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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 …

The last time the Phoenix Suns were in the postseason, they advanced all the way to the Western Conference finals. It looks like history is going to repeat itself. With a 116-102 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Friday, the Suns took a 3-0 lead in their second-round series and now appear poised to advance …

Game 1 between the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets was truly a tale of two halves. The teams played as competitive of a first half as any fan could have asked for but, then, Chris Paul and the Suns took control during the third quarter and never looked back as they came away with …

The Los Angeles Lakers’ brief reign is over. The Phoenix Suns eliminated the Lakers from the N.B.A. playoffs on Thursday night with a 113-100 victory in Game 6 of their first-round series, ending LeBron James’s hopes of hauling the Lakers to back-to-back championships. It is the first time that James, 36, has exited the playoffs …

Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers watches from the bench during the first half in Game Five of the Western Conference first-round playoff series at Phoenix Suns Arena on June 01, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)  Lakers forward Anthony Davis is expected to start on Thursday in Game …

The Los Angeles Lakers will likely be without Anthony Davis for their Game 5 matchup against the Phoenix Suns after he suffered a left groin strain in the second quarter of their game on Sunday. According to The Athletic, Davis is currently listed as day-to-day with a Grade 1 groin strain, but the Lakers are …

Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul, left, battles with Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis, right, for a loose ball during the first half of Game 2 of their NBA basketball first-round playoff series Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul is starting for the team in …

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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 …

In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a brilliant “celebrity star,” one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy, surrounded by a glowing halo of gas and dust. Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI Petulant Star Ejects Spectacular Bubble of Glowing Gases The …