Although three Lakers players scored 20 points or higher, Eastern Conference titan Joel Embiid could not be stopped, shooting 14-20 from the field and hitting two of his three attempts from behind the arc.
The 76ers put on a show in Los Angeles Monday night, as the Clippers came close to ending their five-game slide, but ultimately came up short.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — LSU said Saturday that freshman Ben Simmons is ineligible for the John R. Wooden Award that will be presented to the nation’s top player. The 15-player list of men’s finalists was released Saturday minus the 6-foot-10 forward, who entered Saturday’s 94-77 loss at No. 22 Kentucky averaging 19.7 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. Several reports Saturday stated that Simmons was academically ineligible for the award, but LSU athletics spokesman Michael Bonnette said only that the player didn’t meet the award’s requirements, without being specific. LSU coach Johnny Jones said after the game that he “wasn’t