The popular event was one of the things lost to the pandemic.
NBA Summer League reportedly to return to Las Vegas in August — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points, reserve Lou Williams had 19 and the Los Angeles Clippers edged Utah 116-112 on Friday night, snapping the Jazz’s nine-game winning streak.The Clippers avenged an 18-point loss to Utah two nights earlier, when starters Leonard, Paul George and Nicolas Batum were sidelined. George had 15 points in his return from a seven-game absence with an injured toe.Donovan Mitchell scored 29 of his 35 points in the second half for the NBA-leading Jazz, who lost for just the second time in their last 22 games. Bojan Bogdanovic added 23 points, reserve Jordan Clarkson had 19 points and Rudy Gobert had 15 rebounds as Utah fell to 24-6.The Clippers got timely 3-pointers from Marcus Morris and Patrick Beverley, who made two apiece in the fourth. Beverley’s consecutive long-range baskets pushed their lead to 107-94 and finished off a 20-10 run.The Jazz weren’t done yet. They closed to 112-110 on consecutive 3-pointers by Mitchell. Beverley and Leonard combined to make four straight free throws that kept the Clippers ahead 116-110.George fouled Mitchell on a 3-point attempt, and Mitchell made the first two with 2 seconds to go. He deliberately missed the third and Royce O’Neale grabbed the offensive rebound but missed at the buzzer.The Clippers led by 15 points in the second quarter and were up by 10 early in the third only to see the Jazz tie it up. Mitchell scored 12 of Utah’s first 15 points, including seven in a row.Neither team led by more than five points the rest of the third. Leonard, who returned after missing three games with a bruised leg, carried the Clippers with 14 points in the quarter after having just 12 in the first half. His pair of free throws sent Los Angeles into the fourth leading 79-75.TIP-INSJazz: Mike Conley finished with 16 points in his return after missing six games. … They are 2-1 against LA this season. … Fell to 11-4 on the road.Clippers: Leonard was selected as a starter for the West in next month’s All-Star Game in Atlanta. It will be his fifth career appearance, having been a starter each time. Last year, he was named MVP, scoring 30 points in the West’s win. UP NEXTJazz: Host Charlotte Hornets on Monday.Clippers: Host Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.___More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
Clippers edge Jazz 116-112, snap Utah’s 9-game win streak — The China Post, Taiwan
The Brooklyn Nets’ defense isn’t good lately, but it’s better, and that may be good enough.
Three things to know: Brooklyn’s defense is getting better, which should scare league — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
Editor’s note: This is the Friday, Feb. 19 edition of the Purple & Bold Lakers newsletter from reporter Kyle Goon. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. LeBron James still leans on Anthony Davis. It’s not to make a shot. Or get the block if a driver gets behind him. Or grab…
Four storylines to watch as Lakers go without Anthony Davis — Press Telegram
The Spurs are quarantining after four players tested positive for coronavirus.
DeMar DeRozan mourns father — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
INJURY REPORT AT 5:30 P.M. FRIDAY
09:00 (ET) TOR@MIN Minnesota Timberwolves Culver, Jarrett Out Injury/Illness – Left Ankle; Sprain
Russell, D’Angelo Out Injury/Illness – Left Knee; Surgery
Toronto Raptors Harris, Jalen Out G League – On Assignment
Lowry, Kyle Questionable Injury/Illness – Left Thumb; Sprained
McCaw, Patrick Probable Injury/Illness – Left knee; Surgery – Rehabilitation
RAPTORS NOTES
• The Toronto Raptors finish a three-game road trip (Feb. 16-19) Friday night with the second game of a back-to-back set against Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. Toronto is winless (0-4) in the second game of a back-to-back this season. The Raptors return home to host the first of consecutive games versus the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday (Feb. 21-23). Toronto will play five-of-seven games at home in Tampa to wrap-up its first half schedule. The Timberwolves beat the Toronto Raptors 116-112 on Sunday.
• After starting the 2020-21 campaign with one win in seven games, the Raptors have an opportunity against the Timberwolves to get back to .500 (14-15) for the first time this season.
