76ers’ Embiid out for second leg of back-to-back

DeMar DeRozan scored 17 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to help the San Antonio Spurs pull away and beat the Sacramento Kings 129-120 on Friday night. ”He understands the important parts of the game,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. Before the game, Popovich and assistant Becky Hammon stood for the national anthem while the remainder of the coaches and players for both teams knelt.

If Kobe Bryant’s physique ever lived up to his name, it was to his middle name, “Bean,â€� in his beanstalk slenderness. Okay, he was actually given it in honor of his father’s nickname, “Jellybean,â€� but until now, we never had similar cause to be reminded that the former Lakers great was also named