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5 days ago | nba.com | Shaun Powell

Download the NBA AppThere’s no next game for 14 teams. Instead, it’s all about next season for those non-playoff teams with plenty of time on their hands to survey their situations and examine what went wrong. Or perhaps, what’s going right. That’s correct — most of these teams own their No. 1 picks in the June draft, boast a collection of young players on the rise and bring flexibility under the salary cap to add free agents or swing deals this summer.

6 days ago | nba.com | Shaun Powell

Download the NBA App2025 NBA playoffs scheduleNBA playoffs: Bracket & complete coverageLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers managed to earn the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference by using a vastly improved defense, all-around play from LeBron James and, of course, the welcome addition of Luka Dončić. And all of those advantages showed up in the first-round playoff series with the Minnesota Timberwolves — a game late, but just in time.

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