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11:31 PM ET Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young took issue with a play by Memphis Grizzlies guard Grayson Allen from Saturday’s game, apparently feeling Allen tried to intentionally trip him. Young was coming off a screen as Allen trailed behind and their feet tangled, with Young stumbling a bit on the play. “Damn… tell me
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9:07 PM ET NEW YORK — Spencer Dinwiddie strained his right knee and will miss the remainder of the Brooklyn Nets‘ game against the Charlotte Hornets, the team said. In the third quarter of Sunday’s game, Dinwiddie drove against Bismack Biyombo and planted his right leg awkwardly. Dinwiddie was on the floor, grabbing his right
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5:09 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The LA Clippers trailed by a historic 50 points at halftime to the Dallas Mavericks, who set the record for largest halftime lead in NBA history on Sunday. Playing without the injured Kawhi Leonard (mouth laceration) and Marcus Morris (knee), the Clippers couldn’t do much in the first half
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8:29 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony didn’t make the trip to Los Angeles for Monday’s game against the Lakers because of “health and safety” protocols, the team announced Sunday. Anthony, 36, is averaging 10 points in 22.5 minutes per game as the Blazers are off to 1-1 start. He scored five points
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3:40 PM ET Golden State Warriors center Marquese Chriss suffered a right ankle fracture in Saturday’s practice and will have surgery later this week, the team announced Sunday. The Warriors said Chriss “suffered a right syndesmosis ankle injury with a fibular fracture,” and a timeline will be set after the surgery. The 23-year-old found some
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5:51 PM ET The Dallas Mavericks set an NBA shot-clock era record by leading the Los Angeles Clippers by 50 points at intermission Sunday en route to a 124-73 victory. Yes, Kawhi Leonard was out, but it’s safe to say even someone of his talent couldn’t have helped the Clippers, who trailed 77-27 at intermission.
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8:33 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns suffered a dislocated left wrist and is expected to miss several games before he’s cleared to return. No surgery will be required, the team said Sunday, and the organization is terming his timeline on the basis of a weekly evaluation. There’s optimism that will require a relatively
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2:16 AM ET Fresh off a four-day forced quarantine, which followed weeks of his desire to be traded dominating headlines, Houston Rockets superstar James Harden had a performance Saturday night that reminded people why he’s a perennial MVP candidate. It just wasn’t quite enough to carry an extremely short-handed Houston team, missing six players due
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9:20 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN In Sunday’s New York Times, an advocacy group took out a full-page advertisement calling on the NBA and its owners to force Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores to sell his team because of his ownership of a prison telecom company. “It hurts,” Gores said during Saturday’s media availability ahead of
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