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Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic ejected with flagrant foul 2 for hard swipe at Phoenix Suns’ Cameron Payne
With the Denver Nuggets facing playoff elimination, league MVP Nikola Jokic was ejected from Sunday night’s game with a flagrant foul 2 after taking a wild swing in frustration at Phoenix Suns guard Cameron Payne. After a lengthy review, Jokic was handed the flagrant 2 and ejected from Game 4 of Denver’s Western Conference semifinal …
Need A-game in first playoff clash with Suns’ Chris Paul
LOS ANGELES — Friends since their high school days and former USA Basketball teammates and NBA Players Association leadership members together, LeBron James and Chris Paul are about to go against each other in the playoffs for the first time in their storied careers. “It’s going to be comparable to playing against [Rajon] Rondo in …
Former Portland Trail Blazers star Clifford Robinson dies at 53
Clifford Robinson, an early star in UConn’s rise to power, a former NBA All-Star and the 1993 Sixth Man of the Year, has died at the age of 53, the UConn Huskies confirmed Saturday on Twitter. No cause of death was given, though former Huskies coach Jim Calhoun said Robinson had a stroke 2 1/2 …
NBA news: Free Agency 2019: every deal, free agent tracker, remaining free agents, Kawhi Leonard, DeMarcus Cousins
The opening day was crazy, and while the second didn’t provide that same bang, it still kept us on the edge of our seats. Kawhi Leonard is probably the last max player left on the market, and we’re all waiting with bated breath for what’ll probably be the most consequential decision of the free agency. …
