NBA NewsThursday, Feb 26, 2026

Deandre Ayton and the Lakers are entering the most crucial stretch of the season. The question is: Will he accept the role they desperately need him to play?

The Wolves, Kings, Bucks and more might be interested in a Ja Morant trade before Feb. 5

The NBA has fined Magic guard Desmond Bane $25K for “throwing the game ball with force into the spectator stands,” the league announced in a press release (Twitter link). Jason Beede of The Orlando Sentinel has a video (Twitter link) of the incident, which occurred at the conclusion of Orlando’s one-point victory at the Lakers […]

In late 2002, Nike began creating a global campaign featuring the black mamba -- and presented it to an NBA superstar. That star was not Kobe Bryant.

The February 26 meeting between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns serves as a pivotal late-season engagement between two Pacific Division rivals currently jockeying for superior positioning in the Western Conference playoff race. Entering the contest, the Los Angeles Lakers hold a record of 34-23, placing them 6th in the conference, while the Phoenix Suns follow closely at 7th with a 33-26 record. This matchup marks the fourth and final meeting between the two squads this season, wi...

New York Knicks (37-22, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (26-31, 11th in the Eastern Conference) Milwaukee; Friday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Karl-Anthony Towns and the New York Knicks take on Ryan Rollins and the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday. The Bucks are 19-19 in conference games. Milwaukee is 14-18 in games decided by 10 points or more. The Knicks have gone 25-15 against Eastern Conference opponents. New York scores 117.1 points and has outscored opponents by 5.4 points per...

Denver Nuggets (37-22, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (45-15, first in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Friday, 9:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Denver Nuggets visit Cason Wallace and the Oklahoma City Thunder in Western Conference play Friday. The Thunder are 8-3 against the rest of their division. Oklahoma City is the top team in the Western Conference in team defense, allowing 108.0 points while holding opponents to 43.7% shooting. The Nuggets are 5-2 again...

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has received a one-game suspension due to the number of flagrant fouls he has picked up over the course of the season, and league officials said he will serve his suspension Tuesday against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Hachimura is questionable for Thursday's game in Phoenix due to an illness. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

No, the Knicks don’t need to be a finished product right now. But by Game 59, they should be closer than where they currently are.

They remain in the bottom half of the league in that regard, but they have played faster than last year under Tom Thibodeau.

If we’re lucky, it will be the final six weeks of the league’s decades-long tanking plague.