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Clippers' Paul (groin) expects to start Game 1

Arash Markazi, ESPN.com

Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul did not practice Friday with the team due to the strained left groin he suffered Tuesday. Paul expects to practice Saturday and start Sunday when the Clippers open the playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies.

CNNSI.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Clippers are poised to open their first playoff series in five years and Chris Paul skipped practice.

nba.com

The New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony and the Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Paul today were named the Kia NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played in April.

Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com

The Lakers' season was almost derailed before it began after the Chris Paul trade fell through on the eve of training camp. Now that the Lakers made it through the regular season as the No. 3 seed in the West, the team has officially moved on.

Ball Don't Lie Staff, yahoo.com

The 66-game regular season, mercifully, is over. The NBA jam-packed 66 games into a space where 50 usually went, and the result was a strange five-month run that had us talking about rested legs and oddball rotations more than we spoke of learning and g…

Ball Don't Lie Staff, yahoo.com

The 66-game regular season, mercifully, is over. The NBA jam-packed 66 games into a space where 50 usually went, and the result was a strange five-month run that had us talking about rested legs and oddball rotations more than we spoke of learning and g…

CNNSI.com

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Kobe Bryant skipped a chance to win an NBA scoring title and thought nothing of it.

Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com

Taking a look at the first-round playoff matchups in the Western Conference.

Lee Jenkins, CNNSI.com

This should be the best series of the first round, Lob City against Grind City, in-your-face against over-your-head. The Clippers are in the playoffs for the first time in six years, but Chris Paul did not join them just to qualify. He did that in New O…