"Growing up as a black kid you had super heroes you looked up to that were not black," LeBron also had paid tribute to Boseman on Instagram.LeBron speaks for all of us there: We’re done with 2020 and F cancer.The Lakers went on to beat the Trail Blazers 131-122 to eliminate Portland from the playoffs.Any way you look at it, the Oklahoma City Thunder couldn’t throw a pea in the ocean (Break it down by game segment: In the first quarter, Oklahoma City shot 5-of-26 overall and 1-of-12 from three. Russell Westbrook pulled off the pass of the season in the Thunder’s huge win over the Raptors on Thursday. Games on Friday were also postponed.James said he hopes the past few days made a difference.“Obviously, the bubble season will never be forgotten. Lillard was named MVP of the seeding games heading into the playoffs, averaging 37.6 points and 9.6 assists in eight games.Trent Jr. took his Lillard’s spot in the opening lineup. Russell Westbrook bio, stats, and video highlights. So we wanted to just come in and try to work our game, get better and better as the games went on, as the series went on. THUNDER is a registered trademark of the OKC Thunder LLC. And you can’t have one without the other’Report: Bucks expected to forfeit Game 5, not prompt NBA-wide strikeNBA and players establish social-justice coalition, agree to promote votingReport: NBA employees strike, criticize league overly relying on players for social-justice pushDoc Rivers on mental health challenges: ‘Being in the bubble is hard’Report: Not all owners supported Black Lives Matters on NBA courtNBA playoffs headed toward Saturday restart (but it’s not yet official)NBA players challenge owners, say they must ‘truly dedicate to advancing’ social justiceMichael Jordan became bridge between owners, players in talksJared Kushner: President Donald Trump willing to work with striking NBA playersNBA ‘hopeful’ to resume games Friday or Saturday, reportedly likely SaturdayLeBron James change of position paves way for restart of gamesReport: NBA players decide to resume playoffs, Thursday games postponedReported belief among key NBA players: Most players want to continue seasonDamian Lillard leaves bubble to get treatment on injured kneeKyle Korver apologizes for, Jaylen Brown defends Bucks boycotting without warning other teamsNBA players meet Thursday morning to decide fate of playoffs; Owners also will meetLeBron James, Kawhi Leonard reportedly ‘adamant’ about canceling playoffsLakers, Clippers vote to cancel rest of playoffs; other teams votes to continueNBA players call meeting to discuss next steps; not leaving bubble. But because of injuries the eighth-seeded Blazers had just nine players available for the game.“All you can do is hope to hang around and make it a fourth quarter game and win in the end, and we didnt quite win it in the end,” Blazers coach Terry Stotts said.Portland’s lone win in the first-round series came in Game 1.• The NBA is continuing with the Summer League/AAU style format with two-to-four games spread out over the course of the day.NBA playoffs schedule 2020 (all times are Eastern):That’s the “Wakanda Forever” pose from the Black Panther movie, which starred Boseman, who died this week at the age of 43 due to cancer. And I believe we did that.”James had 36 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists and the Lakers advanced to the Western Conference semifinals, beating the short-handed Blazers 131-122 in Game 5 on Saturday night.James has never lost a first-round playoff series, going 14-0.The Lakers will play the winner of the series between Houston and Oklahoma City. This site is neither endorsed, nor sponsored by, nor affiliated with the OKC Thunder or NBA Properties LLC. Everything that's taken place the past few days, that's somewhat of our way to decompress and our outlet. After review, it is certainly up there:Westbrook finished the game with 19 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds in the 123-110 victory over the Detroit Pistons. HEIGHT 6 ft 3 in / 1.9m.