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Amin Elhassan and Bradford Doolittle break down the Los Angeles Lakers-San Antonio Spurs first-round matchup with expert scouting and advanced metric analysis.

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Dick Vitale makes his NBA playoff predictions.

John Cregan reviews his preseason predictions to find five that hit and five that missed.

In a season of turmoil, what have we learned about the Lakers?

Our NBA experts predict who will become the 2012-13 Pacific Division champion.

Our NBA experts predict who will become the 2012-13 Western Conference champion.

Our NBA experts predict who will become the 2012-13 NBA champion.

One major component of the sports media business is making predictions. To call it more an art than science is a major disservice to art. It's more about making the best possible educated guess before hoping enough time passes that nobody remembers w...

Foolproof, lock-stock, no-doubt prognostications sure to happen (until they don't).

In ESPN The Magazine's NBA Preview, ESPN experts and Basketball Prospectus project each NBA team's season. The consensus? A Heat-Nuggets Finals. The winner? Let's just say, not one, not two ...

Who will be the NBA's Most Valuable Player in 2012-13? Our panelists make their predictions.

This year's CIF state championships on the girls side feature four strong favorites and one game that is almost too close to call. Note: All of the following writeups and selections are done with the highest level of respect to both teams and all...

Neil Tardy evaluates the fantasy basketball period of March 12-18 and explains why he'd consider picking up Josh Howard and Trevor Booker.

Stuck with an aging roster, and just 10,000 points shy of Kareem's record, what exactly is Kobe playing for?

Our NBA experts predict who will become the 2011-12 Pacific Division champion.

Our NBA experts predict who will become the 2011-12 NBA champion.