Injuries, unfortunately, are just as much as part of the NBA playoffs as great performances by All-Stars ..read more

Here's who the OKC Thunder is projected to face in the second round of the NBA playoffs, according to ESPN's NBA Power Index ..read more

Clippers star and LA native Russell Westbrook was named a finalist to receive the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy, which goes to the NBA's Social Justice Champion Award winner ..read more

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: It's the season of giving and the Los Angeles Clippers continue to make their philanthropic mark on the community. Future Hall of Famer and Clippers guard Russell Westbrook attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Jesse Owens Park in South LA's Gramercy Park neighborhood in celebration of the renovations of an additional 117 Clippers Community Courts in LA County. LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Clippers star and LA native Russell Westbrook was named a finalist to receive the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Trophy, which goes to the NBA's Social Justice Champion Award winner ..read more

The Minnesota Timberwolves, powered by 40 points from Anthony Edwards, swept Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns out of the NBA playoffs on Sunday, reaching the second round for the first time in 20 years with a 122-116 game-four victory. The Timberwolves withstood a combined 72 points from Devin Booker and Durant to become the first team to reach the second round ..read more

The start of this one mirrored Game 1, when the Clippers jumped on the Mavericks early, built a huge lead, and shot lights out. Except this time, it was even more extreme thanks to the Clippers' absurd shooting. After hitting 50 percent from three-point range in Game 1, Paul George, James Harden, and the rest of the Clippers crew sank nearly every contested three, finishing with a staggering 62 percent from beyond the arc. The formula was the same: play in-your-face defense, get stops, push the tempo, and wait for Kyrie Irving to explode ..read more

The Timberwolves withstood a combined 72 points from Devin Booker and Durant to become the first team to reach the second round. Booker scored 49 points and two-time NBA champion Durant added 33 in a game that featured 23 lead changes -- with neither team leading by more than six points. It was a bitter end to the season for Phoenix, who had high hopes of a deep playoff run after bringing in Bradley Beal to join Durant and Booker in a "Big Three" in Arizona ..read more

The 2023-24 season was not a good one for the Brooklyn Nets, but general manager Sean Marks has a strong message for the loyal fanbase ..read more

The Los Angeles Clippers blew a 31-point lead to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of their first-round NBA playoff series before toughing out a 116–111 victory ..read more

Russell Westbrook earned an ejection from the Los Angeles Clippers' Game 3 loss to the Dallas Mavericks after being whistled for two technicals and a flagrant foul, concluding an abysmal performance in which he recorded just one point on 0-7 shooting from the field. While the performance was bad enough, Stephen A. Smith said he believed Westbrook's actions were worthy of suspension. Ahead of Game 4 between the Philadelphia 76ers vs. New York Knicks, Smith spoke on ESPN/ABC's “NBA Countdown” about Westbrook's Game 3 incidents and if there needed to be any extra punishment from the NBA ..read more