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1:09 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks couldn’t help but crack a smile while discussing Bradley Beal‘s All-Star snub late Sunday night. After watching Beal rack up another 34 points in a 124-110 win over the Golden State Warriors, Brooks praised Beal’s latest performance while reminding the rest of the basketball

1:09 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks couldn’t help but crack a smile while discussing Bradley Beal‘s All-Star snub late Sunday night. After watching Beal rack up another 34 points in a 124-110 win over the Golden State Warriors, Brooks praised Beal’s latest performance while reminding the rest of the basketball

1:40 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — On Sunday morning prior to the New Orleans Pelicans final regular-season matchup of the year with the Los Angeles Lakers, Pelicans guard Josh Hart was asked about the potential of playing his former team in the playoffs. “That’s gonna be us being here and he stays there,

10:05 PM ET LOS ANGELES — In a season full of inconsistency, disruptive injuries and dozens of different starting lineups, the LA Clippers have been constantly reminded by Kawhi Leonard to keep their eyes on the big picture and not get caught up in the moment. So even though they were riding a season-high three-game

8:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is in advanced negotiations to purchase The Forum in Inglewood, California, from the Madison Square Garden Company, an acquisition that would clear a major hurdle in the Clippers’ efforts to construct a new home arena in the vicinity, according to league sources. The Clippers

6:53 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Dave McMenamin Close ESPN Staff Writer Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. The Lakers are

6:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES — In mid-February, during the NBA All-Star break, Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown secluded himself for 72 hours, covered a table with paperwork and sought to plan out the rest of the season. Brown soon addressed each of his players individually. When he approached backup guard Shake Milton, the message

5:34 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Just as the New Orleans Pelicans were becoming the healthiest they’d been all season, another injury popped up. This time, the team will be without guard JJ Redick, who left Friday night’s game against Cleveland with a left hamstring strain. An MRI over the weekend confirmed the

4:29 PM ET ESPN News Services Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo reeled off 41 points, 20 rebounds and six assists — in just 35 minutes — in Sunday’s 93-85 win over the Charlotte Hornets. It was the fewest minutes played in a 40-20-5 game in NBA history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The previous

4:03 PM ET Guard Jordan McRae has agreed to a contract buyout with the Denver Nuggets, clearing the way for him to join the Phoenix Suns, league sources told ESPN. Phoenix could claim him in the waivers process, allowing it to use his Bird rights to re-sign him to a new deal this summer. If