Basketball

The NBA is going back to China next season, with the Mavericks and Rockets scheduled to play two preseason games in October at the gambling hub of Macao.

Peter Feigin is stepping down as Bucks president after 12 seasons overseeing business operations and will be replaced by Josh Glessing.

ESPN analyst Kevin Pelton projects the favorites to win each award and make the All-NBA teams, as well as other contenders and long shots.

Suns star Devin Booker drained a stepback 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to hand the Thunder just their sixth loss this season.

Clippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. was diagnosed with a Grade 2 right MCL sprain and will be reevaluated in six weeks, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Jaylen Brown tied a career high with 50 points and helped limit Kawhi Leonard to 22 points in the Celtics’ 146-115 win over the Clippers on Saturday night.

Joel Embiid and the Sixers had some fun with his first dunk of the season, an uncontested, two-handed jam that capped the team’s 130-119 win over the Knicks on Saturday night.

Rockets center Alperen Sengun suffered a lateral sprain of his right ankle in the first quarter of Saturday’s game against the Mavericks and was ruled out for the rest of the game.

Magic guard Jalen Suggs suffered a Grade 1 MCL contusion in his right knee and is out indefinitely, according to the team.