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What ails the .500 Lakers, other than years of negative karmic buildup

The offense stinks, the defense isn't as good as it needs to be to make up for that and everything the team has done, from the competitive sweep to the offseason, has been overrated.

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The O.G. domino has fallen

The Raptors trade O.G. Anunoby to the Knicks for R.J. Barrett and Immanuel Quickley. What next?

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Are the Pistons are the best 2-29 team of all-time?

Detroit comes extremely close to an extremely funny win over the best team in the NBA. Alas.

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What the NFL crushing the NBA on T.V. means for basketball fans ... eventually

Less success on television likely means less free access.

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It's darkest before the dawn (the dawn is 2 months late)

The Pistons hit Consecutive Loss No. 27.

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The Suns are careening toward disaster

Phoenix is out of the play-in. It's not just injuries that have been a problem.

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The Pistons have an entire English alphabet's worth of consecutive Ls

L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L-L.

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The Pistons found something funnier than 24

PLUS: A word about, uh, Nazis?

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Joel Embiid and ethical scoring

The Big Fella puts up 51 on the NBA's top defense. Seventeen of those points came at the line.

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Ja did

PLUS: The problem with Boston is still a problem.

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Ja Morant's suspension is over. The Grizzlies' season is not.

The play-in is going to save Memphis.

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The Cavaliers' bad news could become an instruction manual

How the losses of Evan Mobley and Darius Garland might reveal what's wrong with Cleveland this season.