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Dragic lifts Suns past Cavs; Scott rips team

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Goran Dragic scored 19 points, Michael Beasley added 15 and the Phoenix Suns took control late in the third quarter to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 91-78 Tuesday night.

Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant started Tuesday against the Pacers despite flu-like symptoms, scoring 40 points in the loss.

nba.com

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson will sit out Tuesday night's game against the Phoenix Suns because of a sore right elbow.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson will sit out Tuesday night's game against the Phoenix Suns because of a sore right elbow.

Eric Freeman, yahoo.com

Alert: Video contains one TV-14 word. In a way, the life of the working NBA player is probably pretty boring. There's a lot of time to spend on airplanes and hotel rooms, where the only readily available activities are watching movies, playing video gam…

Dave McMenamin, ESPN.com

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was not present at the team's shootaround Tuesday because of flu-like symptoms and will be a game-time decision against the Indiana Pacers.

CNNSI.com

Lost in the drama of the Lakers' coaching saga, Pau Gasol is off to the worst start of his career. As trade rumors begin to percolate, Ben Golliver examines Los Angeles' Gasol problem.

Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com

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Jim Cavan, nytimes.com

Point guard Isaiah Thomas is languishing in a now-trademark second-year slump for the Kings.

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

It'll never end, you know, the chatter about Phil Jackson and the Los Angeles Lakers. Why should they? Especially when Phil probably had a mind to consider coaching the team before Mike D'Antoni took over as Lakers coach, and the Lakers certainly entert…

Timothy Burke, deadspin.com

The L.A. Clippers lost their fourth straight last night, dropping a home bout with New Orleans 105-98 thanks to Blake Griffin's miserable performance (he fouled out, having gone 1-9 from the field) and despite Caron Butler going berserk in the second ha…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

... and considering he's getting housed in mid-air by a sweaty Al-Farouq Aminu, who's still in good position to get a decent shot off despite ostensibly Thesz pressing the Los Angeles Clippers guard, I really can't blame him. This is probably not one of…

Timothy Burke, deadspin.com

The Clippers' Blake Griffin had what appears to be his worst night as a pro basketball player last evening, going 1-9 with four turnovers and fouling out in L.A.'s 105-98 loss to the Hornets. It had the normally-gregarious product pitchman casting a ver…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Greivis Vasquez had 25 points and 10 assists, and the New Orleans Hornets' defense took Blake Griffin out of the game en route to a 105-98 victory over the skidding Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night, ending the Hornets' seven-game losing streak.

Mike Mazzeo, ESPN.com

Brooklyn Nets point guard Deron Williams, who has been playing through a litany of minor injuries lately, revealed he sprained a joint in his right shooting wrist while bracing a fall in Friday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers.