Jonas Valanciunas hit his first seven 3s Monday night — all in the first half — and scored a career-high 39 points in helping the Pelicans beat the Clippers. He also added 15 rebounds. Said coach Willie Green: “Guys were calling him Dirk Valanciunas.”
Tiger Woods said Tuesday that he’s hopeful he can play some limited golf in the future but said the road back from his February crash has been “a lot of hard work” and he’s “lucky to be alive and still have a limb.”
Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. will undergo a surgical procedure on his lower back and miss an indefinite period, his agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told ESPN.