Len Werle

The Los Angeles Lakers looked beaten, then LeBron James decided they were not. In a wild Game 3 in Houston, the Lakers erased a late six-point deficit, survived overtime and …

The Denver Nuggets did not simply start slowly. They started trapped. Through the first 12 minutes of Game 3 against Minnesota, Denver managed only 11 points, while Nikola Jokić, the …

AJ Dybantsa made the expected basketball decision, but attached an unexpected promise to it. The BYU freshman and projected top pick officially declared for the 2026 NBA Draft on Thursday, …

The Minnesota Timberwolves did not merely take Game 3 from the Denver Nuggets. They took away Denver’s rhythm, its comfort, and for long stretches, its identity. In a 113-96 win …

CJ McCollum is becoming exactly the kind of playoff problem New York did not want to meet twice. Two nights after stealing Game 2 at Madison Square Garden, McCollum did …

The Portland Trail Blazers posted the video, added the eyes emoji, and let the internet do the rest. In a postseason built on tension already, that tiny “👀” was enough …

The New Orleans Pelicans have spent years searching for stability on the court. This week, the most jarring sign of instability came far from the box score. Multiple reports indicated …

For a while, Game 2 looked like the kind of playoff night Phoenix needed. The Suns were more competitive, more composed, and far less overwhelmed than they had been in …

Victor Wembanyama’s Game 2 ended not with a bad shooting stretch or a tactical adjustment, but with a different, more serious kind of moment that makes basketball feel suddenly secondary. …