Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
Consensus @itsbrianbarrett & I built on #AllNBA, in some order: Shai, Jokic, Giannis, Tatum, Mitchell, Edwards, Brunson, LeBron, Curry, Mobley, Cade, Jackson, Towns, Sengun…then Tyrese, Booker or Ja.Williams? And where does Jaylen stand?
We discuss: youtube.com/live/kqQP01HHP… – 11:38 AM

Khobi Price @khobi_price
Final: Lakers 126, Thunder 99.
LAL makes a season-high 22 3-pointers in the win over the league-best OKC. Luka Doncic: 30p/7r/6a/2s. Austin Reaves: 20p/3a. LeBron James: 19p/7a/3r. Six Lakers scored in double figures. LAL moves to 48-30.
Back at it again on Tuesday night. – 5:51 PM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
The Lakers eclipse last season’s win total, picking up No. 48 with four games remaining, with a dominant 126-99 victory over the NBA’s No. 1 team in OKC. Luka 30p 7r 6a 2s; Reaves 20p 3a; LeBron 19p 7a 3r; DFS 14p on 4-of-5 shooting from 3 7r; Vincent 12p on 4-of-7 from 3. – 5:49 PM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
The Lakers responded to a quick OKC push with B2B 3’s, from Finney-Smith and Vincent, who have combined for 8 of LA’s 18 triples tonight.
LeBron then beat the buzzer with a tough fadeaway 2 that mad it 103-77 LA with 12 minutes to play. – 5:21 PM

Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
LeBron and Ovi. Both graying. Both No. 1 picks. Both should be past their prime. Both still better than just about everyone. Both the greatest scorers in the history of their leagues.
Those two having a podcast conversation would be unreal. – 2:03 PM

Eddie Sefko @ESefko
Mavericks down 114-84 early in the fourth quarter. A lost weekend in LA will leave them with plenty of talking points heading into Wednesday’s game against Luka Doncic, LeBron James and the Lakers at AAC. – 12:31 AM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
And then there were five: LAL picked up win No. 47 in Game No. 77, beating NOLA 124-108. Luka 35p 6r 6a; AR 30p 7a 4r; LeBron 27p 8a 2s; Knecht 12p; Hayes 6p 12r 2b. The Lakers head on the road for a two-game set with OKC on Sun/Tues followed by Luka’s Dallas return Weds – 12:56 AM

Khobi Price @khobi_price
Final: Lakers 124, Pelicans 108.
LAL (47-30) moves back to the No. 3 spot in the West standings with this victory and GSW’s win over DEN.
Luka Doncic: 35 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds. Austin Reaves: 30 points, 8 assists, 3 rebounds. LeBron James: 27 points, 8 assists. – 12:56 AM

Dave McMenamin @mcten
Austin Reaves went 6-for-9 from 3 tonight after going 9-for-16 from 3 last night. He set a new franchise record for made 3s over a two-game span with 15, per the Lakers. – 12:52 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Players with the most 3’s in a 2-game span this season:
Stephen Curry: 17
Anthony Edwards: 16
Curry: 16
Trey Murphy: 16
CJ McCollum: 16
Austin Reaves: 15
Damian Lillard: 15
Cam Johnson: 15
It’s the most ever in a 2-game span for a Laker, passing Kobe and Dalton Knecht (14). – 12:44 AM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Austin Reaves is a combined 13 for 22 from 3 on this B2B, going 9 for 16 last night, and 4 for 6 thus far tonight with 5:30 to play in the 3rd Q.
He’s up to 186 on the season, 2nd in Lakers history behind only D’Angelo Russell (226 last year). – 12:13 AM

Khobi Price @khobi_price
Halftime: Lakers 62, Pelicans 53.
LeBron James: 13 points (4-7), 5 assists. Luka Doncic: 13 points (3-12), 3 assists. Austin Reaves: 11 points (3-6), 3 assists. – 11:44 PM

What was seen and heard on a tour, however, was reminiscent of the mission LeBron James launched in 2011 to teach disadvantaged children to read. It’s a mission that grew into a public school James opened in 2018, I Promise School, and a job training program for adults that includes the first Starbucks of its kind. Something similar is happening on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Albert Gutzmann School, opened in 1972, is one of four elementary schools in Berlin with full sponsorship from Alba Berlin, the city’s pro basketball team that plays in the EuroLeague. Alba has dozens of employees in those schools providing counseling, sports coaching, after-school learning and a connection for the students (and their families) to a pro team that makes them want to stay engaged at school. Alba Berlin is the only basketball franchise in Germany, if not the whole EuroLeague, this involved in its local school system. -via New York Times / April 7, 2025

Khobi Price: Final: Lakers 126, Thunder 99. LAL makes a season-high 22 3-pointers in the win over the league-best OKC. Luka Doncic: 30p/7r/6a/2s. Austin Reaves: 20p/3a. LeBron James: 19p/7a/3r. Six Lakers scored in double figures. LAL moves to 48-30. Back at it again on Tuesday night. -via Twitter @khobi_price / April 6, 2025

The fact that Reaves went undrafted may have had something to do with his poor 3-point percentage as a guard at Oklahoma. Perhaps because he was asked to do so much creating on the ball, Reaves shot just 25.9% as a junior and 30.5% as a senior, numbers that seem odd in hindsight for a guy that’s now a career 36.8% shooter in four NBA seasons. This year, Reaves has made 188 threes with five to go, the 2nd-most in Lakers history, despite missing seven games. “The one area during the draft process he didn’t have was the consistent shooting, but we like to evaluate the mechanics of shooting, knowing that reps will lead to increased effectiveness, and he had good follow through, good spin on the ball, good arch, so all the things you look for in a shot,” Pelinka recalled. “It was just getting the reps in to become a shot maker, and that’s where he’s gone from a really good player to now a great player, because he’s a shot maker.” -via NBA.com / April 6, 2025