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Kevin Durant is out for Game six against the Lakers, and Houston's playoff hopes are hanging by a thread. The Rockets star has been sidelined for most of this first-round series with that ankle injury, and without him on the floor, Los Angeles has a real opportunity to close this thing out tonight.
Shifting to the ice, the officiating storm around the NHL is getting louder after Game five between Montreal and Tampa Bay. Brayden Point appeared to high-stick and then slash Lane Hutson with no call from the officials, and the Lightning scored in the very same sequence. The hockey world is furious, and the league is going to have a hard time looking away from this one.
And in a move that genuinely matters beyond the headlines, John Wall is heading back to Washington — not to the NBA, but to Howard University, taking over as president of basketball operations. The five-time All-Star is betting on the HBCU pipeline, and if he brings even a fraction of his competitive energy to that role, Howard basketball could be in for something real.
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