One former University of Tennessee basketball player competed in the NBA Sunday. Another missed his team’s game due to injury.
In Los Angeles, the Clippers snapped its five-game losing streak with a 106-93 victory over Atlanta at Crypto.com Arena.
Rookie Keon Johnson played two minutes against the Hawks and had one steal. He failed to score, going 0-for-2 from the floor and 0-for-1 from beyond the 3-point arc.
Memphis defeated the Lakers, 127-119, at Crypto.com Arena. It was the ninth straight win for Memphis.
Rookie Yves Pons, who recently cleared the league’s health and safety protocols, was inactive due to ankle soreness.
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