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No CP3, no problem as Clippers wallop Grizzlies

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Reserves Jamal Crawford and Matt Barnes each scored 16 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers easily routed the Memphis Grizzlies 99-73 Monday night with Chris Paul missing his first game this season because of a bruised right kneecap.

Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com

The Lakers have turned to none other than Kobe Bryant to spearhead that defensive turnaround.

nba.com

Clippers guard Chris Paul won't play Monday night against the Memphis Grizzlies because of a bruised right kneecap.

CNNSI.com

Pau Gasol is expected to miss his fifth straight game for the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night while he recovers from a concussion.

Arash Markazi, ESPN.com

Clippers point guard Chris Paul didn't play Monday against the Memphis Grizzlis due to a bruised right knee cap.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

After a Sunday night loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cleveland Cavaliers sit at 9-30, owners of the second-worst record in the NBA and, outside of the transcendent Kyrie Irving, possessed of relatively little that's likely to stoke fans' interest. I…

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

I was not previously aware of the fact that there are NBA security guards whose job it is to prevent players from getting too close to the referees during video reviews. But as the video above shows, such security guards do indeed exist, and one of them…

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When he worked as a broadcaster, Mark Jackson was adamant that David Lee didn't deserve to be an All-Star with the New York Knicks in 2010. No matter how eye-popping Lee's statistics looked, Jackson said, the power forward played on a bad Knicks team.

Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com

The Lakers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 20-point win over the last-place Cavaliers, thanks in large part to the return of Dwight Howard from a shoulder injury. But the real star of the show was Metta World Peace, who, with reporters gathered …

Jonah Bromwich, nytimes.com

Best N.B.A. games this week pit the Lakers and Bucks, the Rockets and Pacers and the Warriors vs. the Spurs.

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

Prior to the team’s game against Cleveland, Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni suggested that the Lakers’ season started over on Sunday, even after a 15-21 start to a (pre?) season that some thought would end in the Lakers losing all of 21 conte…

Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com

Despite return of Howard and a victory over lowly Cavs, L.A. remains unsettled

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

On Sunday, the Knicks were looking to Chris Copeland (22 points) to guide them early harder than someone lost looks for the North Star. The “other” guy in the Knicks’ recent starting five hit his first three threes in rapid fire to keep his team afl…

CNNSI.com

Nuggets rally past Warriors for fifth straight win

grantland.com

Moving on from Steve Nash has proved difficult so far for Phoenix. The Suns are 12-26, just a game up on New Orleans in the race for worst record in...