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Photo: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez The Lakers (13-19) are set to face the Mavericks (17-16) today for their Christmas Day game. Los Angeles still remains without Anthony Davis who is recovering from right foot stress injury. LeBron James (left ankle soreness) is also on the injury report, listed as probable….

Photo: Phoenix Suns/Twitter The Golden State Warriors shocked the NBA world on Thursday afternoon, trading shooting guard Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards for veteran guard Chris Paul. Paul reveals how he found out about the Warriors trade: “I was at my gym here in Winston playing pickup … After…

The NBA is investigating the Philadelphia 76ers for potential tampering regarding the signings of James Harden, P.J. Tucker, and Danuel House Jr. However, Coach Doc Rivers insists the team committed no sort of infraction. Rivers spoke with Vince Carter on ESPN’s “The VC Show” and addressed how he’s handling the…

Andrew Wiggins was a revelation on a night when the super-hot fire known as Stephen Curry fizzled out in Game 5 against the Boston Celtics. Instead of allowing Curry’s slow night to deter him and his Warriors teammates, Maple Jordan showed up and showed out, finishing the Warrior’ 104-94 win…

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland feels confident about where the team’s at right now. (via Cleveland Cavaliers): “A lot of people don’t think that we’re in a good spot, but I think that we’re in a good spot for all the adversity that we’ve had and had to come…

Photo: Peter Baba The highly anticipated return of Luka Doncic to Madrid will be a brief one, as the Dallas Mavericks have confirmed that they will limit his playing time to approximately five minutes due to a left calf strain, per Marc Stein. While Doncic had expressed a strong desire…