2025-26 NBA Championship odds: Thunder remain big favorites
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Stephon Castle led the Spurs to a 132-119 win with 30 points and 10 rebounds as seven San Antonio players scored in double figures. Luka Dončić paced the Lakers with 35 points, and LeBron James had 19 points and 15 rebounds.
The Lakers have gotten off to a solid start to the season at 18-7. Currently, that’s good enough for the No. 3 spot in the Western Conference standings. By most accounts, the West, and the NBA in general, is a one-horse race with the Oklahoma City Thunder seemingly in a class of their own.
Here is what happened on Wednesday night in the Western Conference quarterfinals matchups in the NBA Cup.Spurs 132, Lakers 119San Antonio came in with a plan.First, get out in transition. Trust the team's depth of ball handling guards to run past the Lakers — and the Spurs executed that,
Reaching Vegas already means a significant raise for some players. Each full-time player on a semifinal roster earns a $106,187 paycheck, which escalates with each subsequent round of the NBA Cup. The championship-winning players will earn $530,933, a nice payday for anyone playing on or near the league minimum $1.366 million salary.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder will host Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Harden practiced Sunday with a sleeve on his left leg, a day after the Clippers had a film session and canceled a practice due to injuries.
As blunt as one can be, former NBA player Paul Pierce says the Lakers and the Suns don't have the intelligence to go far in the playoffs.
As the Los Angeles Lakers continue to navigate life without LeBron James, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are showing that -- when healthy -- they comprise one of the NBA's top backcourts. They will have a chance to prove it Wednesday when the Lakers take on ...
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Paul Pierce on Lakers' basketball IQ in crunch time of Sunday's game
Former NBA star Paul Pierce didn't hold back when he described the Lakers' poor decision-making in the final minutes of Sunday's win over the Suns.
We can officially say that the Oklahoma City Thunder's season is on track to be historic. They have tied the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors as the only two teams in NBA history with