Playoff games often hinge on possessions, but sometimes they hinge on interpretations. In Game 4 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets, Deandre Ayton’s ejection became exactly that: a …
The Houston Rockets were not ready for their season to end quietly. Facing elimination, still without Kevin Durant, and already buried in a 3-0 series hole, Houston answered with its …
Kevin Durant did not play in Game 3, and for the Houston Rockets, that was damaging enough. But on a night when their season all but slipped away in a …
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 hardest part of Michael Beasley’s recent reflection is not a wardrobe mistake itself. It is the grief sitting behind it. Beasley, speaking years after the infamous moment when he …
The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 1 of their first-round series against Houston, but Shannon Sharpe’s takeaway was less about the scoreboard than about the warning signs buried underneath it. …
The Los Angeles Lakers opened their first-round series by looking far steadier than a wounded team had any right to. Missing both Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves, the Lakers still …
The Los Angeles Lakers appear to be preparing for the most difficult version of their first-round series: one without either Luka Dončić or Austin Reaves. In a report, ESPN’s Dave …
Brian Windhorst’s read on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers is not that of a superstar plotting an exit, but of a powerful player and a powerful franchise trying …
The NBA has effectively pressed pause on one of its usual postseason rituals, with awards voting delayed while Luka Dončić’s eligibility challenge moves through arbitration. According to reports from Marc …
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