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PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Bronny James said his famous father gave him encouragement and advice after his NBA preseason debut with the Los Angeles Lakers.

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — JJ Redick knows his personal intensity will always turn him into his own harshest critic if he isn't careful, so he vowed to give himself some grace in his self-evaluation as the Los Angeles Lakers ' new head coach.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe will miss the start of the regular season because of a small labral tear in his left shoulder. The Trail Blazers said Saturday that Sharpe will miss from four to six weeks.

Kyshawn George was raised in Switzerland so he never expected he'd get to play an NBA game in front of a "hometown" crowd.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A return home helped Las Vegas stave off elimination by New York and look like the team that has won consecutive WNBA championships, while sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½icut couldn't stop Minnesota and take advantage of their homecourt.

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Bronny James played in his first NBA preseason game Friday night, but LeBron James wasn't in uniform with him when the Lakers hosted Minnesota in the first of Los Angeles' two weekend games in the Coachella Valley.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jackie Young scored 24 points and the Las Vegas Aces took control with a 16-point third-quarter run Friday night to stave off elimination with a 95-81 win over the New York Liberty in Game 3 of the WNBA semifinals.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Aces guard Tiffany Hayes earned the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year award Friday, the league announced. Hayes received 38 of 67 votes from a national media panel. New York's Leonie Fiebich finished second with 21 votes.

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks guard Dante Exum injured his right wrist during training camp in Las Vegas, and the team gave no timetable for a return.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The NBA returned to the Persian Gulf on Friday for the third consecutive year, and the preseason schedule for the 2023-24 season opened with the Boston Celtics beating the Denver Nuggets 107-103 in a matchup of