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With no LeBron James the Los Angeles Lakers couldn’t keep up with the Memphis Grizzlies last night losing 121-109. Ja Morant had 39 points for the Grizz, 28 of which were scored in the third quarter. Anthony Davis had a Lakers team-high of 28 while LeBron appeared on the bench in the first quarter in a walking boot. Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe react to Lakers loss.

Kevin Durant is set to make his Phoenix Suns debut tonight against the Charlotte Hornets after arriving in town during Super Bowl week. His former teammates Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook are struggling to mesh in their new homes (Dallas Mavericks 1-4, LA Clippers 0-3). Colin Cowherd explains why KD will fit well with the Suns.

MLB is doing something rare in sports: taking care of the fans.
1. I actually can’t put into words how much I love MLB’s new pitch clock, but I will try.
The pitch clock is a game-changer, literally and figuratively, and will make the sport infinitely more watchable. There is no downside at all to the pitch clock. None. No excitement will be lost. No strategy will be lost.
While baseball does need to lure in a younger audience, the pitch clock benefits fans of every age. Nobody needs to wait forever for a pitch to be thrown.

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With LeBron James out with an injury, the Lakers need Anthony Davis to play at his peak if they want to save their season.
The Los Angeles Lakers appeared to finally have things figured out entering the stretch run of the NBA season. L.A. was 4-1 since their major NBA Trade Deadline acquisitions, bringing D’Angelo Russell back in to the fold alongside Malik Beasley, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Mo Bamba to help bolster a roster that was fairly mundane around superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Their sub-.

He is reportedly expected to decline his player option for the 2023–24 season.
In January 2021, the Rockets finally dealt James Harden away after he had requested a trade. Unknown to the public, team owner Tilman Fertitta told the star shooting guard that he was always welcome back to the team in the future and Harden’s openness to a reunion was mutual. 
With a possible free agency looming, Harden is just as serious as before when entertaining a return to the Rockets, according to The Athletic’s Sam Amick and Kelly Iko.

Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey will coach the final home game of his career with the Fighting Irish Wednesday night, and he plans on going out in style.
Brey is stepping away from Notre Dame, but has left the door open to eventually return to coaching. However, for the time being, he’s riding off into the sunset, and the last time he’ll coach at the Joyce Center is tonight against Pitt.
What does he plan on doing afterwards? Hitting a bar he’s never stepped foot in before and closing it down.

Just Fontaine, who recorded 13 goals in the 1958 World Cup, has died at 89.

In one of the more interesting quotes of NFL personnel availability around the NFL Draft Combine, Minnesota Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah says star wide receiver Justin Jefferson gets to weigh-in on roster management.
This is unique because it doesn’t usually happen. Aaron Rodgers has been famously frustrated by the Packers not including him in roster decisions.
Davante Adams says he wants to be consulted by the Raiders when it comes to their quarterback situation, but there’s been no indication that will be the case.

The former Pro Bowl offensive lineman set the record straight on his widely-discussed social media post from earlier in the week.
Earlier this week, offensive lineman Taylor Lewan shared a rather disheartening-looking photo of how the Titans had supposedly dropped off his belongings outside his front door after releasing him last Wednesday. The post led to plenty of discussion online about how the manner in which Lewan’s possessions were delivered to him was a disrespectful move by the organization.

Aaron Rodgers hasn’t made a decision yet about his football future, but said he realizes he’ll have to do so soon.