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Patrick McCaw flings a football across two courts and hits Ian Clark right in the basketball numbers, then jokingly jumps in front of Kevin Durant moments later as if to make an interception against a superstar teammate with a height advantage and remarkable wingspan on the rookie guard. Several minutes later, McCaw blows an enormous bubble with his gum as shootaround winds down on game day. The kid they call ''P Nice'' because his game is so good, so young, is getting comfortable in a hurry during his first NBA season, and it certainly helps playing alongside the star-studded cast of KD, two-time reigning MVP Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green every day. Continue to Article

December 07, 2016 2:40:am EST

After dealing with the three of the West's elite teams, the Indiana Pacers finally get a look at the other end of the rival conference's spectrum when a five-game Western swing continues with a visit to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night. The Pacers are coming off a humiliating, 142-106 drubbing at the hands of the Golden State Warriors on Monday night in Oakland, Calif. Klay Thompson scorched the visitors for 60 points in the win. The sound defeat was the second in three games for the Pacers on their Western excursion. Continue to Article

December 07, 2016 2:10:am EST

The last time they metm the Golden State Warriors smoked the Los Angeles Clippers 120-75 in an exhibition on Oct. 4 at Oracle Arena. Afterward, Clippers coach Doc Rivers, who frequently likes to tweak the Warriors with snarky comments, said Golden State approached the contest like a postseason game while his club showed up for glorified scrimmage. On Wednesday, the two Western Conforence foes engage in the first of four regular-season clashes as the Warriors visit the Clippers at Staples Center. Continue to Article

December 07, 2016 1:18:am EST

Gordon Hayward scored 28 points and the Utah Jazz held on for a 112-105 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night, their seventh win in eight games. Rudy Gobert scored a career-high 22 points and had 11 rebounds and blocked four shots for the Jazz, who recovered after the Suns erased their big lead to tie it at 103. Hayward had 11 third-quarter points to reach 20-plus points for the ninth consecutive game - the first Jazz player to do so since Carlos Boozer in 2007-08. Continue to Article

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