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PHILADELPHIA — For the first time since 2007, the Detroit Pistons have claimed the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed in the NBA playoffs. They last sat atop the East heading into the postseason when the late Flip Saunders patrolled the sidelines and Rip Hamilton was the Pistons’ leading scorer. Ron Holland II wasn’t even 2…

SAN FRANCISCO — Steve Kerr stepped to the podium on Thursday night with a small smile on his face and an extra pep in his step. The longtime coach of the Golden State Warriors has acquired something within his team that he hasn’t had at any other point in his 12-year tenure: bragging rights. That…

DALLAS — Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves will miss the rest of the regular season with a grade 2 left oblique muscle injury, the team announced Saturday. A league source told The Athletic that Reaves is expected to miss 4 to 6 weeks with the injury. The injury news comes one day after the Lakers…

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is expected to play Sunday night against the Houston Rockets after missing the last two months because of a right knee injury. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after Saturday’s practice that Curry, who has not played since Jan. 30, has looked good in practice, and that…

Candace Parker, Amar’e Stoudemire and Doc Rivers headline a nine-member class that has been selected for induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame next August. The threesome will be joined by Elena Delle Donne, Mark Few, Joey Crawford, Chamique Holdsclaw, Mike D’Antoni and the 1996 United States Women’s National Team in the Class of…

As the Los Angeles Lakers come to terms with Luka Dončić’s Grade 2 hamstring strain, the immediate questions are as obvious as they are urgent. How long is the recovery timeline? And more importantly, will the Lakers’ superstar be back in time for the NBA playoffs, which begin April 18? So far, we know for…

PHILADELPHIA — One hour after the Philadelphia 76ers captured their 43rd win in one of their most complete performances of the season, star center Joel Embiid voiced frustration with the organization — and general manager Daryl Morey — over not playing in a game earlier in the week. “I was pissed off,” Embiid said Friday…

DALLAS — Cooper Flagg continued his record-setting rookie season Friday, even as his Dallas Mavericks lost their 14th consecutive home game. Flagg scored 51 points in his team’s 138-127 home loss to the Orlando Magic to become the youngest player in NBA history to cross the 50-point threshold. The 19-year-old broke his own record for…

MILWAUKEE — Calling it “against my nature” to sit out games, Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo insisted he is healthy enough to play but is being held out by the only team he has represented in his 13-year NBA career. A league investigation into the matter, as first reported by The Athletic, is ongoing. Advertisement “You…

DALLAS — The Los Angeles Lakers will not have Luka Dončić for the remainder of the regular season, and almost certainly won’t have their star guard available to them whenever they begin the NBA Playoffs. An MRI revealed Dončić suffered a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, the Lakers announced Friday while only revealing he will…