NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In early April, with just five games remaining in the regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that star guard Luka Doncic would be sidelined at least until the NBA playoffs. Doncic’s setback was a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, an MRI confirmed. The reigning NBA scoring…
The Los Angeles Lakers expect to be without star guard Luka Dončić for the remainder of their first-round series with the Houston Rockets, but Austin Reaves has returned to on-court activity and could return late in the series, according to ESPN, if it reaches that point. The Lakers have a 2-0 lead after a 101-94…
The Los Angeles Lakers, after an upset win on their home court, will host the Houston Rockets on Tuesday in Game 2 of their 2026 NBA playoff first-round series. The West’s No. 4 seed, Lakers (53-29), defeated the fifth-seeded Rockets (52-30) 107-98 in Sunday’s Game 1. Los Angeles has now won four straight, while Houston…
Some people may have thought that LeBron James was going to be very aggressive offensively in Game 1 of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first-round playoff series against the Houston Rockets and look to score a lot of points. Some may have even felt that doing so was going to be necessary for him with Luka…
Getty Images LOS ANGELES — The Houston Rockets were without star forward Kevin Durant for their 107-98 loss in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday due to a knee injury. Durant, who popped up as questionable on the injury report during the week, went through pre-game warmups…
A star-studded 4 vs. 5 matchup in the Western Conference of the 2026 NBA playoffs will see the Los Angeles Lakers face the Houston Rockets. Game 1 takes place on Saturday, with LeBron James and Kevin Durant (questionable, knee) clashing in the postseason once again. The fourth-seeded Lakers (53-29) have won three straight games, despite the…
A star-studded 4 vs. 5 matchup in the Western Conference of the 2026 NBA playoffs will see the Los Angeles Lakers face the Houston Rockets. Game 1 takes place on Saturday, with LeBron James and Kevin Durant (questionable, knee) clashing in the postseason once again. The fourth-seeded Lakers (53-29) have won three straight games, despite the…
We’ve already witnessed the marvel that is the NBA playoff product compared to its often lackluster regular-season counterpart. We’re seeing every possession contested, rebounds fought for, players fighting through physical ailments and other competition-driven attributes to come to life when the pros play as if the outcome means something. Of course, that’s because it does….
Keytron Jordan, CBS Sports The 2026 NBA playoff bracket is set. All 20 seeds are locked in, and the postseason gets started on Tuesday with Hornets-Heat and Suns-Blazers in the Play-In Tournament. In the East, the Raptors clinched the final top-six seed and a guaranteed playoff berth on Sunday, and the Nuggets closed out the…
The Denver Nuggets are getting hot at the right time. Nikola Jokic & Co. are on a league-best 10-game winning streak and have beaten those 10 opponents by an average of 9.7 points a game. The streak includes an overtime victory over the Spurs, which ended San Antonio’s 11-game winning streak. With just two games…
