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Three years after Kentavious Caldwell-Pope won an NBA championship by witnessing the full range of what LeBron James could do, he is now one game closer to reaching another NBA Finals in part because of the heroics of his newest superstar teammate, Nikola Jokic. The two-time most valuable player scored …

DENVER —  The Lakers were ready to steal it. LeBron James gave it back. The Lakers were rolling, the Denver Nuggets were panicking, and the opener of the Western Conference finals at Ball Arena was about to be spun on its head. Then James lost his mind, or his legs, or …

DENVER —  The Lakers devised a plan on how to deal with the force of nature that is Denver’s Nikola Jokic, a counter plan if that didn’t work and an “escape plan” if that also went sideways against the two-time NBA most valuable player. As it turned out, the escape plan …

A month after notching his 200th career victory on an exhilarating April night in Chavez Ravine, Clayton Kershaw took the mound at home under a different set of emotional circumstances Tuesday night — it was just three days after the death of his mother, Marianne Tombaugh. “I think once you …

DENVER —  Throughout this postseason, rookie coach Darvin Ham and his Lakers staff have made the right choice at the right moment, finding the right game-plan tweak, the right rotation change, the right shift at the right moment. They did with the way the Lakers defended Memphis in the first round. …

Here are some of the best photos from the Lakers’ 132-126 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference finals on Tuesday. Source link

BOYS’ VOLLEYBALLSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONALDIVISION IQuarterfinals, TuesdayNewport Harbor d. Tesoro, 25-16, 25-19, 25-17San Diego Cathedral d. Mira Costa, 25-21, 25-19, 20-25, 25-18Loyola d. San Diego Scripps Ranch, 25-20, 25-18, 25-21Corona del Mar d. Upland, 25-13, 25-21, 25-20 Semifinals, Thursday, 6 p.m..#4 San Diego Cathedral at #1 Newport Harbor#3 Loyola at #2 …

CITY BASEBALLDIVISION IFirst round, TuesdayMaywood CES 15, Valley Arts/Sciences 5Westchester 2, Torres 1 Second round, Thursday, 3 p.m.#16 Maywood CES at #1 San Pedro#9 Chatsworth at #8 Bell#12 Los Angeles Wilson at #5 Verdugo Hills#13 Los Angeles Hamilton at #4 Sylmar#14 San Fernando at #3 Wilmington Banning#11 North Hollywood at …

Walker Buehler is targeting a Sept. 1 return to the Dodgers rotation from his second Tommy John surgery, a timeline that manager Dave Roberts termed “aggressive” but not out of the question. “It’s hard to bet against this guy, but Sept. 1 is not what I was hearing,” Roberts said …

High school baseball coaches have pleaded for a best two-out-of-three playoff series to decide the extremely competitive Southern Section Division 1 championship. It has been repeatedly rejected. At least in 2023, the two finalists, San Juan Capistrano JSerra and Santa Margarita, won’t need to debate anything. They will meet for …