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PHILADELPHIA — The Wells Fargo Center crowd rose to its feet with about a minute remaining, trying to will James Harden to the basket with the 76ers trailing by three points. The All-Star point guard slid past his defender, but his layup attempt rolled off the rim.

Atlanta adds the former All-Star closer to its title defense.

LOS ANGELES — The Lakers have lost three consecutive games coming out of the NBA All-Star break and 11 of their last 15 games. They are seven games below .500 (27-34) in the Western Conference.

MINNEAPOLIS — Save for a spot in the All-Star Game starting lineup, the month of February hasn’t been kind to Andrew Wiggins.

“I’ve always prided myself as an exciting player.”

After a one-week reprieve, teams took the court again Thursday. The playoff race is heating up. See where each team stands with seven weeks left in the season.

After raising some eyebrows during All-Star weekend, the Lakers star made clear that he wants to be in L.A. for as long as possible.

Against the Trail Blazers, Jonathan Kuminga picked up right where he left before the All-Star break with another double-figure scoring effort.

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James faded baseline and floated a jumper through the basket on the first possession of Friday’s Lakers-Clippers meeting, the final stretch of the season finally able to begin with a cheer instead of those deafening grumblings since they played last week before the All-Star break.