NBA Basketball 3h Briefing
×Last updated: March 22, 2026, 2:30 AM ET
NBA Action & Milestones
The Los Angeles Lakers secured their ninth consecutive victory after Luke Kennard drained a decisive go-ahead three-pointer with only 0.6 seconds remaining, an evening where LeBron James made history by appearing in his 1,612th regular-season game espn.com. Elsewhere, Kevin Durant surpassed Michael Jordan for the fifth spot on the all-time scoring ledger, achieving the mark after contributing 27 points during his team's successful outing against the Heat espn.com.
Discipline & Appeals
Meanwhile, the disciplinary front is heating up as Luka Doncic is facing a mandatory one-game suspension after accumulating his 16th technical foul during Saturday night's contest against Orlando, prompting sources to indicate that the Lakers organization is appealing the technical assessed against Doncic following a verbal exchange with Goga Bitadze espn.com.