The only thing that would make the job JJ Redick is doing better is if he were wearing a suit. If the Lakers’ coach looked the part. The part of a lawyer, walking down his opposition in the open court. He delivered an airtight opening argument that was stunning for how much stronger it was…
UCLA women’s basketball team has added some star power as its revamped roster begins to take shape. Former Iowa State forward Addy Brown announced Thursday she is committing to UCLA, giving the Bruins one of the top players in the portal. Brown averaged 11.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game while shooting 43.1%…
Towering superstar Victor Wembanyama toppled onto his face Tuesday night — timberrr!!! — and the NBA playoff scenario immediately became as scrambled as the San Antonio Spurs’ 7-foot-4 center’s thoughts must have been moments after he suffered a concussion. Without Wembanyama for nearly three quarters, the Spurs fell to the underdog Portland Trail Blazers, 106-103,…
Marcus Smart stepped up to meet Kevin Durant at three-quarters court. The Lakers guard reached and poked the ball away. Instead of letting the lanky, nearly 7-foot Durant corral the loose ball, the 6-foot-3 Smart dove to secure it for himself. The Crypto.com Arena crowd jumped to its feet. From the opening minute to the…
Who knew? LeBron James flying down the lane unchecked for a pumping over-the-shoulder slam. Marcus Smart diving and scrapping and leading cheers with a scream. Luke Kennard stepping to the free-throw line and hearing the chant, “MVP! … MVP! … MVP!” Who knew? Without their two best players, facing the quicker and more bruising Houston…
Luke-ah? With star guard Luka Doncic back on the Lakers sideline but still out indefinitely, Luke Kennard did his best impression of the NBA’s leading scorer Saturday, catapulting the Lakers to a 107-98 win over the Houston Rockets to give the Lakers a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven first-round playoff series. Kennard drained all five…
The elephant in the room for the Lakers as they enter the playoffs has been, and will continue to be, the status of their starting backcourt, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. Both are out because of injuries — Doncic with a grade 2 left hamstring strain and Reaves with a grade 2 left oblique strain…
The Kings looked nothing like a playoff team heading into the NHL’s trade deadline. They had lost six of their last eight games, had just fired their coach and had saw their second-leading scorer go down with a broken leg in the Olympic tournament. They were backing away from the playoffs, not heading toward them….
It was do or die Wednesday night at Intuit Dome, and the Clippers did not do enough to keep their season alive, blowing a 13-point lead early in the fourth quarter and losing to the Golden State Warriors, 126-121. Having rebounded from a franchise-worst 6-21 start to earn the next-to-last berth in the NBA play-in…
The last time Deandre Ayton appeared in the playoffs was in 2023, when he was a member of the Phoenix Suns and viewed in NBA circles as having the potential to be a force as a center in the league. A lot has changed since then. He’s on his second team since those days in…
