Oklahoma City’s 53-12 record is the best in the NBA, and it has an 11-game lead for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. This is the final game on the Celtics’ seven-game homestand, including other marquee matchups with the Cavaliers (loss) and Lakers (win).

NBA Finals preview? Future rivalry? Biggest takeaways coming out of the Thunder-Celtics last regular-season matchup.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have swept the season series with the Boston Celtics but each game was a great display of basketball. The NBA would be lucky if each team can navigate to the NBA Finals.

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LeBron James is currently out of the Los Angeles Lakers lineup as he deals with a groin injury that he suffered last Saturday. He will miss Friday night's game vs. the Denver Nuggets. However, he is expected to travel to Sacramento on Friday night to attend the Division I basketball California state championship game to support his son Bryce James,

Just when it appeared as if the Lakers were a true contender for an NBA Finals run this season, devastating news hit the franchise in the form of an injury to LeBron James. And more trouble could be on the way as Los Angeles has now dropped down to fourth in the West with James out with an Achilles injury.