LeBron James made his first four 3-point attempts Saturday night in a 129-101 road win over the Golden State Warriors (31-29), and, along the way, he became the second player to make 1,000 3-pointers with the Los Angeles Lakers (35-24).

The 41-year-old James joined Kobe Bryant as the only two players in franchise history to accomplish the feat.

Here are the five players with the most Lakers 3-pointers all time:

1) Kobe Bryant: 1,827
2) LeBron James: 1,002
3) Derek Fisher: 846
4) Nick Van Exel: 750
5) Byron Scott: 595

James’ four first-half 3-pointers against the Warriors on Saturday were the most he’s recorded in a single half this season. He entered the break with a game-high 20 points and clocked out with 22 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds, helping the Lakers end their three-game skid.

In the second half, it was Luka Dončić’s turn to rain down 3s. Dončić’, who turned 27 years old Saturday, knocked down four triples early in the third quarter. He finished his celebratory day with 26 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds. Austin Reaves chipped in 18 points.

The Warriors dug themselves a double-digit hole in the first quarter. Without Kristaps Porziņģis, who is still out due to “illness,” and Stephen Curry, who is still nursing a right knee injury, Golden State couldn’t keep pace with a Lakers squad that, as a team, shot 19 of 41 from 3-point land.

Curry missed his 10th straight game.

“I’m feeling better. This is a weird one,” he told ESPN’s Malika Andrews during a mid-game interview on Saturday. “It’s kind of unpredictable how it would heal, but every day since All-Star week has been progress. That’s all I can ask for, and hopefully I’m back out [there] soon.”

When Andrews asked Curry about him being reevaluated on Sunday, he admitted “it’s going to be a little longer” before he returns.

“I haven’t gotten on the court yet,” he said. “But just trying to stay in shape, strengthen everything else around my body, knowing that, at this stage, once you get back, it’s kind of a full sprint to the playoffs. So once I get back on the court, it is a little bit of a pain tolerance thing, but it’s just something that you don’t want to have lingering because it can get worse.”

As for James, he’s remained healthy since missing the first 14 games of the season because of sciatica.

He’s in his eighth season with the Lakers, whom he first joined in 2018. But his contract is set to expire at the end of the 2025-26 campaign, his record-breaking 23rd season in the league.

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James has made 2,618 3s in his career, including 1,251 with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr issued a mea culpa on Saturday after appearing to question one of his newest players’ medical issues.

The Warriors acquired center Kristaps Porziņģis from the Atlanta Hawks at the NBA trade deadline, only a few months after the 7-footer revealed he dealt with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) while playing for the Boston Celtics in last year’s playoffs. POTS is a non-life-threatening blood circulation disorder in which a number of symptoms can emerge when the subject stands up.

Porziņģis had missed three straight games due to “illness” up to Fridaym leading to Kerr being asked about the POTS issue during an appearance on 95.7 The Game. His answer, via the San Francisco Chronicle:

“When I heard about the trade, I read about the POTS diagnosis and I called [Hawks GM] Onsi [Saleh]… and said, ‘Is this POTS story real?’ And he said, ‘It’s actually not POTS.’ That was some misinformation that was out there. I don’t know if anybody’s asked him about it. Bottom line is, whatever was bothering him in Atlanta that was keeping him out had nothing to do with the illness (this) week. He was just sick. … He was sick enough where he was losing a lot of fluid and contagious so we just kept him home and he’s doing a lot better now.”

A day later, Kerr acknowledged he made an error while speaking with reporters before Saturday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers:

“It was a stupid mistake by me to talk about something that I’m not qualified to talk about. I regretted even trying to discuss the diagnosis. That was my mistake. I need to leave that to professionals.”

When asked for details about what Porziņģis is dealing with, Kerr said, “It’s a medical issue way behind my capabilities of explaining anything. He’s sick, he won’t play, we’ll keep monitoring.”

Porziņģis has been a member of the Warriors for more than three weeks now, but has only played one game. He was dealing with an Achilles injury at the time of his trade, delaying his Golden State debut to Feb. 19., and he missed the three games after that with the illness.

He was again out Saturday, a 129-101 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, though he did practice Friday. Kerr indicated an appearance in Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers is a possibility.

The NBA awards races are heating up. But in addition to the nightly on-court performances of the league’s brightest stars, fans (and voters) will have to keep an eye on whether or not the stars are actually, um, on the court.

Due to the NBA’s 65-game rule in which players must appear in 65 games over the course of the 82-game season in order to qualify for year-end awards, a number of injured stars — including Giannis Antetokounmpo and Stephen Curry — are already ineligible for regular-season honors. In addition, several other notable awards candidates are at risk of losing their eligibility with six weeks — and roughly 20 games — left in the season. Let’s take a look.

Players at risk of not qualifying for NBA awards

Under the league’s 65-game rule, players who miss 18 games will no longer be eligible for season-ending awards.

Nikola Jokić, Nuggets: 16 games missed

• Missed a month with a left knee injury

• Remaining schedule

Lauri Markannen, Jazz: 16 games missed

• Currently out with a hip injury

• Remaining schedule

Devin Booker, Suns: 15 missed games

• Currently out with a right hip strain; also missed time with an ankle sprain

• Remaining schedule

Evan Mobley, Cavaliers: 15 games missed

• Missed time due to two calf strain injuries

• Remaining schedule

Kawhi Leonard, Clippers: 14 missed games

• Managing ankle soreness; also missed time with foot/ankle injuries

• Remaining schedule

Victor Wembanyama, Spurs:14 missed games

• Missed time earlier in the season with calf and knee injuries

• Remaining schedule

Deni Avdija, Trail Blazers:13 missed games

• Currently out with a back injury

• Remaining schedule

Luka Dončić, Lakers:12 missed games

• Missed four games with a left hamstring injury before All-Star break

• Remaining schedule

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder: 11 missed games

• Recently missed nine games with an abdominal strain

• Remaining schedule

Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves:10 missed games

• Missed time with hamstring and foot injuries earlier this season

• Remaining schedule

Cooper Flagg, Mavericks:10 missed games

• Currently out with a left foot sprain

• Remaining schedule

Players ineligible for NBA awards

These star players will not reach the league’s 65-game threshold for year-end awards this season.

• Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks

• Jimmy Butler, Warriors

• Stephen Curry, Warriors

• Anthony Davis, Mavericks/Wizards

• Joel Embiid, 76ers

• Josh Giddey, Bulls

• LeBron James, Lakers

• Ja Morant, Grizzlies

• Austin Reaves, Lakers

• Domantas Sabonis, Kings

• Franz Wagner, Magic

• Jalen Williams, Thunder

• Trae Young, Hawks/Wizards

The 2026 league year is coming next month. It officially begins on March 11, with the legal negotiating period beginning on March 9.

The Arizona Cardinals have many roster decisions to make before then.

Leading up to the new league year, we will profile every player on the roster, go over what they did last season, what their contract status is and what they face in 2026.

Next up is offensive lineman Hjalte Froholdt.

Hjalte Froholdt 2025 season

Froholdt was the Cardinals’ starting center for the third consecutive season. He has not missed a game since he was signed in 2023. He logged over 1,100 offensive snaps for Arizona.

Hjalte Froholdt contract status

Froholdt enters the final year of a two-year, $12 million contract extension he got in 2024. He is due a $500,000 roster bonus on March 15 and is scheduled to make almost $4.8 million and will count almost $7 million against the salary cap.

He could be released to save more than $5.6 million, leaving $1.3 million in dead money, but then they would need a new center.

Hjalte Froholdt offseason outlook

Until something changes, he should be viewed as the starting center. However, while the offensive line coach is the same, the rest of the offensive staff is different and new head coach Mike LaFleur has no connection to Froholdt.

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The Houston Rockets have had players donning a total of 52 different jersey numbers (and have one not part of any numerical series for Houston assistant coach and general manager Carroll Dawson) since their founding at the start of the 1967-68 season, worn by just under 500 players in the course of Rockets history.

To honor all of the players who wore those numbers over the decades, Rockets Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who wore them since the founding of the team all those years ago right up to the present day.

With seven of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Rockets of all time to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.

And for today’s article, we will continue with the 11th of 12 who wore the No. 8, wing alum James Ennis III. After ending his college career at Cal State Long Beach, Ennis was picked up with the 50th overall selection of the 2013 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks.

The Ventura, California native played the first seasons of his NBA career with the Miami Heat after a draft night deal. He also played for the Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis again, and the Detroit Pistons before he signed with Houston in 2018. His stay with the team lasted until he was dealt to the Philadelphia 76ers in 2019.

During his time suiting up for the Rockets, Ennis wore only jersey No. 8 and put up 7.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.0 steals per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

This article originally appeared on Rockets Wire: Rockets jersey history No. 8 – James Ennis III (2018-19)

Rhea Ripley is going to WrestleMania to challenge WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill after winning the 2026 Women’s Elimination Chamber match. Ripley pinned Tiffany Stratton, and outlasted Raquel Rodriguez, Kiana James, Asuka, and Alexa Bliss.

James and Stratton started off the match, and the former gymnasts went back-and-forth. Stratton went for a back handspring elbow, but James got out of the way and Stratton crashed into a pod. Asuka was out next, and James rushed into her pod and tried to beat her down, but Asuka was relentless, smashing Stratton off Bliss’ pod after beating James down. James sling shotted Stratton face-first into the cage, and it was Ripley out next. She hit a Razor’s Edge to Stratton and threw her into Asuka.

Ripley and Bliss tangled with each other in the middle of the ring, countering each other’s finishes. Bliss climbed the cage while the other women brawled below, and took out everyone but James with a cross body. James walked into a Sister Abigail, but Asuka hit Bliss with the mist. James rolled up Bliss for the first elimination of the match.

Rodriguez was out of the pod last and overpowered everyone, including James, who she ran through a pod. She slammed Asuka onto James, stacked the women, and eliminated them both. Ripley hit a cannonball to Rodriguez from the top of a pod, then Stratton hit a Prettiest Moonsault Ever to eliminate Rodriguez.

Stratton hit Ripley with the Alabama Slam, but Ripley got out of the way of a Swanton and ended up sending Stratton into the canvas face-first. Stratton hit her second Swanton attempt, but Ripley kicked out. Stratton looked for her moonsault again, but Ripley got up to smash her into the pod in front of her from the top turnbuckle and hit the Riptide for the win.

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Michigan State had a Friday to forget, losing to Ohio State, 5-1. Although it may have been one of the ugliest performances of the season, the Spartans still have all of their goals in front of them, and are just five points away from clinching an outright Big Ten championship.

Now, on Saturday, the Spartans will get their rematch with the Buckeyes in a primetime game inside of Munn Ice Arena, where the Spartans will honor their seniors on senior night.

Follow along with the action live from East Lansing:

How to Watch

Start Time: 8 p.m. ET on Saturday

Watch: Big Ten Network

Listen: Spartan Media Network (link)

This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: Michigan State hockey vs. OSU: Score updates, highlights and more