Ja Morant said he was fine in the West. Dillon Brooks said he wouldn't mind playing LeBron. Now they're both going home. The second-seeded, trash-talking Memphis Grizzlies were sent home after a 125-85 Game 6 loss to the Lakers.
Jack Nicholson hadn't attended a Lakers game since last year's opener. He inspired the team to a 40-point win Friday night.
LeBron James and Dillon Brooks have been exchanging many words while bricking many three-point shots during the first round of the NBA playoffs.
Examining the legend that is "Game 6 Klay" ahead of Friday night's (you guessed it) Game 6 matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings.
Steph Curry had won a road game in all his 27 previous playoff series. No. 28 was one of the toughest.
It’s quite the revival for Love, who got a buyout from Cleveland after they informed him he was out of the rotation.
Facing elimination, the Memphis Grizzlies used a monster second-half run to win Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Milwaukee Bucks have multiple core contributors who could potentially leave the team once their postseason is completed.
Ime Udoka had his pick of NBA jobs. The possibility of Victor Wembanyama may have taken him to Houston.
The Portland Trail Blazers are finally getting a G League team and are fast-tracking things to have it up and running for next season.
De'Aaron Fox plans to play through a broken finger in Game 5. Kobe Bryant did it for a whole postseason.
The Rudy Gobert experiment might improve next season as Tim Connelly gets more of his preferred players in place, but so far, the players Connelly got rid of are the ones contributing to a contender — the Lakers — and not the supposed superstar he picked up.
Dillon Brooks had a lot to say after the Grizzlies' Game 2 win. Monday, he skipped his press conference for the second straight game.
D'Angelo Russell hadn't hit a three all night. With the Lakers down seven, he hit three in 60 seconds.
Jaren Jackson Jr. blocked Rui Hachimua with ten seconds left. LeBron James didn't let him stop his game-tying attempt. James drove and threw his layup high off the glass to avoid Jackson, the NBA's leading shot-blocker this season, to tie up Game 4 of the Lakers-Grizzlies series with 0.8 remaining.
Jimmy Butler wears No. 22, but when it comes to the postseason, he plays like No. 23. Butler spearheaded a 13-0 Miami run that erased a 12-point deficit late in the fourth quarter.
The Warriors couldn't slow down De'Aaron Fox. A fractured finger might do it for them.
Dillon Brooks had plenty of trash talk for LeBron James after the Memphis Grizzlies’ Game 2 win. Brooks barely made it to the third quarter in Game 3. In the culmination of a rough overall game for the Grizzlies' wing, Brooks was ejected 17 seconds into the second half after striking James in the groin.
Ultimately, the Nets have a lot of pieces that are valuable to a contender. But they're less valuable on a team that was pretty mediocre after dealing its superstars.
Philadelphia got great performances from backups Paul Reed (10 points, 15 rebounds) and De'Anthony Melton (15 points, three fourth-quarter three-pointers) to complete a four-game sweep of the Brooklyn Nets.
You can hit below the belt, as long as your aim is bad. But if you embarrass the NBA, the league will come down hard on you.
Nick Nurse wanted to take time to reassess his future in Toronto. Masai Ujiri made the decision for him.
Dillon Brooks has antagonized a number of NBA stars, and that now includes Hollywood actors.