’s Giannis-Bucks report: “If I were a player, and I wanted to get traded but I didn’t want to look like the bad guy, this feels like a really good, manufactured way for that to happen.”
[Manso] There’s question if LeBron James will play tonight vs the Heat, but he was the first person off the first bus to arrive.
[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
[Highlight] The Los Angeles Lakers have the best clutch record in the NBA at 20-6, which are games that are within five points in the last five minutes. Check out some of their best clutch moments this season.
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
Luka Doncic during Lakers 7-game win streak: 38.1 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 8.0 apg
[Highlight] Jonathan Kuminga hits a full-court shot to end the quarter
[Dua] “I think Zion’s going to get extended. He really wants to be in New Orleans, and he really, really wants the narrative on him to flip.”
Lakers played a game @ Houston yesterday that ended at 11pm EST. Today they play a game @ Miami that starts 8pm EST.
Steph Curry yanked by fan while walking back to tunnel after last night’s Celtics Warriors game.
Highlights of Luka Doncic taking over in Clutch time vs the Rockets
[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (44-25) defeat the Houston Rockets (41-27), 124-116 to continue their win streak to 7.
Highlight] Luka Dončić hits the dagger step-back three and lets the Rockets fans know it.
[Highlight] Luka to LeBron clutch alley-oop vs Rockets
The only players in NBA history to be top-5 in Win Shares for 2 franchises: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LeBron James, Chris Paul and … Rudy Gobert
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.
[Highlight] Jamahl Mosley with a crash out, receives double technical and being ejected from the game, repeating “How it’s not a foul?”. Hornets and Magic commentaries
[Chiang] Terry Rozier will be released by the Miami Heat in the coming weeks.
Jared “sold high” McCain off the bench against the Nets: 26 PTS (9⁄16 FG, 5⁄9 3PT), 3 REB, 2 AST, 2 BLK
LeBron, Luka, AR questionable tonight against Miami
Luka Doncic drops a near triple-double against Rockets: 40 PTS, 9 REB, 10 AST, 1 STL
There’s blowouts. There’s bad games. Then there’s whatever the hell the Brooklyn Nets are doing right now.
[Highlight] Luka Doncic sinks the dagger 3 and breaks apart the Rockets’ players, mentally, as they sit on the bench during timeout, doing nothing.
[Highlight] LeBron throws it down on the fast break
There seems to be a perception that Vegas is the “hot commodity” but I can definitely see a scenario where a Seattle team is the more desirable property: Seattle is a proven great sports city with Mariners/Seahawks having rabid fanbases, a core of fans who STILL wear Sonics gear 20 years later etc
[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.
[Highlight] LaMelo Ball kicks the ball out to Kon Knueppel for the wide open corner 3 (with a replay)
[Highlight] The referee Tre Maddox confuses “foot to foot contact” with “foot to foot damage” and struggles to contain himself, laughing.
Cade and Ant are very likely to be disqualified for All NBA team selection this season
Houston Rockets are 8-7 since the KD files leaked, 4-6 in their last 10, and 2-7 against teams above .500
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
JJ Redick (jokingly): “The one shot (Lebron) missed he was trying to foul bait. That’s the biggest thing”
[Highlight] NBA referee Tre Maddox having fun during Timberwolves-Jazz game
[Highlight] Kon Knueppel with the And-1 3-pointer (with replays)