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• 🏀 Everything we know about NBA expansion March 22, 2026
  The NBA seems closer than ever to adding two franchises. Here's what we know, including how an expansion draft could work.
  Tim Bontemps and Bobby Marks
• Wizards' Young out with no timetable for return March 22, 2026
  Wizards PG Trae Young is dealing with a pair of injuries and is out indefinitely, the team announced before Saturday's game against the Thunder.
• OKC won't make White House visit, cites 'timing' March 22, 2026
  The reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder will not visit the White House during their road trip to the nation's capital this weekend.
• Sources: Nuggets' Watson expected to return Sun. March 22, 2026
  Peyton Watson is expected to return for Denver on Sunday against the Trail Blazers after missing more than six weeks due to a hamstring strain.
• Curry (knee) gearing up for live contact in practice March 22, 2026
  The Warriors have ruled Stephen Curry out for their next two games but plan to incorporate him into live contact practices in the coming days.
  Anthony Slater
• Kennard steals show, wins it for red-hot Lakers March 22, 2026
  Luke Kennard drained a go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds left for the Lakers, who won their ninth straight on a night LeBron James made history with his record-breaking 1,612th regular-season game.
  Dave McMenamin
• Four ejected after Thunder-Wizards altercation March 22, 2026
  Oklahoma City's Jaylin Williams and Washington's Justin Champagnie were ejected following an altercation late in the first half of Sunday night's 132-111 Thunder win.
• 'Four more to go': KD passes MJ on scoring list March 22, 2026
  Kevin Durant passed Michael Jordan for fifth on the NBA's career scoring list after finishing with 27 points in a win over the Heat.
• Sources: Lakers appeal tech with Luka facing ban March 22, 2026
  Luka Doncic faces a one-game suspension after a verbal exchange with Orlando's Goga Bitadze earned him his 16th technical foul of the season Saturday night. Sources told ESPN the Lakers have already filed an appeal.
  Dave McMenamin
• LeBron in Miami -- where he was at his career best March 21, 2026
  When was LeBron James' peak? There's an argument to be made for 2013, when his Miami Heat did not lose for 52 straight days.
  Brian Windhorst