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Pierce, Celtics down Lakers in Howard's return

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Paul Pierce scored 24 points and led a third-quarter surge as the Boston Celtics routed the Lakers 116-95 on Thursday night in Dwight Howard's return for Los Angeles.

Ken Gurnick, MLB.com

Of all the Dodgers storylines this spring, the one that impacts the season the least, but seems to already preoccupy the media, is the likely contract extension of ace Clayton Kershaw.

Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com

Celtics forward Kevin Garnett became only the 16th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points during Thursday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

nba.com

Dwight Howard has started for the Los Angeles Lakers after missing three games with a sore right shoulder.

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol is expected to be out a minimum of six to eight weeks with a tear in the plantar fascia of his right foot, the team announced.

purpleandgoldblog.com

The only true rivalry in the NBA will have its first showcase of the season in Beantown tonight. The Lakers (23-26) and Boston Celtics (25-23) are dealing with key injuries, but the purple and gold will most likely be without their 2 star big men. The C…

CNNSI.com

Felix Hernandez has reportedly reached a deal with the Mariners that would make him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball, and he's well worth the honor, writes Joe Lemire.

Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com

The video above is from several weeks ago, when the Clippers played the Rockets in Houston, but it only now came to our attention because Chandler Parsons just tweeted it in our direction so we would see it: More »

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Over the course of a few days in January, a massive Blake Griffin Red Bull mural was raised in downtown L.A. just a short distance from the Staples Center. The mural is located at the corner of Olympic & Figueroa, and was hand-painted by a group of …

Andrew Greif, dimemag.com

This won’t come as a surprise but the Clippers without Chris Paul are a fine, if unspectacular Western Conference team. They’d make the playoffs but likely be bounced early without him — an exit befitting the team that lost to Toronto by 25, not the…

Arash Markazi, ESPN.com

For the first time this season, the Los Angeles Clippers had all of their players in uniform and practicing Thursday, and could possibly have them all in uniform and playing Friday night against the Miami Heat if there are no setbacks.

Andrew Greif, dimemag.com

There still is not a better rivalry in the NBA than Celtics vs. Lakers, a feud that manages to entertain out of some deep, decades-old obligation to spite one another even when the teams are just OK or when one’s internal bickering is more fun than its …

purpleandgoldblog.com

The only true rivalry in the NBA will have its first showcase of the season in Beantown tonight. The Lakers (23-26) and Boston Celtics (25-23) are dealing with key injuries, but the purple and gold will most likely be without their 2 star big men. The C…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

ESPN got in front of Dwight Howard today after Lakers shootaround to ask him about Kobe Bryant‘s comments implying that Dwight needs to suck it up and play through his shoulder pain. Not surprisingly, Dwight’s not amused: The comments from Steve Nash …

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

After hitting gold with their last couple of collections, Million Dollar Ballers might’ve outdone themselves again. Their latest collection honors the greatest frontcourt ever to strap on goggles: the Lakers’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy and Kurt…

CNNSI.com

Chris Paul has spent years preparing himself for his first championship. With a young, balanced Clippers team now behind him, nothing but that title will suffice, says Ian Thomsen.

Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com

The Angels will look dramatically different defensively with Torii Hunter no longer in right field. The rest of their outfield, however, will be electric with Peter Bourjos in center field and Mike Trout in left, and they remain strong in the infield.