Here's everything you need to know to watch Game 3 of the Lakers vs. Thunder series, including the start time, TV channel and live stream information.

Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets meet LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers as they open their first-round NBA Playoffs series Saturday night in a matchup shaped by star power and major injuries.

For generations, the Lakers have been guided by a single strategy: get and keep stars. OKC's dominance is showing how antiquated that strategy truly is.

The Los Angeles Lakers were always going to have a tough go of it in their playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. It's been made more difficult by the absence of Luka Doncic. And the Lakers certainly haven't helped their cause by finishing games poorly -- actually,

Vanderbilt’s availability is a notable turnaround after he had previously been listed as questionable for Game 3 with the finger injury. The Lakers’ earlier status report had Vanderbilt questionable and Luka Doncic out, leaving Los Angeles with two major injury-related questions entering the matchup.

— Denver has a chance to become the fourth team to finish a regular season with a winning streak of 12 games or better. Philadelphia won its last 16 in 2017-18, Rochester won its final 15 games of the 1949-50 season (then lost a tiebreaker) and Milwaukee won its last 14 games in 1972-73.

The Oklahoma City Thunder (62-16) travel to Crypto.com Arena to face the Los Angeles Lakers (50-28) in a Tuesday night NBA matchup. MORE: Luka Doncic injury stokes debate about NBA 65-game rule for postseason awards How to Watch Thunder

The Los Angeles Lakers‘ hot streak in March had them sitting in the Western Conference’s third seed for a while. However, the Denver Nuggets recently took advantage of LA’s struggles as injuries piled up. After the Nuggets jumped the Lakers in the ...

Dončić's availability moving forward against the Thunder remains unclear beyond Game 1. But being ruled out a day ahead of time is generally not a good sign of a quick return.