Lauri Markkanen

NEW DELHI: The Los Angeles Lakers launched their final push for a playoff berth with a 124-111 victory over the reigning champions Golden State Warriors.LeBron James scored just 13 points and Anthony Davis added 12 for the Lakers, who were…

The Memphis Grizzlies play host to the Utah Jazz at the FedExForum on Sunday (January 8) in NBA Regular Season action. The betting odds and predictions are given below: The Jazz are in terrible form. They have won just one of their last…

What is in the water in Salt Lake City.Image: Getty Images“What is going on in Utah?” was the Brian Windhorst query that ruled the summer as the Jazz’s CEO of basketball operations Danny Ainge jettisoned Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota…

The Cavs’ Evan Mobley grabs a rebound during the second half of their NBA game against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena on Oct. 19, 2022, in Toronto, Canada.Image: Getty ImagesThe Cleveland Cavaliers’ start to the 2022 season is even…

Management for the Panthers and Jazz might be all in on tanking, but that doesn’t mean the players are.Image: Getty ImagesProfessional sports are like many other industries. The goals of management and the employees are not always…

The Cleveland Cavaliers won the Donovan Mitchell sweepstakesPhoto: Getty ImagesWell,look at the Cleveland Cavaliers.A franchise that has been moribund for nearly every year of the new millennium that did not include LeBron James may have…

The Cavs and Nets are set to face off tomorrow.Photo: Getty ImagesIt’s play-in tournament time, and now that we know all the participants, let’s look at Day One, which will be the seven vs. eight seed in each conference. We have intriguing…

Evan MobleyPhoto: Getty ImagesThey did it again, damn it. The Cleveland Cavaliers have somehow avoided the hellish purgatory typically levied against small-market teams in between superstar stints. The first time LeBron James left, after an…

Feats of Klay.Illustration: Getty ImagesThose lovable, plucky underdogs, the Golden State Warriors. A couple of tough seasons — really one terrible season and another season that ended in disappointment, proved to be a mere traffic jam on…

Darius Garland + Collin Sexton = SexLand.Image: Getty ImagesIf there was a way to slyly tell you that Cleveland has the second best scoring defense in the NBA behind the Warriors, I would do that. But me doing the whole, “I bet you couldn’t…