The NBA is loaded with elite backcourt duos, but which pairing reigns supreme? From Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves to dynamic star tandems across the league, we rank the 10 best backcourts in the game today.
The Los Angeles Lakers’ trio of LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and Austin Reaves shined with a historic night in Thursday’s 111-102 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena.
The argument can be made, and has been, that the NBA regular season is too long. Many argue we don’t need 82 games to properly seed these teams for a compelling postseason, and continuing with this season’s length compromises the end-of-year product.
At No. 1, Perkins chose his ex-squad, the defending champion Boston Celtics' trio of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis. He highlighted Tatum and Brown's well-rounded wing production and Porzingis' versatility as a rim-protecting stretch five.
Jaylen Brown scored eight of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the visiting Boston Celtics defeated the Toronto Raptors 111-101 on Tuesday night.
Payton Pritchard made eight 3-pointers and scored 28 points, Jayson Tatum finished with his fourth career triple-double, and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 124-104 on Thursday night. Tatum had 15 points,