The Oklahoma City Thunder earned a 136-120 home win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, pulling away after Luka Doncic's ejection.

Golden State's switch-heavy scheme was a problem for Dončić and company. "That performance from me was unacceptable."

The Denver Nuggets stunned the NBA on Tuesday afternoon when they abruptly fired head coach Michael Malone and general manager Calvin Booth. Now, all eyes are on the future of superstar center Nikola Jokic, and if the team decides to move on from him as well, the Los Angeles Lakers have quickly emerged as the favorite to land him.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 42 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder ran away from the Los Angeles Lakers 136-120 after Luka Doncic was ejected.

Six games now separate the Los Angeles Lakers from the start of the 2025 NBA playoffs following Thursday night's 123-116 loss to the Golden State Warriors. The game was telltale in many ways, reinforcing our overlying impression of these remade Lakers: that they are clearly dangerous yet also a somewhat mysterious work-in-progress.

Bronny James has turned the narratives surrounding his spot in the Los Angeles Lakers from skepticism and nepotism to cautious hope. Children of NBA superstars don’t often find the same level of success as their fathers.

Baylor won the Rookie of the Year Award with the Minneapolis Lakers in 1958-59. He averaged 24.9 points, 15.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game, which also helped him make the All-Star team and finish third in MVP voting. In 1960-61, he finished second in the league by averaging 34.8 points per game, behind only Wilt Chamberlain (38.4).

He led his Dallas Mavericks to a six-game, second-round upset over the Thunder last year. In that series, he put up 24.7 points, 10.5 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 3.0 threes, while shooting 39.1 percent from deep.

Lastly, the LA Lakers Depth Chart also has backup bigs behind Anthony Davis. Jaxon Hayes and Christian Koloko are young and athletic bigs who can make cuts and finish the plays with authority ...