• Kyle Lowry missed his fourth game of the season yesterday at Milwaukee due to a left thumb sprain. Lowry injured the thumb in the first quarter Tuesday against the Bucks. The Raptors are 4-0 this season without Lowry in the lineup and 16-2 dating back to the start of last season.
• The Raptors are 6-3 in the month of February. Toronto ranks third in the NBA averaging 120.4 points in February, and tied for fourth shooting .412 (133-323) from beyond the arc. The Raptors have scored 120+ points six times this month after reaching the mark just twice in their first 20 games. Fred VanVleet (23.7),
Pascal Siakam (23.2) and Norman Powell (21.7) are all averaging 20+ points in February. The trio combined for 73 points in Thursday’s victory over the Bucks.
• Fred VanVleet has led (or tied) the Raptors in assists in each of the last seven games (Feb. 6-18). VanVleet is averaging 8.3 assists during this stretch, totaling 58 assists compared to 21 turnovers.
• Norman Powell scored 15 of his season high-tying 29 points in the first quarter last night at Milwaukee. Powell is averaging a team-high 5.9 points in the first quarter this season, inlcuding 8.3 points in February.
• OG Anunoby returned to the lineup Tuesday at Milwaukee after missing the previous 10 games (Jan. 27 -Feb. 14) due to a strained left calf. Anunoby has scored 10+ points in a career-high 11 straight games played (Jan. 10 – Feb. 18). He is averaging 15.8 points, while shooting .500 (62-124) from the field
and .508 (32-63) from three-point range, during this streak.
• Fred VanVleet (20.3) and Chris Boucher (13.4) rank second and fourth, respectively, in scoring among undrafted players this season. VanVleet’s franchise record 54 points Feb. 2 at Orlando was the most points scored by an undrafted player in NBA history, while Boucher leads all reserves in the NBA this season with seven double-doubles off the bench.
Despite Draymond Green being a late scratch and a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter, the Warriors fought, forced overtime and beat the Miami Heat, 120-112, Wednesday night at Chase Center. Shorthanded, the Warriors trailed most of the game. But they hung around and outscored Miami 21-9 in the final 8:40 of regulation as Kent…
Steph Curry, Kent Bazemore lead Warriors to comeback win over Heat — East Bay Times
With Durant and Irving out for the night, Harden came up clutch.
Watch Harden score 38, spark Nets comeback from 24 down to top Suns — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
Jayson Tatum certainly didn’t look like himself on Sunday in an embarrassing blowout loss to the Washington Wizards. The Celtics’ star 22-year-old forward had his worst game of the season and one of the worst of his career, scoring six points on 3-of-14 shooting in 23 minutes. Tatum tested positive for COVID-19 in early January…
Celtics Notebook: Tatum still dealing with effects of COVID-19 — Boston Herald
Bradley Beal scored 37 points in an entertaining duel with ex-teammate John Wall, and the Wizards beat the undermanned Houston Rockets 131-119 on Monday night in Wall’s return to Washington.
Beal Outduels Ex-Teammate Wall, Wizards Top Rockets 131-119 — CBS Baltimore
Jordan Poole scored a pro career-high 32 points, Nico Mannion added a season-high 24 points and Jeremy Lin was impressive again, but the Santa Cruz Warriors’ defense couldn’t stop Raptors 905 from running away with a 135-125 victory Monday night in G League action. Malachi Flynn, the Raptors’ first-round pick from Washington State, erupted for…
Poole, Mannion, Jeremy Lin impress, but Santa Cruz still outclassed — Chico Enterprise-Record
That is 10 games in a row he has been out with a strained calf.
INJURY REPORT AT 5:30 SUNDAY
07:00 (ET) MIN@TOR Minnesota Timberwolves Culver, Jarrett Out Injury/Illness – Left Ankle; Sprain
Russell, D’Angelo Out Injury/Illness – Left Leg; Soreness
Toronto Raptors Anunoby, OG Out Injury/Illness – Left Calf; Strain
Flynn, Malachi Out G League – On Assignment
Harris, Jalen Out G League – Two-Way
McCaw, Patrick Out Injury/Illness – Left Knee; Surgery – rehabilitation
Watanabe, Yuta Out Injury/Illness – Left Ankle; Sprain
The view from left field 