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[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.

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’.

[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

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)

[Highlight] The difference in the Lakers bench compared to the Rockets bench in clutch time

[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.

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

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

[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.

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

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] LeBron throws it down on the fast break

Steph Curry yanked by fan while walking back to tunnel after last night’s Celtics Warriors game.

[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

Lakers played a game @ Houston yesterday that ended at 11pm EST. Today they play a game @ Miami that starts 8pm EST.

[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] Luka to LeBron clutch alley-oop vs Rockets

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

[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.

[Chiang] Terry Rozier will be released by the Miami Heat in the coming weeks.

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

[Highlight] Luka fires an inbounds touchdown pass to LeBron

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

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

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

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

[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.”

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

(Aside from Cade), Tyrese Maxey also only played 61 games currently. He cannot apply for 62 games threshold exception

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

[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] 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

[Lowlight] Rudy Gobert misses the easy layup under the rim and his teammates on the bench start laughing

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

[Highlight] NBA referee Tre Maddox having fun during Timberwolves-Jazz game

Tari Eason in March: ¹⁄₂₈ from 3 and ³⁄₄₂ total on all jumpers

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

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

Since the NBA adopted the 82-game regular season in 1967-68, Bill Walton is the only player to win MVP (1977-78) while playing fewer than 65 games (58) in a non-shortened season