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Clippers guard Kris Dunn and Orlando guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope battle for a loose ball in the first half. (Eric Thayer / Associated Press) Two of the NBA’s best defensive clubs collided Wednesday night and with that came the expectations of a slugfest between the Clippers and Orlando Magic. The Clippers already were a team that … Read more

UCLA forward Tyler Bilodeau (34) controls the ball in the paint under pressure from Idaho State forward Blake Daberkow (32) Wednesday at Pauley Pavilion. (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) As UCLA’s search for reliable offense continues, one tandem keeps rising above the rest. The frontcourt duo of Tyler Bilodeau and Eric Dailey Jr. showed once … Read more

Geno Auriemma became the winningest coach in NCAA basketball history on Wednesday in front of a sold-out Gampel Pavilion when his Huskies defeated Fairleigh Dickinson. Auriemma had been tied with former Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer going into the game before he surpassed her with his 1,217th win, skyrocketing him into the history books … Read more

In a best-case scenario, it’d be just a one-game need for the Nets. They’d get Cam Thomas — who missed Tuesday’s win with lower back tightness that head coach Jordi Fernandez called “nothing major” — back in their lineup Friday and wouldn’t start Jalen Wilson. But in the context of Wilson’s trajectory, as a former … Read more

The 76ers are likely holding their breath over one of their biggest stars. Paul George suffered a left knee hyperextension in the third quarter during Wednesday’s 117-111 loss to the Grizzlies, the 76ers announced. He was ruled out for the remainder of the game. George injured the knee during the third quarter when he went … Read more

The Raiders are on the verge of adding two more partial owners. Owner Mark Davis has agreed to sell 15 percent of the team in equal parts to Egon Durban, the Silver Lake co-CEO and Endeavor board chairman, and Michael Meldman, the Discovery Land Company chairman, The Athletic reported Wednesday night. According to the report, … Read more

PHOENIX — There’s something about this arena for Jalen Brunson.  A year after he dropped his first 50-bomb in Phoenix, the Knicks point guard pulled off his best performance of the young season with 36 points and 10 assists to bury the Suns in a 138-122 Wednesday cruise.  Brunson shot 12-for-21, including 7 of 11 … Read more

Etiwanda’s Grace Knox goes up for a shot against Corona Centennial in Wednesday’s season-opening win. (Craig Weston) If you sit close enough to Etiwanda girls basketball coach Stan Delus, you will hear a running commentary of likes and dislikes. “Bang,” he yells out when he thinks one of his players is going to make an … Read more

USC coach Eric Musselman, shown on the sideline earlier this season, got a boost from his bench during a win over San José State Wednesday. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) As the game dwindled down in its final minutes, USC’s Chibuzo Agbo held the ball in the post under the basket with a player … Read more

It is not the same. “Yeah, I think just the opportunity I had last year to be able to play in games was all the difference it was to now,” Tommy DeVito said. “I have a year under my belt. I’ve played in preseason games, practice and real games, so it’s a little different this … Read more