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The Los Angeles Clippers have signed free agent Joakim Noah to a new contract for the rest of the season, three months after he first signed a 10-day deal with the team. The two-time All-Star averaged 7.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 42 games for Memphis last season. Noah originally signed with the Clippers on March 9, two…

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is in “advanced negotiations” to buy The Forum in Inglewood, according to a report published Sunday. The Clippers would neither confirm nor deny the ESPN.com report, but issued a statement, saying, “The Clippers continue to pursue plans to build a state-of-the-art, 18,000-seat basketball arena and entertainment complex in Inglewood and are currently working...

Doc Rivers was thankful to have his full roster against the Philadelphia 76ers. Otherwise, he didn’t think his Los Angeles Clippers would be able to prevail in a game that turned out to be a track meet. The Clippers had four players score at least 24 points for only the second time in franchise history and extended their winning streak…

Reggie Jackson’s 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter gave the Los Angeles Clippers a double-digit lead. Teammate Marcus Morris hit another 3 with 45 seconds left that helped fend off a final Phoenix rally and secure the win. The two newest Clippers had big moments in their team’s 102-92 victory over the Suns on Wednesday night. As the games get…

Kawhi Leonard scored 25 points, Montrezl Harrell added 22 and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 124-97 rout of the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. Leonard had 14 points in the first quarter as the Clippers roared out to a 40-14 lead. The All-Star forward scored 10 straight, including two dunks, to extend Los Angeles’…

The Sacramento Kings realize they might have started playing their best basketball of the season too late to contend for a playoff spot. Beating the powerhouse Los Angeles Clippers on the road twice in less than a month still feels awfully good, even if the Clips are far from the best version of themselves these days. Kent Bazemore scored a…

The presence of Andre Drummond began the night with optimism for the Cleveland Cavaliers. That positive feeling was quickly dashed by a 133-92 loss Sunday to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Cavaliers’ worst home defeat in franchise history. “Tonight was pretty ugly, so show ’em your worst first and you only can go up from there,” Kevin Love said. Drummond…

The Los Angeles Clippers waived guard Isaiah Thomas on Saturday, two days after acquiring him as part of a three-team trade. The move had been expected since Thursday’s deal with the Wizards and Knicks. Thomas has averaged 18.1 points and 5.0 assists during his career with seven NBA teams. The 31-year-old guard was drafted by Sacramento out of the University…

Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points, his ninth straight game with at least that many, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 118-106 Saturday. Karl-Anthony Towns countered with 32 points and 12 rebounds for the Timberwolves, his fourth consecutive game with 30 or more points, but it wasn’t enough to keep Minnesota from losing its 11th in a row,…

Kawhi Leonard spoke about the loss of his friend Kobe Bryant and also his relationship with Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the craft that crashed, at LA Clippers practice on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (Courtesy: LA Clippers)

Along with having a personal relationship with Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard said he had flown with the pilot of the helicopter crash that killed nine people, including Bryant “a lot” and called Ara Zobayan a “great guy.” “He was one of the best pilots,” Leonard said about Zabayan at Wednesday’s LA Clippers practice. “That’s the...

The Los Angeles Clippers were missing three starters for Wednesday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks. Kawhi Leonard wasn’t playing because of left knee injury management, while Patrick Beverly was sidelined after leaving the previous night’s victory at Dallas with a groin injury. Paul George was out for the seventh straight game with a left hamstring strain. The Hawks also were without their...

As disappointed as Clippers coach Doc Rivers was to see his team give up 80 first-half points, he now has evidence that his team can do that and still find a way to win — on the road. Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points and the Clippers rallied to beat the recently resurgent New Orleans Pelicans 133-130 on Saturday. “Clearly, the…

The owner of the Forum joined a longtime Inglewood resident in filing a lawsuit Friday challenging the constitutionality of special legislation passed solely for the Los Angeles Clippers to fast-track an environmental review of the team’s proposed arena complex in Inglewood. The Los Angeles Superior Court petition alleges that AB 987, which authorized the fast-tracking, violates the state constitution and…

Paul George had 21 points with season highs of 11 rebounds and nine assists to shake off a slow start, and the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers thumped the Sacramento Kings 105-87 on Tuesday. Kawhi Leonard scored 14 of his 24 points in the third quarter to help the Clippers to their 14th consecutive win in Sacramento dating to 2013. Ivica…

Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points, Jordan Clarkson added 19 points in his second game with his new team, and the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Clippers 120-107 on Saturday night. Clarkson, who was acquired in a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, came off the bench to shoot 7 of 13 from the field. The Jazz shot 48.6%…

A judge ruled a neighborhood group’s petition challenging the Clippers’ plans to build an arena on public property in Inglewood can move forward.