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2:08 AM ET New year, new Mambacita? Former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant announced Tuesday night that he and his wife, Vanessa, are expecting their fourth child — a baby girl, or as Bryant wrote, “another #mambacita.” The couple already has three daughters: Natalia, Gianna and Bianka. Bryant made the announcement on his Instagram
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1:21 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LA Clippers guard Avery Bradley and Philadelphia 76ers wing Jimmy Butler were ejected after being involved in a shoving match in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s game at Staples Center. The incident occurred with 7:01 remaining in the game and the Sixers leading 110-95. Bradley and Butler were
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12:40 AM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MILWAUKEE — Pistons coach Dwane Casey had some strong words for referee Karl Lane after Detroit’s 121-98 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on New Year’s Day at Fiserv Forum. In the final minute of the game, Pistons guard Langston Galloway fell to the floor clutching his face after being struck
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12:17 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard looks ready to go back to San Antonio. Leonard scored a career-high 45 points — including 30 in the second half on 10-for-12 shooting — to lift the Toronto Raptors to a 122-116 victory over the Utah Jazz at Scotiabank Arena Tuesday night in their final
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6:24 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, still recovering from a significant groin strain that has kept him sidelined for three games, participated little in practice Tuesday but did get some shots up in front of coach Luke Walton for the first time since his injury. James is still
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2:56 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday afternoon that star guard Kyle Lowry underwent pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory injections in his back last week, and that he remains without a timetable for a return. Lowry, who had already been ruled out of Tuesday night’s game against the Utah Jazz, received the
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12:21 AM ET HOUSTON — A historic run by reigning MVP James Harden has allowed the Houston Rockets to rise in the Western Conference standings and awed his coaches and teammates. Harden continued his roll with a 43-point triple-double on Monday to carry the Rockets to a 113-101 win over the Memphis Grizzlies, pulling Houston
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11:04 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Kyrie Irving dressed alone in the visitors’ locker room after the Boston Celtics‘ 120-111 loss Monday to the San Antonio Spurs, squinting his eyes after suffering what he called a scratched left cornea in the fourth quarter. Celtics coach Brad Stevens wasn’t sure whether the injury could force Irving
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9:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Pelicans guard Elfrid Payton has returned from a broken hand that sidelined him for about six weeks and he was in the starting lineup against Minnesota on Monday night. However, the Pelicans say leading scorer and rebounder Anthony Davis is ill and unable to play against the
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