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Mavericks win 3rd straight behind Collison

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Darren Collison led six players in double figures with 23 points and the Dallas Mavericks matched their season high with a third straight win in a 113-98 victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.

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.

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

Arash Markazi, ESPN.com

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

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…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

Despite losing to New York yesterday, the Hornets look like a completely new team with Eric Gordon finally back. That came at the expense of rookie Austin Rivers, who started most of the season at the two guard in Gordon’s absence. Now, he’s been rele…

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San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili is expected to miss 10-14 days with a left hamstring strain.

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

Try to cut everything out of the picture, save for the visual tip-offs. Forget how he may have disappointed you at Connecticut, or the Memphis Grizzlies’ inspiring 2011 playoff run with him on the bench. Forget the contract, forget Lionel Hollins recent…

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Prior to a Sunday afternoon win over the visiting New Orleans Hornets, the New York Knicks were in the midst of a bad stretch, having lost three straight games, four of their last six and six of their last nine since Christmas Day. With the Knicks strug…

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.

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

John Wall and Bradley Beal played exactly one game together before rumors surfaced that Washington was considering a trade for Rudy Gay. Memphis’ leading scorer, as you probably know by now, is being shopped by the Grizzlies in an effort to lighten thei…

nydailynews.com

For some reason, Carmelo Anthony had been fasting for 15 days. During that time he ate no meat. No cheese. No Honey-Nut Cheerios. No nothing. Anthony said he did it for “clarity,” whatever that means.