The No. 5 seed Houston Rockets and No. 4 seed Los Angeles Lakers play Friday, May 1, in Game 6 of their first-round 2026 NBA playoffs series. The game is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. MST (9:30 p.m.

The Lakers take a 2-0 series edge while the 76ers and Blazers tie up their series, plus we look ahead to Wednesday's slate.

The Houston Rockets are fighting to stay in the NBA playoffs tonight in Game 6 of their first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers hold a 3-2 lead in the series and will eliminate ...

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The No. 6 seed Minnesota Timberwolves and No. 3 seed Denver Nuggets play Thursday, April 30, in Game 6 of their first-round 2026 NBA playoffs series. The game time and channel have not yet been ...

April 29 (UPI) --Victor Wembanyama said he is "hungry for even better matchups" after the San Antonio Spurs closed out the Portland Trail Blazers with a Game 5 playoff win. The NBA MVP finalist ...

New York is known to overpower all that came before — such as Reggie Jackson in Oakland and Mark Messier in Edmonton — making ...

The Lakers came into Game 4 on Sunday with an opportunity to become the first team to advance to round two. The Rockets, who continued to play without Kevin Durant, had other ideas. Houston survived ...

April 28 (UPI) --Nikola Jokic said the Denver Nuggets want to create energy, while ignoring "noise" in Game 6 of their first-round series with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jokic recorded a 27-point, 16 ...

Nikola Jokic's playoff struggles against 50-win teams spark a look at which NBA stars have the most such wins.

The Portland Trail Blazers are about as well-positioned for long-term success as they've been since they lost the 2019 Western Conference finals. There's clarity at the top of the roster: Deni Avdija ...

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