Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said Thursday that rookie Donovan Clingan is nearing a return from a mild left ankle sprain.

Norman Powell scores 23 points, James Harden adds 19 and the Clippers follow up their 59-point blowout win by holding Portland to 37% shooting in a 118-89 road win.

Norman Powell scores 23 points and James Harden finishes with 19 points to lead the Clippers to a dominant, 118-89 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Blazers guard looked strong in the first half against the Clippers but fizzled in the second half of a blowout loss.

The Clippers routed Portland a night after beating Brooklyn at home by a franchise ... a special relationship with Blazers coach Chauncey Billups during Billups’ first season as Portland ...

The Clippers routed Portland a night after beating Brooklyn at home by a franchise ... a special relationship with Blazers coach Chauncey Billups during Billups' first season as Portland's coach.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said on Thursday that rookie ... sustained the injury on Jan. 14 in a loss against the Brooklyn Nets when he came up limp after attempting to block ...

FAIRFAX, Va. — Jalen Haynes scored 17 points and Jared Billups added six points in the second overtime as George Mason took down George Washington 80-77 on Saturday. Haynes added eight rebounds for the Patriots (14-5, 5-1 Atlantic 10 Conference).

Carter’s family, his former Nets teammates, ex-coach Lawrence Frank, team president Rod Thorn and fellow Nets number retirees Julius Erving, Bill Melchionni and Buck Williams were on hand to see Carter become the seventh Nets player with his number retired.

But instead of those left behind reduced to flailing and failing, the Miami Heat put together one of their best character wins of the season, battling back from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit

The Lakers and Clippers have moved into the top 10 of the NBA power rankings and are beginning to look like true contenders.

I don’t know if he’s a point guard.” A Western Conference scout said those words to me last week as Scoot Henderson was in the midst of one of the most encouraging stretches of a young career that has mostly seen more lows than highs.