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Mike Beasley breaks down and talks about how Lakers teammates laughed at him for wrong shorts after the passing of his family members and how much he hated those teammates

[Charania] San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson has won the 2025-26 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award.

Shaq: “There’s a reason why I got 4, you got 0, he got 2.” Chuck: “Yeah, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade.” Shaq: “No, I was 3 times Finals MVP. Google me, bum. Google me.”

In 2020, The Houston Rockets lost 4-1 to LeBron and the Lakers. The Rockets proceeded to let go off Harden and Westbrook, tank for high draft picks and rebuild, only to currently be down 0-2 to the Lakers

Charles Barkley looks on in disgust as Tristan da Silva and Desmond Bane thrust aggressively towards each other

LeBron on KD’s height: “7-foot tall… he might be mad at me, he wants to be 6’10” or 6’9” so bad, but he’s 7-foot for sure”

[Lowlight] Two similar clips from game 1 and game 2 where Jrue Holiday pulls the chair and Wemby falls violently

LeBron on what defensive gratification the Lakers take from holding KD to 3 points in the 2nd half: “Zero. None. That’ll just make him even madder going into game 3. No satisfaction.”

LeBron James: “I don’t know how many more opportunities I’ll get to play in the postseason in my career. So … s—, I live for this moment. I live for the postseason.”

[Highlight] Cade Cunningham absolutely cooks Paolo Banchero

[Highlight] Isaiah Stewart rejects Jalen Suggs at the rim to keep Orlando at 3 points in the second half

[Dua] Multiple sources indicate that long time equipment manager, David Jovanovic, aka “Big Shot” has been let go by the Pelicans after 38 years

[Pardon My Take] Adam Silver confirms the Finals logo and trophy on courts is returning and will be painted, no decals

[Charania] San Antonio Spurs’ Keldon Johnson has won the 2025-26 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award.

[Highlight] Lebron James turns back time with the double pump reverse jam!

Nuggets coach David Adelman on Jaden McDaniels calling the Nuggets defenders out by name:

[Youngmisuk] Before the Orlando Magic play-in tournament elimination game against the Charlotte Hornets, head coach Jamahl Mosley played a highlight reel of his players NCAA Tournament games, instead of film breaking down the Hornets.

Charles Barkley: “Now, do I think my Suns can win this series? Hell no!”

Luka Doncic receives his trophy for winning NBA scoring Championship

[Post Game Thread] The Los Angeles Lakers (1-0) defeat the Houston Rockets (0-1), 101-94 with 41 year old Senior LeBron James Leading the way with 28/8/7 to seal home court advantage!

41 years old LeBron James as Lakers up 2-0 series vs Rockets: 28 pts, 8 reb, 7 ast, 1 stl

Keldon Johnson: “At first it was tough. I had to really ruin my ego and put the team first. After that the sky was the limit.”

The Only 6th Man of the Year Award Winners to Play All 82 Games Without Starting a Single Game in That Season - Dell Curry in 1994, and Keldon Johnson in 2026.

Reporter: “You’ve won a lot, you’ve lost a lot of playoff games” Tatum: “I lost a lot?”

[Highlight] Marcus Smart gets the steal from Durant’s pass and LeBron throws it down on the other end

[Holmes] Letter from NBA in Sanberg’s federal sentencing says he cooperated with the NBA’s Clippers-Aspiration probe. Ballmer’s letter to judge claims Sanberg caused losses of \(60M & \)300M separately. Letter also blasts Torre’s reporting as a “vitriolic public campaign” based on “anonymized gossip.”

This game 2 felt like the summary of the careers for KD vs LeBron

[Lowlight] Luka reacts to Sengun’s mesmerizing pump fake

LeBron James On His Behind-the-Back Dunk: “I’m just super blessed & super humbled to still be able to play the game that I love at my age”

[Highlight] Isaiah Stewart with a tremendous block on Paolo Banchero’s two-handed dunk attempt (with replays).

The Pistons successfully challenged the initial foul call on Stewart.

[Highlight] Isaiah Stewart rejects the powerful dunk attempt by Jalen Suggs (with replays). Tobias Harris with the finger wag on the Pistons bench.

[Injury] Wemby falls and takes a hard hit to the face before heading to the locker room

[Highlight] Luke Kennard receives ‘MVP’ chants during his second free throw, late in the 4th quarter

Since KD left the super team Warriors in 2019, he has won fewer playoff games than Russell Westbrook and they have the same number of playoff series wins (2)

The Detroit Pistons win their first home playoff game in nearly 18 years, breaking a 14-game playoff losing streak

Cam Johnson on Jaden McDaniels defense comments: “They just been saying a lot. All season, all series. Let them talk. Let them get everything they want off their chest.”

[Highlight] LeBron James and Marcus Smart pretend to slow down, trying to bite more time from the clock, and suddenly Smart finds LeBron for the cutting dunk (with replays).

Lakers up 7, with less than a minute remaining in regulation

[Highlight] Wendell Carter Jr. shoves Jalen Duren in the air. Upgraded to a Flagrant 1 upon review.

[Charania] Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has entered concussion protocol and is out for remainder of Game 2 vs. Portland.

[Highlight] Cade Cunningham pulls a nasty hesi move on Paolo Banchero, goes by him and scores the driving layup (with replays)

[Vorkunov] Aspiration co-founder aided NBA investigation into Clippers cap circumvention. Sanberg sat for two in-person interviews with his team and provided documentation and information for the investigation and cooperated after they sought to speak with him.

[ESPN] Brian Windhorst: “The Lakers are really doing a great job… The Rockets, offensively, are just an absolute disaster. Nine turnovers for Kevin Durant, some of it are his mistakes… They can’t score anything on offense.”

[Highlight] Jalen Duren dribbles in mid-court, turns the ball over, and Wendell Carter Jr. picks up the ball and dunk it at the other end, with a big smile (with a replay).

[Highlight] Mike Breen provides the most exciting moment of the first half

[Charania] San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama has been diagnosed with a concussion and will have further testing on Wednesday.

Detroit Pistons win their first home playoff game since May 26, 2008 (Game 4 vs Boston 2008) in a Game 2 win vs Orlando Magic

Trail Blazers coach Tiago Splitter says he’s ‘trying to be a pro’ amid reports that new owner Tom Dundon has already begun speaking candidates to replace him.

Marcus Smart in Game 2 against the Rockets: 25 PTS, 7 AST, 5 STL, ⁸⁄₁₃ from FG, ⁵⁄₇ from 3