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LeBron James is not keen on the idea of shutting down the rest of his season, despite the Los Angeles Lakers' hopes of reaching the playoffs looking increasingly remote. The Lakers lost 113-105 to their cross-city rivals the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, a third straight defeat which left their record at 30-34. James' team are 10th in the Western Conference, 5.5 games behind the San Antonio Spurs in the eighth and final playoff spot, but the 34-year-old – who missed 18 games with a groin injury earlier this season, the longest absence of his career - insisted his instinct is not to bring 2018-19 to an early end. Continue to Article

March 05, 2019 7:24:am EST

The Los Angeles Lakers are facing an uphill battle to earn an NBA playoff berth after losing to the Clippers on Monday. The Lakers entered the matchup looking to move back into playoff contention, but fell short 113-105. Despite a 27-point, eight-rebound and six-assist performance from LeBron James and a triple-double from Rajon Rondo, the Lakers were just outmatched. Continue to Article

March 05, 2019 1:33:am EST

Wade scored 14 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter and the Heat won their season-high third straight home game by topping the Atlanta Hawks 114-113 on Monday night. It was the highest-scoring quarter of the season for Wade, and it helped Miami beat Atlanta for the first time in four tries. That's textbook, Hall of Fame poise,'' Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Continue to Article

March 04, 2019 11:06:pm EST

Pau Gasol signed with the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday, two days after the 38-year-old Spanish center reached a buyout agreement with the San Antonio Spurs. Shams Charania of The Athletic: The two-time NBA champion and six-time All-Star averaged 4.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 12.2 minutes in 27 games for the Spurs this season, his 18th in the NBA. In 1,223 career games with Memphis, the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago and San Antonio, he has averaged 17.1 points, 9.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.59 blocks and 33.5 minutes. Continue to Article

March 04, 2019 10:46:am EST

In general, NBA teams have no clue what to do when somebody plays a zone,'' Popovich said. They mostly automatically stand there and the ball moves around the horn and after a while somebody might attack a seam or do a little high-low or overload or something like that, but basically players get in mud. It doesn't matter what team it is, they just get in mud. Continue to Article

March 04, 2019 2:27:am EST

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