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In the end, the Thunder killed the Lakers’ 2025-26 season, with the Lakers falling to the Thunder in Game 4 and being eliminated from the playoffs.

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LeBron James has options. He could stay with the Los Angeles Lakers. He could decide to join another team. He could even retire and end the longest career in NBA history. He knows all this. He just doesn't know the answer. “I don't know what the future holds for me, obviously,” James said. His 23rd season ended Monday night when the Lakers were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder . At 41, James likely doesn't have many years left to play — if any. And now he'll start the p...

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Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena brought out multiple celebrities including Eddie Murphy, Sean Penn, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Miles Teller in what could be LeBron James' final game.

A spirited final battle cry from the Lakers, led by Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura and the fans, nearly ended in a win.

Lakers star LeBron James says he hasn't made a decision yet on whether he'll play what would be his 24th season in the NBA or retire.

LeBron James, whose record-setting 23rd season ended with an unceremonious 115-110 loss to the Thunder in a Game 4 second-round sweep of the Lakers, was noncommittal about whether he will continue playing in L.A. -- or elsewhere.

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Luka Doncic says he never got close to being healthy enough to rejoin the Los Angeles Lakers in the playoffs. Doncic incurred a grade 2 hamstring strain on April 2, and the NBA scoring champ missed the Lakers' final 15 games, including their entire postseason run. After a shocking first-round series victory over Houston without Doncic, Los Angeles' season ended Monday night with a 115-110 loss to the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, who completed a four-game sweep.

In the closest game of the series, the Lakers took the Thunder to the brink before falling in Game 4.

LeBron James says he has no idea whether his 24-point performance in the Los Angeles Lakers' season-ending playoff loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night was the final game of his NBA career. The top scorer in league history stuck to the strategy he has taken into the past several summers when he declined to announce his future immediately after the Lakers' final postseason defeat. “I don’t know what the future holds for me, obviously, as it stands right now tonight,” the 41-year-o...

Sophie Cunningham’s return to the WNBA for the first time since August was anything but comfortable. Although she shouldered the responsibility of starting the game in Fever’s 3-point loss to the Dallas Wings on Saturday, her individual performance was relatively quiet.

It was a gutty performance from the Lakers, but the Thunder are too deep, too skilled, and too good.

NBA legend LeBron James could have played his last game for the Los Angeles Lakers after their defeat by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the play-offs.

The 41-year-old James just completed his 23rd season and is headed to unrestricted free agency

LeBron James is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

LeBron James commented on his NBA future after the Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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LeBron James, in possibly his last game with the Lakers, has 24 points and 12 rebounds, Austin Reaves scores 27, but Oklahoma City rallies late to finish off the series.

Ajay Mitchell scored 10 of his 28 points in the frantic final period as the Thunder overcame the Lakers’ tenacious effort and improved to 8-0 in the playoffs with their toughest victory of the postseason.

Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson returned from a five-game absence Monday night in Game 4 and took a double minor penalty for hitting Wild center Michael McCarron with the blunt end of his stick during a scrum midway through the first period.

LeBron James just completed his 23rd season in the NBA. The Lakers fell short, and now the world awaits James' decision on his future.