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LeBron James is sitting out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ meeting with Minnesota due to flu-like symptoms

LeBron James sat out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ meeting with Minnesota due to flu-like symptoms, and Anthony Davis left the game in the first quarter with an eye injury

The national championship game will be a beefy one

Vince Carter wowed the basketball world with his high-flying dunks for more than two decades

Julius Randle needs surgery on his right shoulder and will miss the rest of the season, a crushing blow for a New York Knicks team that was surging before the All-Star forward was hurt in January

LeBron James figures there’s at least one obvious explanation for the surging popularity of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament — recognizable stars

Zion Williamson’s long-awaited first playoff push with the New Orleans Pelicans won’t be pain free

Dallas aims to prolong its four-game home win streak with a victory against Atlanta

Jalen Johnson had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists for his first career triple-double and the Atlanta Hawks overcame a 50-point effort by Detroit’s Malachi Flynn for a 121-113 win over the Pistons that clinched a berth in the Eastern Conference play-in tournament

Steve Clifford is stepping down as coach of the Charlotte Hornets after the season