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Wall, Wizards knock off injury-ravaged Clippers

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Martell Webster scored 21 points, and the Washington Wizards broke a four-game losing streak Monday night with a 98-90 win over a Los Angeles Clippers team missing Blake Griffin and Chris Paul.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Scottsdale police say Phoenix Suns forward Michael Beasley was cited last month on suspicion of speeding, driving on a suspended Arizona license and driving without a vehicle license plate or registration.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Blake Griffin's streak of 197 consecutive games has come to an end.

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Blake Griffin's streak of 197 consecutive games has come to an end.

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

Most every Thursday on TNT's "Inside the NBA," America's sweetheart Charles Barkley criticizes teams that take too many jump shots. By his reasoning, NBA games are won in the paint, not on the perimeter, because that's a more dependable way to…

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The Chicago Bulls' Nate Robinson and the Golden State Warriors' David Lee on Monday were named Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Jan. 28 through Sunday, Feb. 3.

Jonah Bromwich, nytimes.com

The best N.B.A. games of the week feature the Lakers at Brooklyn, Golden State at Oklahoma City and Chicago at Denver.

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

On Sunday the Sporting News reported that the Boston Celtics had engaged in some discussions with the Los Angeles Clippers about possibly moving legendary big man Kevin Garnett to the Clips. On some levels, the rumored discussions checked off on all the…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

The Pistons nearly came back from the dead to beat the Lakers in yesterday’s matinee. But while they didn’t get the win, Brandon Knight got the highlight, jamming all over Pau Gasol on a fast-break finish. Are the Lakers better with Gasol in the start…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

The Los Angeles Clippers had roared back from a 19-point halftime deficit against the Boston Celtics on Sunday, riding a monster second half from the backcourt duo of Eric Bledsoe and Jamal Crawford (37 total points on 14 for 23 shooting, nine assists a…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

With just under two minutes remaining in the first half of Sunday's early tip between the Los Angeles Lakers and Detroit Pistons — to which we're sure you were all glued because there wasn't much else going on yesterday, sports-wise — Lakers big man P…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

Someone forgot to tell Boston they don’t have Rajon Rondo or Jared Sullinger for the rest of this season. The Celtics ran off their fourth straight win after losing their All-Star starter point guard a week ago by devouring the short-handed Clippers, th…