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Gasol powers Grizzlies by Deng-less Bulls in OT

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Marc Gasol scored 19 points, Zach Randolph had 13 points and 19 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Chicago Bulls 85-82 in overtime on Saturday night.

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng will miss Saturday night's game against the Memphis Grizzlies with a sore right hamstring.

nydailynews.com

The Knicks and the NBA loved London. The Pistons not so much. But the entire question of whether the NBA should now run to London or another European city and set up shop, based on one game, seems rather presumptuous.

Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com

The Knicks and Pistons played a basketball game in London this past Thursday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, which is among the reasons you likely did not know about it. David Stern has been talking for some time about putting an NBA team in London perma…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Kevin Durant was smoking, and then all of a sudden, he wasn’t. In the first nine minutes and change of the fourth quarter, the man who scored 52 points and had nine rebounds in Oklahoma City’s 117-114 OT win over Dallas was about as hot as the Cavs in…

Nick Friedell, ESPN.com

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett is still a dirty player, at least according to Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah.

Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com

Chicago Bulls’ Marco Belinelli hits an off-balanced, game-winning shot as he falls to the floor in overtime tonight against the Boston Celtics.The post Marco Belinelli Hits An Off-Balanced, Game-Winner In Overtime appeared first on Dime Magazine (dimema…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Paul George finished with 31 points, and David West added 20 points and 11 rebounds, helping Central Division-leading Indiana pull away from struggling Houston 105-95.