NBA NewsWednesday, Jan 21, 2026

LeBron James distracted multiple opposing defenders as he found himself an easy dunk highlight in the Los Angeles Lakers’ matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night. James is midway through his NBA-record 23rd season, his eighth with the Lakers. He hopes to make one last deep run with the franchise as he progresses […] The post Lakers’ LeBron James makes everyone miss before Tomahawk slam dunk appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Ever since the NBA underwent the Stephen Curry-fueled three-point revolution in the mid-2010s, basketball became more of a mathematical battle than ever before. And with the game to game variance in three-point shooting, teams can indeed live and die by the three. On Tuesday night, the Sacramento Kings were on the receiving end of a […] The post Doug Christie breaks down how Kings let Heat run wild from 3-point range appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Los Angeles Lakers looked to regain their rhythm as they visited the Denver Nuggets at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday. The Lakers have been largely inconsistent recently, going 5-5 in their last 10 games before facing the Nuggets. What should have been a marquee meeting between two of the league’s elite players, Lakers guard Luka […] The post Lakers’ Luka Doncic gets 100% real about Nuggets without Nikola Jokic appeared first on ClutchPoints .

During their championship runs, Hall-of-Fame Coach Gregg Popovich would sometimes call out his San Antonio Spurs teams. The word “soft” would come up every once in a while. Current coach Mitch Johnson didn’t use that exact word following the Silver and Black’s 111-106 loss to the Houston Rockets, but he came somewhat close. “There were […] The post Spurs’ Mitch Johnson gets brutally honest after wasting monster Julian Champagnie game vs. Rockets appeared first on ClutchPoints .

SAN FRANCISCO– Things change fast in the NBA, but rarely do they change at the sheer supersonic speed it has for the Golden State Warriors in the last 24 hours. Golden State fell to the Toronto Raptors 145-127 in a game that felt secondary to the fallout of Jimmy Butler’s season-ending ACL tear. It was […] The post Life without Jimmy Butler begins as Warriors experiment with Jonathan Kuminga, lineups appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Despite securing the victory for his team on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, Phoenix Suns guard Grayson Allen found himself at the receiving end of a brutal Ted Cruz comparison by Brooklyn Nets broadcaster Tim Capstraw. Midway through Monday’s game, when the Suns were leading the Nets 45-28, the YES Network broadcast showed Allen early in […] The post Suns’ guard Grayson Allen hit with infamous Ted Cruz comparison by Nets announcer during game appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Everyone knows the meme of LeBron James speaking to Jeanie Buss and Linda Rambis, telling them Happy International Women’s Day. It looked like everything was going well in the Los Angeles Lakers’ world, but deep inside, there may have been a feeling of anger and resentment among one of the people in that group. Buss […] The post Lakers rumors: Jeanie Buss’ LeBron James beef had her thinking about Clippers trade appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Sacramento Kings can say that they’ve played better basketball over the past few games, but they may have reverted to their old ways in their loss to the Miami Heat. After a rough first half, head coach Doug Christie made some changes in the second half, as he was more focused on defense than […] The post Kings’ Doug Christie explains Zach LaVine’s limited minutes vs. Heat – ‘We needed to stop somebody’ appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Dating back to early 2018, a viral joke about Draymond Green quietly took on a life of its own. Fans began saying the Golden State Warriors forward shot the ball like he had a backpack strapped on, stuffed with school projects. The comparison stuck, and the internet did what it always does when it smells […] The post Warriors’ Draymond Green reveals the hilarious meme that made his jump shot obsolete appeared first on ClutchPoints .

On Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Clippers turned in one of their most ugly performances of the season with a 138-110 road loss at the hands of the Chicago Bulls. Not much of anything went right in this one for the Clippers, who were playing without Kawhi Leonard after his knee issue recently ended his […] The post Clippers’ James Harden put on blast by Bulls postgame show for pathetic defense appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The New York Knicks are currently on a concerning run of form, having lost their last four games as well as eight of their last 10. The spotlight has firmly shifted to Karl Anthony-Towns once again, who has been criticized for poor shot selection as the Knicks have dropped to third in the Eastern Conference. […] The post Knicks rumors: Insider believes Karl Anthony-Towns is being scapegoated for Jalen Brunson’s bad defense appeared first on ClutchPoints .

The Sacramento Kings haven’t exactly been a juggernaut this year, currently sitting at 10-30 on the 2025-26 NBA season, but they did have an impressive last couple of games, picking up wins over the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers in back to back nights. On Monday night, the Kings put 124 points on the […] The post Kings’ Russell Westbrook makes obvious admission about roasting Lakers appeared first on ClutchPoints .