Tuesday afternoon, I opened my official NBA awards ballot and voted for ... fighting for a play-in spot to the second seed in the Western Conference -- and LA Clippers coach Tyronn Lue.

Heading into a Sunday slate featuring all 30 NBA teams, absolutely nothing was settled in most of the Western Conference playoff field. Three playoff spots were still up for grabs — the No. 4 ...

The 2025 NBA Western Conference playoffs will be one for the books, which is saying a lot for a conference that rarely fails to deliver on drama. And the first-round matchup between the Denver ...

Here's a look at the playoff picture for each Western ... Conference standings. Their fate would depend on the results of other games. The Clippers remain in contention for a top-six seed in the ...

The Western Conference is ready to rumble in the NBA Playoffs, and while OKC is the clear favorite ... along with the Nuggets’ recent firing of head coach Mike Malone and general manager Calvin Booth.

There are plenty Western Conference teams who receiving lots of love to win the NBA championship. The Los Angeles Lakers have the LeBron James-Luka Doncic dynamic. The Oklahoma City Thunder have ...

OKC is also the favorite to win the NBA Finals, just ahead of Eastern Conference ... Michael Malone last week, it would have been absurd to call the Nikola Jokic-led Nuggets the "wild card ...

As the 2025 NBA Playoffs begin, the Western Conference presents no shortage of ... Julius Randle at the trade deadline, moving on from Karl-Anthony Towns in the process. The Wolves hoped that ...