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[ad_1] The Sacramento Kings dominated the Los Angeles Lakers en route to a comfortable 120-107 win in northern California on Thursday AEDT. The Lakers’ Austin Reaves reeled off seven three-pointers to finish with a game-high 28 points but Los Angeles were unable to staunch the flow of Sacramento scoring. All five Kings starters finished in … Read more
[ad_1] The NBA playoffs are just over a month away and while the Boston Celtics are clear frontrunners in the East, there is a three-way tussle for supremacy over in the West. Here foxsports.com.au breaks down where every NBA team finds itself ahead of the run home, placing them into four tiers — contenders, dark … Read more
[ad_1] Oklahoma City is well ahead of schedule and so is Chet Holmgren, with the rookie big man making history in the Thunder’s 123-110 comeback win over the Houston Rockets. Holmgren came up clutch with 19 fourth-quarter points to help the Thunder secure their 12th double digit comeback having trailed by 16 at one point … Read more
[ad_1] We were supposed to see a more competitive All-Star game this year, at least if NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s comments to the media earlier in the week were anything to go by. “I think we’re going to see a good game,” Silver told reporters, adding that people —including players — were “uniformly critical” of … Read more
[ad_1] The All-Star Game is back and for the first time in five years, the NBA returns to the standard East vs. West battle with a traditional scoring system and four 12-minute quarters. The NBA had previously introduced the ‘Elam Ending’ in the 2020 All-Star Game, which set a target score at the start of … Read more
[ad_1] The Lakers may have a family pitch to keep LeBron James in Los Angeles. With speculation centring on whether James will exercise his $51.4 million (AUD $78 million) player option after this season or enter free agency, Los Angeles is “willing to explore the notion” of adding his son, Bronny James, for the 2024-25 … Read more
[ad_1] The plague of referees getting upset and ruining NBA games has continued with Devin Booker ejected early in Phoenix’s 116-100 win over Detroit. Booker received two quick technical fouls causing him to play just 5:24 of the match. The first was for arguing with officials over a foul call, but the second appeared to … Read more
[ad_1] The clock is ticking as we move closer to Friday’s 7am NBA trade deadline (all times AEDT) in teams’ final opportunity to adjust their rosters for this season. Some of the big dominoes have already fallen in recent weeks, with OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam and Terry Rozier finding new homes. The rumour mill will … Read more
[ad_1] The NBA rumour mill is a wild place at the best of times and the microscope has now turned to the future of LeBron James with a growing sense of urgency. LeBron’s LA Lakers sit ninth in the Western Conference standings midway through the season and will likely have to survive the play-in tournament … Read more
[ad_1] Friday’s February 9 NBA trade deadline (all times AEDT) is fast approaching. While a few big trade dominoes have already fallen, there’s still several big-name stars that could be on the move and teams looking to shake things up otherwise. And so we’ve come up with one mock (but realistic) trade for all 30 … Read more