News about Coby White

On Friday night, Coby White scored 24 points and the short-handed Chicago Bulls rallied past the weakened Mavericks 115-112, effectively ending Dallas from play-in competition a year after the club advanced to the Western Conference finals. All three Texas-based NBA teams (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio) will miss the playoffs for the first time in history. Dallas coach Jason Kidd said before the game that a "organizational decision" was made to limit Luka Doncic to the first quarter while sitting with fellow All-Star Kyrie Irving and four other regulars before the club was barred from the postseason. Irving, who wanted to be moved out of Brooklyn to a playoff contender, will now miss the playoffs entirely.

The Los Angeles Lakers threw the Indiana Pacers 112-111 on Thursday night, LeBron James had 26 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists, bringing him within 63 points shy of becoming the NBA's career scoring leader. James has 38,325 points, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar holding the record at 38,387. "I just knew my game was more on the interior tonight," James said. "Needed to get some rebounds," says the author, "I felt like we were attacking, particularly in the fourth quarter."

It was the first NBA game in Europe since 2020, and Zach LaVine and Co. did not disappoint the stars and French fans who attended. The Bulls defeated their Central Division foe for the 13th time in a row. Lavine poured in 30 points. As seven Bulls scored in double figures, DeMar DeRozan added 26 points, nine rebounds, and five assists. Nikola Vucevic had 16 points, 15 rebounds, and six assists, Ayo Dosunmu had 13 points, Derrick Jones Jr. had 12 points, and Chicago's Patrick Williams had 10 apiece.