Los Angeles Clippers

NBA Playoffs: Nuggets, Suns advance; Hawks reduce deficit on Celtics

Nikola Jokic had a triple-double and Jamal Murray scored 35 points as the Denver Nuggets eliminated the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series.

NBA: Russell Westbrook signs with Clippers after clearing waivers

Russell Westbrook cleared waivers because no team had the salary-cap space to take on the remaining $47 million he was owed on his expiring contract.

NBA: Kawhi Leonard scores 14 points in return, Clippers hold off Lakers

Clippers beat their more pedigreed city rivals, Lakers, for the eighth consecutive time.

NBA: Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Pelicans book final playoff berths

Hawks erased a double-digit halftime deficit in the play-in contest to line up a first-round series with Eastern Conference top seeds Miami

NBA: Reggie Jackson propels Los Angeles Clippers to win over Orlando Magic

Jackson scored nine of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including what proved to be the game-winner with 2.2 seconds left in the Clippers' 106-104 NBA win over the Magic.

NA: Demar DeRozan, Zach LaVine help Bulls beat Raptors for fourth straight win

Nikola Vucevic scored 17 points and Lonzo Ball had 15 as the Bulls won their fourth straight meeting with Toronto. Ball shot 5 for 9 from 3-point range.

NBA: Schedule for 75th anniversary season has nods to history including Knicks-Raptors

New York will play host to Toronto on 1 November, exactly 75 years to the day after the Knicks visited the then-Toronto Huskies in the first game of the Basketball Association of America's inaugural season.

NBA: Nets to sign Kevin Durant to four-year extension, Lakers add  Carmelo Anthony

The extension, which he becomes eligible to officially sign after Saturday, is expected to vault Durant past $500 million in NBA career earnings.

NBA: Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley receives one-game suspension

Beverley was banned for unsportsmanlike shoving Paul from behind onto the court during a stoppage in play with 5:49 remaining in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's 130-103 Suns' victory over the host Clippers.

NBA: Chris Paul leads Suns past Clippers, into NBA Finals for first time since 1993

The Suns last made NBA Finals in 1993, when they were led by Charles Barkley and lost to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in six games.