Analyzing Thursday’s Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers odds and lines, with NBA expert picks, predictions and best bets.

Boston’s starting five is finding cohesion, and its defense stifled Golden State. The Celtics’ ability to stay consistent will be tested against the Clippers, who sit fifth in the Western Conference standings and sport a 15-7 record at the Intuit Dome.

These grades will take into account how each team's season has gone, yes, but also how those teams are doing relatively to both internal and external expectations. NBA midseason grades for every East team: Cavs earn 'A+,

After the Lakers and Clippers had games postponed due to Los Angeles-area wildfires, they are expected to resume play Monday.

The Clippers could be severely shorthanded when they face the Celtics with multiple rotation players listed on the injury report.

The Dallas Mavericks and Charlotte Hornets kick off an early slate of NBA games on Martin Luther King Day with a noon ET tip at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, are donating an initial $15 million in emergency funding for people affected by the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.

The Celtics nearly blew a gimme on Wednesday, but they pulled themselves together in overtime and defeated a short-handed Clippers team 117-113. Here are the takeaways.

Here are the latest predictions, probable starting lineups, and injury updates for the upcoming Dallas Mavericks vs. Denver Nuggets game.

It's hard to believe, but Kawhi Leonard's first dunk of the 2024-25 NBA season came on January 23, 2025 against the Washington Wizards. After missing months of

LeBron James is extending his All-Star records. The NBA revealed the starters — some of them, anyway — for the revamped All-Star Game on Thursday night, and there wasn’t much in the way of surprises.