NBA, Players Union Agree To 72-Game Season Starting On Dec. 22
The NBA Players Association reportedly voted Thursday night to approve a 2020 season tip-off date of Dec. 22. With this new start date, teams would open training camp on Dec. 1.
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The NBA Players Association reportedly voted Thursday night to approve a 2020 season tip-off date of Dec. 22. With this new start date, teams would open training camp on Dec. 1.
The crowd got out of control as the night wore on, with people setting off fireworks in the street, spraying graffiti and blocking intersections. Some started throwing rocks and bottles.
Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat delayed its appearance. The NBA Finals are not over, not after Butler and the Heat pulled off a virtuoso performance in Game 5 on Friday night.
The Lakers will be donning their "Black Mamba" jerseys in honor of Kobe Bryant.
The Los Angeles Lakers were on the cusp of the franchise's first championship in 10 years, taking a 3-1 lead Tuesday night over the Miami Heat with a 102-96 win.
Jimmy Butler finished with 40 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, and the Heat beat the Lakers without starters Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic.
The Los Angeles Lakers are one game closer to their first NBA Finals championship since 2010 after beating the short-handed Miami Heat 124-114 Friday night.
Anthony Davis scored 34 points in his finals debut, James had 25 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists and the Los Angeles Lakers rolled past the Miami Heat 116-98 on Wednesday night.
While LeBron James is preparing for Game 1 of the NBA Finals, some big news dropped on Wednesday about his off the court ventures.
The Lakers won thanks to a whopping 25-6 advantage in second-chance points.
"That's a shot Kobe Bryant would hit. To me, AD coming off, just flying to the wing like that, catch-and-shoot with the biggest game on the line of our season, nothing but net, it's a Mamba shot."
The music star and big Lakers fan has started a new Twitter account with her basketball musings and trash talk. The Lakers are unbeaten since.
The Lakers outrebounded the Rockets 52-26.
The triumph gave James his NBA-record 162nd postseason victory, surpassing former Lakers guard Derek Fisher's 161.
A local tattoo artist has a passion for creating portraits of the late Lakers legend and he spoke about it with CBSLA's Kristin Smith.