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The Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday despite playing without NBA legend LeBron James and veteran Marcus Smart and the Purple and Gold believe Maxi Kleber's airballed layup helped them win. Kleber got fouled on a drive to the hoop and had an easy layup, but he...

A blockbuster NBA trade idea sending LaMelo Ball to the Dallas Mavericks, Klay Thompson to the Los Angeles Lakers and Rui Hachimura to the Charlotte Hornets has been created. NBA writer Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report created the following trade idea between the Mavericks, Lakers and Hornets: Dallas Mavericks get:...

NBA legend LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers won't play against the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. James is out because of left foot injury management. Along with James, the Lakers will face the Pelicans without Marcus Smart, who is dealing with back spasms. James, 40, has appeared in...

Dallas Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg packed a weekend’s worth of NBA history into two nights in Los Angeles, turning a back-to-back against the Lakers and Clippers into a defining early chapter of his rookie season. On Friday, the 18-year-old became the youngest player in league history to record 10 assists,...

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo told reporters on Saturday that he wants to break LeBron James' NBA scoring record. James is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. Antetokounmpo is currently 47th. Against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday, Antetokounmpo became the sixth-youngest player in NBA history to score 21,000 points. Only James,...

Dallas Mavericks big man Anthony Davis will not play Saturday against the Los Angeles Clippers, completing the plan the organization set for his return from a left calf strain. The Mavericks confirmed that Davis would only play in one end of the back-to-back after logging 28 minutes in Friday’s 129–119...

In his first game in more than a month, Dallas Mavericks big man Anthony Davis looked like a player intent on re-establishing himself at the center of everything the team does. Davis finished with 12 points, five rebounds, five assists, and three blocks in 28 minutes during Friday’s 129–119 loss...

In a season defined by injuries, shifting lineups and growing pains, the Dallas Mavericks found another meaningful step forward Friday night in Los Angeles: the continued rise of Cooper Flagg. The 18-year-old delivered one of his most composed performances yet, finishing with 13 points, seven rebounds, and 11 assists in...

The Dallas Mavericks finally looked closer to the version they imagined when they traded for Anthony Davis. They had their star big man back on the floor, Cooper Flagg flirted with a triple-double, Ryan Nembhard delivered one of his best outings of the season and the turnover issues that have...

After the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night in their NBA Cup game, Austin Reaves and Anthony Davis exchanged jerseys. Reaves wanted to swap jerseys with Davis for a few reasons. "He's one of the best players to ever touch a basketball," Austin Reaves said about...