OKC is one win from the next round. Los Angeles is running out of time and running without one of its best players.

The Lakers look to stave off a sweep in Game 4 against the Thunder, who opened as 10.5-point favorites amid lopsided betting splits at BetMGM.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt made a surprise courtside appearance at the Lakers playoff game, sitting in Jeanie Buss’ seats and drawing attention alongside Hollywood stars at

The NBA playoffs have reached the conference semifinals, and several teams have seized commanding leads in their pursuit of the NBA Finals and basketball’s ultimate prize. The Los Angeles Lakers are not among them.

Vanderbilt’s availability is a notable turnaround after he had previously been listed as questionable for Game 3 with the finger injury. The Lakers’ earlier status report had Vanderbilt questionable and Luka Doncic out, leaving Los Angeles with two major injury-related questions entering the matchup.

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HOUSTON (AP) — LeBron James had 28 points and the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated Houston with a 98-78 win in Game 6 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series on Friday night by holding the Rockets to a season low in points.

The Thunder will be playing the full four quarters on Monday, but they’re expected to have things wrapped up well before that. They will face off against the Los Angeles Lakers in a Western Conference semi-final at 10:30 p.m. at Crypto.com Arena.

After the Thunder's sweep of the Lakers, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made sure to recognize the significance of competition against James at this point in his career.