The Trail Blazers and Spurs play in a very important game tonight with plenty of playoff implications involved. I think this may go to overtime, meaning we should max out on game stats. New York Knicks

The Los Angeles Lakers should get LeBron James back from his sore ankle soon with two target dates for a return to the lineup set.

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Westbrook now has 35 triple-doubles on the season, but he's been on a real tear in the last two months. The triple-double Saturday was his 25th in the last 32 games.

The Clippers are going for the season sweep of the Lakers as they are tied with the Nuggets in the standings at 44-22. It won't get any easier for the Lakers as they travel to Portland on Friday in a game that will determine the series tiebreaker.  Portland Trail Blazers

To vanquish that same demon against the team with the NBA's best record -- which just happens to be a potential playoff matchup -- can only provide Golden State with confidence heading into the postseason, where a "not again" moment would prove even more costly.

Russell Westbrook recorded his 182nd career triple-double Monday night, which passes Oscar Robertson for the most in NBA history. It is Westbrook's 5th career triple-double vs the Hawks. He now has at least 5 triple-doubles against 23 of the 30 NBA franchises pic.twitter.com/YkV3mFaCmK Phoenix Suns

The playoffs begin on May 22, with the play-in games beginning next Tuesday. The Lakers have three games left in the regular season to claim a top-six seed and a guaranteed spot in the first round. New Orleans Pelicans