Why Draymond Green could be facing his last grand opportunity vs. Kawhi Leonard
The Draymond Green vs. Kawhi Leonard matchup will be key to Wednesday's Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Clippers game.
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The Draymond Green vs. Kawhi Leonard matchup will be key to Wednesday's Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Clippers game.
SportsLine's model reveals its Portland Trail Blazers vs. Phoenix Suns predictions for the NBA Play-In Tournament 2026 on Tuesday
The Suns closed the regular season, and the young players made it count.
Scoot Henderson didn’t hesitate when asked about expectations. “Man, a win. That’s my expectation.” That answer captures where the Portland Trail Blazers are heading into...
Jamaree Bouyea had career highs of 27 points and nine assists, Ryan Dunn added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Phoenix Suns routed the Oklahoma City Thunder 135-103 on Sunday night in a meaningless regular-season finale for both teams. Koby Brea added 20 points for Phoenix (45-37), which was locked into seventh place in the Western Conference and did not play any starters. The Suns will face either Portland or the Los Angeles Clippers in a play-in game Tuesday night.
The Western Conference postseason picture is set. The 10 postseason teams are: Oklahoma City Thunder San Antonio Spurs Denver Nuggets Los Angeles Lakers Houston Rockets Minnesota Timberwolves Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers LA Clippers Golden State Warriors The Suns will host the Trail Blazers in the 7-8 Play-In Tournament Game. The winner will advance to the Playoffs to play the Spurs as the #7 seed. The loser will play whoever wins when the Clippers host the Warriors in the 9-10 Play-In...
The Oklahoma City Thunder host the Phoenix Suns at Paycom Center on Sunday, as the regular season comes to a close.
With the final day of the regular season amongst us, there are some teams that are still playing for playoff seeding, while others who already know where they’ll finish. The Phoenix Suns and Oklahoma City Thunder are in the latter category as they face off against each other in Game 82, and they’ll be staying […] The post Suns-Thunder injury report for regular-season finale that doesn’t matter at all appeared first on ClutchPoints.
As we outlined in February, a total of 14 teams projected to be taxpayers prior to an eventful trade deadline week, with the 16 non-taxpayers on track to receive about $13.8MM apiece in tax distribution money at that point. However, the Celtics, Nuggets, Suns, Mavericks, Sixers, Magic, and Raptors all ducked below the luxury tax […]
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What should their roles look like with the second unit?
The Los Angeles Lakers announced that LeBron James (left foot injury management), Marcus Smart (right ankle contusion) and Luke Kennard (left finger injury management) are available for Friday night’s contest against the Phoenix Suns, while Jaxson Hayes (left foot injury management) is out. Kennard was originally listed as questionable but is able to give it […]
ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins didn’t hold back in his playoff prediction for the Los Angeles Lakers, using a dead-bird analogy in his outlook on the Western Conference. Perkins isn’t buying into the hype surrounding LeBron James and the Lakers blowout win against the Phoenix Suns without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. Perkins can’t see the Lakers […] The post Kendrick Perkins sounds off with ‘first-round exit’ Lakers playoff prediction appeared first on ClutchPoints.
The Los Angeles Lakers will have home-court advantage in the first round, no matter the result of their final regular season game against the Utah Jazz on Sunday. Head coach JJ Redick and L.A. clinched a top-4 seed for the second straight season on Friday with their win over the Phoenix Suns and the Houston […]
Coach JJ Redick reemphasized on Friday night that the Lakers can’t be worried about their playoff seeding considering the circumstances they’re in. And that the seeding considerations for the end of their season “probably went out the window” after the loss to the Thunder on April 2, in which star guards Luka Doncic and Austin...
LOS ANGELES – Help is on the way for the banged up Los Angeles Lakers as Marcus Smart is set to make his injury return against the Phoenix Suns on Friday. Smart’s return comes at a crucial time when the Lakers are still fighting for playoff positioning in the Western Conference standings. Prior to the […] The post JJ Redick reveals Marcus Smart plan amid injury return appeared first on ClutchPoints.
After losing both Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves to injury, the Los Angeles Lakers struggled to find their footing, dropping three straight games. They are seemingly re-finding their form just before the start of the playoffs, however, picking up back-to-back wins in a 24-hour span. They first went on the road and beat the Golden […]
Marcus Smart was available for the Lakers’ home game against the Suns on Friday after being sidelined for the previous three weeks due to an ankle injury.
Because with that win, the Suns locked up the seven seed.
LeBron James added another milestone to his historic career on Friday night, becoming just the fourth player in NBA history to reach 12,000 career assists during the Los Angeles Lakers’ 101-73 win versus the Phoenix Suns. The 41-year-old made history early in the first quarter, firing a full-court pass to Deandre Ayton for an easy […] The post Lakers’ LeBron James joins Jason Kidd, Chris Paul in historic assist club appeared first on ClutchPoints.