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Zion cleared for activity, to miss 2 more weeks

METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has returned to on-court activities but will still be reevaluated in two weeks from his right hamstring strain that has kept him out since Jan. 2. A two-week reevaluation would be April 5, with the Pelicans having just three regular-season games remaining from that point on […]

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Towns, out since Nov. 28, plans to return Wed.

Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News After missing nearly four months with a Grade 3 calf strain, Minnesota Timberwolves forward Karl-Anthony Towns plans to return for Wednesday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, he told ESPN. Towns will do a final check before the game, but said he expects […]

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Nuggets set goal at Georgetown: Get back to “championship habits”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The late John R. Thompson would’ve been proud. Inside Georgetown’s gleaming athletic facility, the Nuggets spent part of their Tuesday polishing their recent blemishes and refining an outfit that, despite a recent cold stretch, has designs on hoisting a championship trophy. Nikola Jokic, clad in sweatpants and a workout shirt, honed his […]

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Grizz ‘hopeful’ Morant will return to play Wed.

Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Grizzlies anticipate that All-Star point guard Ja Morant, who rejoined the team Monday after serving an eight-game suspension, will play in Wednesday night’s home game against the Houston Rockets. “We’re hopeful for […]

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Knicks stymie visiting Nuggets on the road

NEW YORK – Knicks guard Jalen Brunson shook Denver’s defense more than a New York subway ride. The stocky, shifty guard bulldozed his way to 24 points Saturday afternoon, as the hometown Knicks knocked off the Nuggets, 116-110, in a rollicking afternoon showdown. “He’s strong,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “… He really knows how […]

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Knicks’ Brunson back vs. Nuggets after foot injury

NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson is back for the New York Knicks against Denver on Saturday after missing five of the past six games with a sore left foot. The starting point guard went through a full practice Friday but the Knicks didn’t clear him to play until after he worked out before the game […]