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WASHINGTON — An explanation for why Paul George is suddenly looking like his All-Star version self for the first time in a Philadelphia 76ers uniform is simple on the surface, but layered in context. George’s resurgence is tied to a left knee injury that has lingered for years — one that was connected to the…

In the second quarter of the Dallas Mavericks’ Feb. 7 road game against the San Antonio Spurs, Klay Thompson got hot. The future Hall of Fame shooting guard made a 3 from the right corner first and then another 3 from the left wing. He scored 14 points in fewer than four minutes. Amid that…

Before Jayson Tatum’s season debut on March 6, Sam Hauser laid out the difficulty his teammate would encounter. With barely more than a month left in the regular season, Hauser pointed out the Boston Celtics would have little time to rebuild chemistry with Tatum. As much as Hauser expected the process to work smoothly, he…

The NBA regular season is coming to an end, and we already know that 10 teams are booked for vacations in various locales. The other 20 teams are still in contention for the 2026 NBA championship. Sure, there will be a Play-In Tournament to eliminate four more teams. But this year’s potential field for the…

INDIANAPOLIS — Four minutes into the fourth quarter of the 73rd game of the season, down 20 points, Pascal Siakam gets into a defensive stance, swiping at and ultimately stealing the ball from the Los Angeles Lakers’ Austin Reaves. Siakam was approaching 2,000 minutes played this season. His Indiana Pacers, to this point of the…

OKLAHOMA CITY — There wasn’t much said to Luka Dončić as he limped out of the locker room late Thursday night. There wasn’t much, frankly, to say. The Los Angeles Lakers, facing their biggest test since they announced themselves as serious contenders with a 15-2 March record, had completely blown it. This wasn’t just them…

OKLAHOMA CITY — What was supposed to be an MVP-candidate showdown is on the verge of ending as badly as possible for the Los Angeles Lakers. LA is getting beaten badly, but much more importantly, Luka Dončić left the game midway through the third quarter after suffering a left hamstring injury. With the Lakers trailing…

DETROIT — Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards missed Thursday night’s game against the Detroit Pistons with an illness, meaning he will not be eligible for All-NBA honors this season. Edwards returned for Monday’s game at Dallas after missing six contests with a right knee injury, which put him right up against the league’s 65-game threshold…

If 41-year-old LeBron James were to leave Los Angeles and play for another franchise, it definitely wouldn’t be the Memphis Grizzlies. If the Grizzlies had drafted an 18-year-old LeBron, he still might not have gone. While golfing on the “Bob Does Sports” YouTube show, James said he might have pulled an “Eli Manning” and refused…

As NASA’s Artemis II moon mission launched Wednesday to send astronauts into lunar orbit for the first time in over 50 years, the crew on board received a parting message from San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. Wembanyama was part of a NASA live stream that included Hollywood stars Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Gosling, among…