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Since 2016, the Warriors have gone 23-4 in games that Kevin Durant has missed. When you have the luxury of deploying four different All-Stars in your starting lineup, as Warriors coach Steve Kerr does, resting an injured starter (or two as the Warriors did in Friday night's win over Chicago) isn't as big a deal as it would be otherwise. Resting one of those All-Stars against the New Orleans Pelicans, though, could make things interesting. Kerr announced that Kevin Durant won't play against the Pelicans tonight ( 8:30 p.m. ET on League Pass ) at Oracle Arena, a precautionary measure to make up for playing him earlier in the week when perhaps he should not have. Logan Murdock  of the  Bay Area News Group  explains Kerr's thinking on the matter and why the Warriors  don't have to panic without Durant in uniform : Though he finished the game against the Sixers, scoring 27 points in 33 minutes, Durant would miss the following game against the Br...

Hot deals are all the rage on Thanksgiving weekend, and that trend seeped into the NBA on Friday night with the on-court debuts of Nike Statement jerseys. Some of these Nike alternate jerseys are similar to those worn in seasons past, while others live up to their name in dramatic fashion. The Cleveland Cavaliers fit in the former group, as their new mostly black Statement jerseys are similar to the ones they wore in the championship-clinching Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals. LeBron James told  Cleveland.com  on Friday that is just as fond of that symbolism as anyone. "It's probably going to be a staple of this franchise forever," James said. "Because we won our first championship in franchise history in all black so, no matter who is in uniform here throughout the rest of eternity, I feel like the black will be incorporated, the black uniform with probably be incorporated in the grand scheme of things just for the memories." Black p...

Chip Kelly had plenty of  suitors lined up for his next coaching gig, but it was UCLA that rose above the rest to claim this year’s coveted hire. On ESPN’s “College GameDay” broadcast Saturday morning, Kelly called in to announce that he had accepted as head coach of the Bruins football program. Kelly, who has been employed as an analyst for ESPN, called into the show to confirm reports that he had been hired. It had been reported that Kelly had narrowed his final choice to UCLA and Florida, but signs seemed to point toward him landing with the Bruins. Yahoo reported Wednesday that the Gators were looking elsewhere after meeting with Kelly. [A tradition unlike any other: Firing season is upon us once again in college football] Leaving UCLA, which was always an intriguing possibility simply because of what it could be, what it hasn’t done and how it isn’t the center of the universe in its particular town. Any rundown of Kelly’s aims usually included...

ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk is relying on a handful of electorates swinging her way in order to retain her grip on power without breaking her “no deals” commitment.  AS IT HAPPENED: Election results and rolling coverage The Premier was last night in the box seat to form government, claiming at least 43 of the 93 seats in the new parliament compared to the LNP’s 37. But about 11 electorates across Queensland remained too close to call last night including Cook, Thuringowa, Rockhampton, Mundingburra, Macalister and Noosa where the LNP’s Glen Elmes looks poised to lose his seat to Independent Sandra Bolton.  Ms Palaszczuk will need at least five of those seats to fall Labor’s way to reach the 47 seats she needs to govern in her own right. Otherwise she faces the prospect of having to seek out a deal despite repeatedly ruling out doing a deal with any crossbenchers to form minority government should she fall short. The Premier said she remained confident no deal would be...