NBA Power Rankings: Lakers lose Luka Doncic; SGA pulls away in MVP race

The 2025-26 regular season is winding down. We just saw the penultimate week play out. At this point, teams are jockeying for seeding.

Per usual, expect a thrilling finish in the final days with the 2026 NBA playoffs right around the corner. Pretty eventful week. For better and worse.

The Los Angeles Lakers waved the white flag on their year. Luka Doncic is out for the foreseeable future with a calf strain. Austin Reaves was also lost for at least the rest of the regular season with an oblique injury.

Without those two, Los Angeles is a walking Round 1 exit. To put it lightly. Elsewhere, the Chicago Bulls waived Jaden Ivey.