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Paul George had 29 points and the Los Angeles Clippers handed the Portland Trail Blazers their sixth straight loss with a 117-102 victory on Sunday night.

Kawhi Leonard is staying in Los Angeles after the Clippers re-signed their free-agent superstar. He had surgery on his knee a month ago. His status for the upcoming season is unknown.

Kawhi Leonard had surgery to repair a partial tear of his right ACL. The LA Clippers never specified Leonard's injury as he sat out the team's first-ever Western Conference finals appearance.

The Phoenix Suns are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time in 28 years, defeating the Los Angeles Clippers 130-103 to close out the Western Conference finals in six games.

Paul George scored 27 points and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away in a dominant third quarter, beating newly returned Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns 106-92 in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.

The Atlanta Hawks are headed to the Eastern Conference finals, by beating the Philadelphia 76ers 103-96 in Game 7. Trae Young scored 21 points. Kevin Huerter led the Hawks with 27 points.

Kawhi Leonard and Paul George each scored 31 points as the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Utah Jazz 118-104 in Game 4 of their Western Conference second-round series.

Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points, Marcus Morris added 23 and the Los Angeles Clippers finally won at home, finishing off the Dallas Mavericks 126-111 in Game 7.

Luka Doncic scored 42 points, as the Dallas Mavericks edged the Los Angeles Clippers 105-100 to take a 3-2 lead in the first-round playoff series.

Luka Doncic scored 39 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. added 28 and the Dallas Mavericks outshot the Los Angeles Clippers a 127-121 victory to take a 2-0 lead in playoff series.