Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: An inability to finish might mean the end to playoff chances

LOS ANGELES - They needed this one. They had this one.

LeBron James dunked through two defenders, then nailed a three-pointer over all of them, and suddenly the Milwaukee Bucks were back on their lightning-quick heels, the Lakers leading by two with barely two minutes left.

They stumbled over this one. They blew this one.

Rajon Rondo threw a lousy pass. James backed into a charging foul. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope threw a horrible in-bounds pass. The Bucks made layups. The Bucks hit

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times8 min readAmerican Government
Inside The Far-right Plan To Use Civil Rights Law To Disrupt The 2024 Election
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — At a diner just off the freeway north of Sacramento, a mostly white crowd listened intently as it learned how to “save America” by leaning on the same laws that enshrined the rights of Black voters 60 years ago. Over mugs of coff
Los Angeles Times7 min read
California Climbers Train For Mount Everest From The Comfort Of Their Own Beds
TRUCKEE, Calif. — Graham Cooper sleeps with his head in a bag. Not just any bag. This one has a hose attached to a motor that slowly lowers the oxygen level to mimic, as faithfully as possible, the agonies of fitful sleep at extreme altitude: headac
Los Angeles Times3 min read
Commentary: I Once Lived In My Car And Can’t Fathom Criminalizing Homelessness
I’ve been homeless. Twice. I faced a dilemma in those situations that more than 650,000 Americans experience on any given day: “Where am I going to sleep tonight?” The legal battles over criminalizing homelessness seem completely disconnected from th

Related Books & Audiobooks