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The league made the announcement a day after the Mavericks held out its star players in a defeat that knocked the franchise out of postseason consideration

Even the handful of players selected in the upcoming WNBA draft will find it difficult to continue their pro careers

The deal will begin this summer and will last at least through the 2028-29 season

The Wizards won despite the absence of Bradley Beal and Kyle Kuzma and pulled within 2 1/2 games of Chicago for the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference

Ingram picked up three consecutive rebounds late in the third quarter to get to double-digits in that category

The Bucks extended their Eastern Conference advantage to 2½ games over the Boston Celtics as they prepare for a four-game road swing

Neither team led by more than six before halftime. Denver opened up a 21-point lead after outscoring Washington 39-16 in the third quarter

Morant, who was not in the starting lineup against the Houston Rockets, entered the game after a timeout with 3:05 left in the first quarter

The Mavericks were without All-Star guard Kyrie Irving because of right foot soreness and fell 1 1/2 games behind the Warriors

Kristaps Porzingis scored 30 points for the Wizards, who lost for the sixth time in seven games

Brooks earned his latest suspension when he dunked, and then danced his way back down the court.

The 76ers shot 61% from the field, led by as many as 24 points and never looked back after overcoming an early eight-point deficit

Chicago nearly blew all of a 27-point lead after Nikola Vucevic converted a 3-point play with slightly more than 10 minutes left in the third quarter

Sacramento has won 11 of its last 13 and seven straight on the road

The Wolves played without guard Anthony Edwards, who left in the first quarter Friday because of a sprained right ankle

The game was the last of Ja Morant’s league-imposed suspension

Nikola Jokic had 24 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Nuggets, who lost for the fifth time in six games

The new deal was finalized after Bogdanovic declined his $18 million player option for the 2023-24 season

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called Morant’s conduct ‘irresponsible, reckless and potentially very dangerous’

The race for the last two guaranteed playoff spots and the four berths into the play-in tournament is as muddled and murky as possible.

Golden State is battling for homecourt in the postseason, which could be pivotal in defending the title

Conference-leading Nuggets are winless since a March 6 home victory over the Raptors

Washington (32-37) moved percentage points ahead of Chicago (31-36) for the final play-in spot in the Eastern Conference.

D’Angelo Russell added 17 points to help Los Angeles (34-35) move one game ahead of New Orleans (33-36) in the Western Conference standings

The Memphis Grizzlies player will miss two games. This is at least the second time in the last few weeks that Morant has been the subject of a league investigation

Davis has scored 3,642 points in 142 games while it took Maravich just 83 to get 3,667 during three seasons

The figure includes a newly agreed upon payment from the county of $13.5 million along with the $15 million a federal jury awarded Bryant’s widow