The Lakers are a star-driven franchise and there is still no bigger global basketball star than LeBron James.

Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section share their thoughts on the Lakers and Clippers after their first-round playoff losses.

Nikola Jokic stars as the Denver Nuggets, defending NBA champions, beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 117-90 to reduce the deficit to 2-1 in the Western Conference semi-finals of the play-offs.

That looked like the champions we have known the past couple of years.

The champs finally found their form against the Timberwolves in Game 3 of their second-round series.

After dropping down 0-2 in the series, the Denver Nuggets finally look like themselves.