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The Milwaukee Bucks completed the sweep of the Detroit Pistons last night. This series was a total blowout, with the closest game being a 16 point win in game 3. The Bucks advance to face the Celtics in round two of the NBA Playoffs.

Chris Haynes,Yahoo Sports•April 16, 2019 OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins is expected to miss the remainder of the postseason with a significant left quadriceps injury, but there’s faint optimism that he could possibly return for the NBA Finals, league sources...

Ben Rohrbach,Yahoo Sports•April 12, 2019 Luke Walton fell victim to unreasonable expectations. Despite (mostly) steady annual improvement since a franchise-worst 17 wins in 2015-16, save for this drama-filled and injury-riddled campaign, the Los Angeles Lakers parted ways with Walton Friday...

Russell Westbrook had 20 points, 20 rebounds, and 21 assists last night as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers. Only Wilt Chamberlain has ever posted a 20/20/20 game.

Chris Cwik,Yahoo Sports,Mar 30, 2019, 4:00 PM With the playoffs out of the question, the Los Angeles Lakers are making business decisions. The team announced Saturday that star LeBron James would sit out the rest of the season. The move was done to ensure James’ groin can fully heal. As it...

Sam Cooper,Yahoo Sports•March 25, 2019 The Los Angeles Lakers are eliminated from the NBA playoffs, but that didn’t stop LeBron James from playing hard on Sunday night. In a 111-106 win over the Sacramento Kings, James notched the 81st triple-double of his career with 29 points, 11 rebounds...

Reuters•March 12, 2019 Lou Williams scored 34 points to become the most prolific bench scorer in NBA history as the Los Angeles Clippers blew out the visiting Boston Celtics 140-115 on Monday. Williams, who leads the NBA in points off the bench this season, passed Dell Curry as the highest...

The Celtics beat the Lakers on Saturday 120-107. LeBron is reportedly on a minutes restriction for the remainder of the season and the Lakers are suffering from multiple player injuries. LeBron looked great on some plays and totally baffled on others. Some of the Lakers younger players...

Chris Haynes, Yahoo Sports, Mar 7, 2019 With the Los Angeles Lakers fading further from playoff contention, LeBron James’ time on the court this season will be cut down. Sources told Yahoo Sports that the two sides — James’ camp and the Lakers’ front office — agreed on a minutes restriction...

LeBron James passes Michael Jordan for fourth on the NBA's all-time scoring list Ben Rohrbach,Yahoo Sports•March 6, 2019 We can probably safely say LeBron James will inch no closer to Michael Jordan in the rings portion of the GOAT debate this season, given that his Los Angeles Lakers have...

James Harden says 'it's personal' between him and 'arrogant' ref Scott Foster Liz Roscher,Yahoo Sports•February 22, 2019 It was another eventful game between the Houston Rockets, the Los Angeles Lakers and referee Scott Foster on Thursday night. The Rockets coughed up a 19-point lead and lost...

Hamidou Diallo jumps over Shaquille O'Neal for an amazing dunk to win the 2019 Slam Dunk Contest: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oim-sHtqfg4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"...

Ben Weinrib,Yahoo Sports•February 6, 2019 The 2018-19 NBA season has been full of trades from the start, going back to the blockbuster that sent Jimmy Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers in November. However, things really kicked into high gear at the end of January when New Orleans Pelicansstar...

New Orleans Pelicans superstar Anthony Davis made a bombshell power play on Monday, requesting a trade and informing the team he will not sign a contract extension, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Pelicans have lost five of their last six games, falling to 22-28 on the season and 13th in the...

by Thomas Lott James Harden did something Wednesday that hasn't been done in the NBA since 1962. The reigning MVP dropped 58 points in the Rockets' 145-142 overtime loss to the Nets in Houston, giving him back-to-back games with at least 55 points. He scored 57 against the Grizzlies on...

Jack Baer, Yahoo Sports, Jan 15, 2019, 10:12 PM The Golden State Warriors might be dealing with injuries, infighting and way more losses than we’re used to this season, but at the end of the day, they’re still the Warriors. And now, they’re still on top of the Western Conference. The Warriors...

James Harden racked up another triple-double last night, pouring in 44 points, 10 rebounds, and 15 assists. More importantly, he hit a highly contested 3-pointer with a second left to beat the Golden State Warriors 135-134 in overtime. It is also Harden's fifth consecutive game with 40+...

Stephen Curry to return to Warriors lineup on Saturday vs. Pistons Jason Owens Yahoo Sports Nov 28, 2018 Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr told reporters Wednesday that he expects All-Star guard Stephen Curry to return to the lineup on Saturday against the Detroit Pistons. Curry has...

LeBron James is reportedly ignoring Luke Walton's play calls to nobody's surprise Ben Rohrbach, Yahoo Sports, Nov 28, 2018, 3:05 PM Entering LeBron James’ free agency, multiple reports indicated his desire to play off the ball more in his new contract. When he signed with the Los Angeles...

From NBA.com Believe it or not we are already a quarter of the way through the NBA season. 1. Toronto Raptors Record: 17-4 The Raptors had four games in which they were heavy favorites on the schedule this week, and they picked up four wins, making them the only undefeated team in the...