Dončić has provided everything the Lakers could’ve asked for and then some — one of the biggest reasons why they’re just a half-game out of second in the West.

Monday’s NBA action features a nine-game slate, including a few teams playing the second night of a back-to-back. The Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Milwaukee

Both LeBron James and Luka Doncic are out for the Los Angeles Lakers due to injuries, with the former yet to play this season due to sciatica and the latter missing their last three games as he nurses a left finger sprain and a lower leg contusion. Amid their absence, however, Austin Reaves has carried the Purple and Gold.

Donovan Mitchell can light it up with the best of them when he gets on a roll, and his 46-point clinic against the Philadelphia 76ers last week was the latest reminder. He’s averaging 34 ppg so far in November, and he’s got the Heat in his sights tonight.

Luka Doncic was great in his fourth NBA season, as expected, but the Dallas Mavericks' role players meshed together in a way we hadn't seen before. The 2021-22 NBA season didn't end the way the Dallas Mavericks hoped it would, but the team took some ...

Luka Garza is only the second-best Luka in the NBA. But he's still a pretty darn gifted basketball player, and he showed that for the Boston Celtics on Sunday. In Boston's narrow win over the Orlando Magic, they needed every bit of what Garza did. He scored 16 points.