The Los Angeles Lakers (34-21) will look to LeBron James (24.7 points per game, 15th in NBA) when they try to beat Jayson Tatum (26.8, seventh) and the Boston Celtics (40-16) on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at TD Garden. The game begins at 8:30 PM ET on ABC.
Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics are the reigning NBA Champions, and in doing so, they officially took back the lead of most titles in the league’s history with 18. The 2024 championship was their first since 2008,
Not all that long ago, such a prospect would have been quite the stretch, given where each of the two storied rivals were in their respective contention arcs. But after the Lakers were practically gifted a potential generational talent in Luka Doncic by the Dallas Mavericks,
It's a compelling thought experiment that would flatter Tatum's body of work, which already gives him a 62% shot at the Hall of Fame by Basketball Reference's metrics (a larger number than, for instance, Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic).
Chandler Parsons is predicting a huge game for Lakers star Luka Doncic in his first matchup vs his old team, the Mavericks.
Luka Doncic faces his former team for the first time on Tuesday, Feb. 25 when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Dallas Mavericks.
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Dallas Mavericks big man Dwight Powell could potentially return on Tuesday vs the Lakers after missing over a month.
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Shooting guard Max Christie was somewhat of a throw-in piece in the shocking blockbuster trade between the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers in early February. The 2022 second-round pick joined 10-time All-Star big man Anthony Davis and a future draft pick in heading to Dallas,