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Adelman back coaching Wolves after 3-week break

CNNSI.com

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Rick Adelman is back on the court and coaching basketball after three weeks away to help his wife through a health scare.

nba.com

Nuggets center JaVale McGee was ruled out of Denver's game against the Indiana Pacers on Monday night due to soreness in his left shin.

Jonah Bromwich, nytimes.com

The best N.B.A. games of the week feature Indiana at Denver, Miami at the Nets and Washington at Memphis.

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

We've attempted in several ways, over nearly a day, to write a column around Jeff Van Gundy's televised rant about Dwight Howard. The vent, pitched in the second quarter of Los Angeles' 105-96 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday, was on point a…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

Last night, for the second time in as many nights, Blake Griffin caught Portland with a nasty slam. Whereas on Saturday night, Griffin’s left-handed dunk put Nic Batum on a poster, this time it was J.J. Hickson who got a piece of Quake’s wrath. At lea…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Blake Griffin had 23 points and nine assists and the Los Angeles Clippers ended a four-game losing streak with a 96-83 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday.