LeBron James made an incredible selfless play to give the Los Angeles Lakers the win against the Toronto Raptors at the expense of his historic streak of consecutive games with 10 or more points.

Players, including Tyrese Haliburton, dislike the rule; the Indiana Pacers star called the threshold “stupid” after a Pacers practice in January 2024. A person familiar with the National Basketball Players Association’s (NBPA) plans will push to reduce the threshold in the next CBA, which will come after the 2029-30 season.

Gonzalez gave another glimpse of a promising future as he had a career-high 14 points and five rebounds, shooting 6-for-7 from the field against Washington. The rookie will dish out some highlights, too, including a chase-down block on Cam Whitmore in the first quarter. Those are the types of plays where he just breathes life into the game.

The NBA Cup group play continues Friday. Here's what to know for the final week of group play games.

Fans will still vote for the All-Star Game starters, but it will be positionless, and the players will land in an exciting new format.

Tyrese Maxey showed, once again, that he’s super talented. As good as Maxey is playing, Joel Embiid has to get better to lead the 76ers if they expect to win an NBA championship. The Sixers need to do a better job of holding leads.

For the first time since the event started three years ago, the Heat have qualified for the knockout round of the NBA Cup, the league’s in-season tournament.

The Lakers’ NBA Cup quarterfinal game will be against the Spurs with the winner advancing to Las Vegas.

I spent three days at the Players Era Festival last week and between that and the Arizona vs. UConn game, I've now gotten eyes on twenty different college programs and dozens of NBA Draft prospects within the last few weeks.