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After an exciting four-team battle for seeding in the Western Conference throughout the second half of the season, all but two teams are locked into their spot playoff spots heading into the final day. Results on Friday, namely Minnesota beating Houston, means that all that is up for grabs on Sunday is the No. 3 seed between the Lakers and …

There’s a silver lining to the Lakers’ hellish turn of events. LeBron James has been unleashed. The King has been let out of his so-called cage. He has gone from being the team’s third option to the head of the snake. We’re getting to see what the 41-year-old is actually capable of doing at this stage in his career. Advertisement …

Five days after leading Michigan men’s basketball to its first national championship in 37 years, Dusty May got a new contract. The second-year Wolverines head coach has reached an agreement on a deal that will keep May at the university, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said on Saturday, April 11 at a championship celebration at the Crisler Center in Ann …

Coming off a victory against the Portland Trail Blazers, the Spurs battled the Dallas Mavericks for the final time this season. Stephon Castle was ruled out, but Victor Wembanyama returned from his rib contusion. The Spurs started the game hot, outscoring the Mavs 37-26 in the first quarter. However, the Mavs fought back and outscored the Spurs 39-31 in the …

Kevin Durant was right about looking at graphs while trying to talk about hoops. The final week of the regular season hasn’t exactly been the momentum builder heading into the playoffs the Sixers had hoped. Bad losses to the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets knocked them firmly into Play-In tournament positioning. Advertisement More importantly, Joel Embiid has suffered more …

There I was, watching the fourth quarter of the Phoenix Suns’ loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. It wasn’t a pretty sight. The youthful movement that so many have been clamoring for — myself included — was on full display, and boy, did they look youthful. Koby Brea launching bomb after bomb, Rasheer Fleming tossing the ball to the other …

The final weeks and, specifically, days of the NBA season always brings with it a team or two messing with the basketball Gods by trying to tank their way to a preferred match-up. On Friday, it came from a very unexpected place. The Nuggets, who have been one of the hottest teams in the league recently, sat their entire starting …

Victor Wembanyama’s numbers are absurd. The 22-year-old, 7-foot-4 San Antonio Spurs center is averaging 25 points, 11.5 rebounds and a league-leading 3.1 blocks per game. But maybe more impressive are the numbers in his head. Advertisement Because the French native wowed with lightning-quick math on Friday night while discussing the NBA’s 65-game minimum required for awards eligibility. “Of course, the …

Defense wins championships, as the old adage goes. While this team is unlikely to reach championship heights, it has secured the Lakers no lower than a fourth seed in the playoffs. This guarantees them home court in the first round, regardless of what happens on the final day of the regular season. LA has had a real defensive turnaround post-All-Star …

It’s that time of the year. That time of the year when we come up with a thousand possibilities, anxiously think about this and that and the other thing… only for everything to unfold and be resolved by itself in 24 hours. Advertisement We just can’t help ourselves, can we? That’s why, with just one game left to play and …

It’s wonderful to end the regular season on a high note, and it would appear that the Spurs are going to do that after securing the team’s 62nd and Vic’s 65th game in an ultimately comfortable win over the Mavs. There’s still one game to go, but San Antonio no longer has anything to play for in this regular season, …

“It’s Time.” The NBA Playoffs return to NBC — and make their debut on Peacock — on Sunday, April 19. To celebrate that return home, NBC Sports has partnered with Ludacris — the three-time GRAMMY Award-winning recording artist, actor, and philanthropist — for an NBA playoffs promotional spot called “It’s Time.” The song is Ludacris’ reinterpretation of the legendary “Time …

It’s all about the drama. A few years back, the NBA borrowed an idea from European soccer leagues and had all its teams play at the same time — or at least within the same conference — so there was no advantage to knowing what was needed. It sets up a situation in which two games are ending nearly simultaneously, …

Sunday is the final day of the NBA regular season, and here’s a full listing of all the playoff and postseason matchups that have been decided. — None. There are 10 teams that are locked into specific seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences, there are 10 other teams that know their seasons will end on Sunday and 10 more …

BOSTON — The Celtics have signed Dalano Banton to a standard contract, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype first reported. Banton becomes the team’s 15th and final rostered player; since the trade deadline, the Celtics have signed former two-way players Amari Williams, Max Shulga, and Ron Harper Jr. to standard deals. Banton, who was on a Ten-Day contract earlier in the season, …

If there were any doubts that Victor Wembanyama would be hampered in the playoffs due to his rib injury, they were quickly silenced on Friday night. Wembanyama secured a First-team All-NBA spot and the Defensive Player of the Year award in his 65th game, putting up an eye-popping 40 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 blocks in a 139-120 …

From AAU games in Ohio to college gyms up and down the Atlantic Coast Conference to the NBA, Luke Kennard has always been met with the same warning. “Shooter!” LeBron James, however, knows better than to put Kennard in a box. Advertisement The Lakers superstar watched Kennard’s career grow since he was playing on James’ AAU team in Ohio, where, …

An electric regular season is nearing its end, which means two things: 1) We’re about to flow into an even crazier postseason, and 2) it’s time to put the finishing touches on award races. Chief among them is the MVP award, the NBA’s most prestigious regular season honor. There have been plenty of great individual campaigns this season, but the …

Yesterday, the Washington Wizards lost to the Miami Heat, giving them a nine game losing streak. They are 17-64 with one more game left to go. The Indiana Pacers have 19 wins, so that makes them officially … the worst team in the 2025-26 NBA season. That also means that the Wizards are winners with NBA Draft lottery chances. Our …

On Thursday, April 9th, 2026, the NBA released an official statement regarding a bizarre situation in a recent Sacramento Kings versus Golden State Warriors game. In case you missed it, Sacramento Head Coach Doug Christie instructed his own players to intentionally foul an above average free throw shooter, Seth Curry, despite holding a one-point lead in clutch time. The KANGZ …

The ball is back in LeBron James’ hands, and he is thriving in his “new” role as the Lakers’ primary caretaker. James is in this position in the wake of injuries to Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. He had been the third option behind Doncic and Reaves, and he shifted back to a role he has been accustomed to playing …

April 12th is the last day of the regular season and then the Spurs have a couple of days off before they begin the first round of the playoffs. What to do, what to do? How about meeting Devin Vassell? Advertisement On Monday, April 13th, Spurs swingman Devin Vassell will be making a guest appearance at Panda Express at 7979 …

The Suns took on the Lakers on Friday night, and the result was not surprising. Los Angeles came in banged up, but Phoenix essentially waved the white flag with neither Devin Booker nor Jalen Green available. Would it have mattered? We will never know. What we did see was a heavy dose of the youth movement. Plenty of minutes, plenty …

If he stays he would be trouble (for the opponents). If he goes it might be double (carrying the UNC torch brightly into the NBA). First off: this is not a question about what’s best for Caleb. Everyone has him as a top five pick in the NBA, and I genuinely believe he could rise as high as #2. Darius …

Morez Johnson Jr. and Aday Mara played a pivotal role in head coach Dusty May and the Michigan Wolverines winning the national championship this season. Now, after successful first years in Ann Arbor, both big men have important decisions to make in the next month or so. Mara and Johnson — along with fellow Wolverine Yaxel Lendeborg — are projected …