The LA Clippers are making a blockbuster trade for Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George, clearing the path for free agent Kawhi Leonard to sign with the Clippers on a four-year, $142 million contract, league sources told ESPN.

In an 11th-hour move to keep Leonard from partnering with LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the Los Angeles Lakers, the Clippers are trading four future unprotected first-round picks, a protected first-round pick and two pick swaps to the Thunder to get George, league sources told ESPN.

The Clippers are sending Oklahoma City their unprotected 2022, 2024 and 2026 picks, their unprotected 2021 and protected 2023 first-round picks via Miami, and the rights to swap picks with the Clippers in 2023 and 2025, league sources said.

The Clippers also are sending point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Danilo Gallinari to the Thunder in the deal, league sources told ESPN.

George and Leonard wanted to play together, and George and his agent, Aaron Mintz, approached Thunder general manager Sam Presti in recent days and requested a trade, league sources said. Leonard wanted to walk into a championship contender, and he believed George was the co-star he wanted by his side.

With Friday night's additions, Staples Center appears set to be the most starry arena in the NBA: Leonard and George vs. James and Davis.

Leonard had held meetings with three teams he planned to sit down with in free agency, according to sources. He met with the Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors over the past week, with Toronto receiving the final meeting, league sources said.

LAKE CITY, Mich. – David Mielke put together a perfect performance to win Friday’s American Ethanol Modified Tour main event at Merritt Speedway.

Mielke’s run to perfection began on Thursday night, when the team unloaded for what was supposed to be night one of the doubleheader weekends. Mielke laid down the fastest time of time trials, but Mother Nature moved in before heat races could be completed.

Speedway and series officials opted to scrap the events from Thursday’s schedule for Friday’s races, meaning teams would compete in a pair of qualifying races to set the inside and outside rows.

Collin Thirlby won the first qualifier while Mielke won the second qualifier, making them the front row for the 25-lap main event.

Mielke jumped out into the early lead in the feature over Thirlby and Will Krup. One caution flag slowed the field when Caleb Kill came to a stop on the top of turn four.

The restart and lapped traffic were no match for Mielke, who led every lap and went to victory lane to collect the $2,500 check.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Speedweek Mitch Smith Memorial was halted due to rain on Friday night at Williams Grove Speedway.

Time trials were completed for the 30-car field, with Lance Dewease setting quick time with a lap of 17.307 seconds.

Danny Dietrich, James McFadden, Chad Trout and Lucas Wolfe were the top five qualifying before the rain stopped the rest of the event.

Pennsylvania Speedweek comes to a close Saturday night at Port Royal Speedway.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Team owner Matt Kaulig entered three cars in Friday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona Int’l Speedway with a simple goal – bring home a trophy.

His trio of drivers – Ross Chastain, Justin Haley and A.J. Allmendinger – did that and much more.

The Kaulig Racing trio dominated the 100-lap event, with Chastain leading a Kaulig Racing sweep of the top three positions at the checkered flag just past midnight on Saturday morning.

“We’ve been trophy hunting. That’s all we’ve been saying all week,” Kaulig said. “I can’t believe we got all three of them right up front. I’m super excited for all these Kaulig Racing guys.”

All three Kaulig Racing drivers led laps during the Circle K Firecracker 250, but it was Chastain who had the dominant car when it counted most.

A restart with 21 laps left saw Chastain holding the lead. He briefly gave up the top spot to Justin Allgaier, but quickly regained the lead one lap later with 20 laps left as Haley followed in his tire tracks.

Chastain was still the lead with 15 laps left when Tyler Reddick, who had rebounded from a crash earlier in the evening, reappeared at the front of the field and took the lead with 14 laps left.

Coming down the backstretch Haley began to battle Reddick for the race lead when Michael Annett got turned into the outside wall while running directly behind Reddick. That triggered the dreaded big one, which collected at least a dozen cars and required a lengthy red flag period for cleanup.

When the crash was cleaned up Haley was the race leader, with Reddick, Chastain, Christopher Bell and Allgaier next in line. Allmendinger had barely made it through the crash and had to pit for new tires, putting him at the back of the lead lap cars for the restart with 10 laps left.

When the race resumed Haley got a big push from Chastain on the inside to take the race lead, but Reddick wasn’t going to stand by and watch. A big run down the backstretch allowed Reddick to regain the lead.

For the next two laps Reddick did everything he could to make his Chevrolet as wide as possible, but Chastain soon came knocking with a big push from Haley with eight laps left. Coming out of turn four on the outside Chastain emerged with the lead as Haley continued to push in second.

With five laps left Shane Lee got spun out of the lead pack, but he didn’t hit anything and kept going. That broke up the front of the field, with Chastain now leading a small breakaway with Haley, Bell and Austin Cindric.

Behind that group Allmendinger was charging. With three laps left he dispatched Brandon Brown to take fifth and he quickly closed on the bumper of Cindric for fourth, dispatching him on the white flag lap in turns one and two.

At the front there was no stopping Chastain, who held the lead through the final corners with his teammate Haley in his rear view mirror to earn his second NASCAR Xfinity Series victory and first of the season.

“I watched these races every Fourth of July. I never could come in the spring because we were growing watermelons,” Chastain said. “These guys right here gave me a race car at Daytona. We did it!”

Allmendinger was able to sneak past Bell coming out of turn four on the final lap to steal third, giving Kaulig Racing a one-two-three finish. Prior to Saturday’s race, Kaulig Racing had never finished better than fourth in Xfinity Series competition.

“I was just trying to be a good teammate,” Haley said of the finish. “I kind of gave it up to get Kaulig Racing one.”

“I’m so pumped to be a part of Kaulig Racing,” Allmendinger said. “Of course you want to be the driver that tries to get the win, but there is nothing cooler than being a one-two-three.”

Bell ended up settling for fourth, with Cindric completing the top-five. The rest of the top-10 included Stephen Leicht, Brown, Jeff Green, Gray Gaulding and Jeremy Clements.

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ATTICA, Ohio – Byron Reed hasn’t raced much this year, but the veteran sprint car driver still knows his way around Attica Raceway Park.

Reed, an eight-time track champion, held off a charging Hunter Schuerenberg to score his second 410 sprint car win of the year Friday on Sutton Bank/Craig Miller Trucking/Burns Electric Night.

The victory was the 41st of Reed’s career at Attica as he inches closer to the top of the Callie’s Performance Product 410 Sprint Car division’s all-time win list. Mark Keegan is the all-time 410 division win record holder with 56 victories.

A solid third place finish for Cap Henry puts him closer to Buddy Kofoid in the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group standings.

For Reed, it was only his fifth race of the season at Attica and while the final finish shows he led all 30 laps of the 410 sprint feature, he withstood early challenges from Buddy Kofoid and the last six laps from a surging Schuerenberg for the victory.

“I’m not usually a top groove type guy for a long period of time like that. But watching the B-main I felt like that’s where you had to be. Every year you get a little bit older and you think ‘can I still do this.’ Young guys come in and they’re really fast…confidence means a lot and mine hasn’t been real good lately,” said Reed. “This is one of my more satisfying wins. I want to thank Paul Kistler of Kistler Engines and Crown Battery and I had a new shock on from Doug Berryman…I felt like that might have made a difference in trying to run the top. Also, I know Rick Susong passed away recently…I’ve known the guy for 30 years so it’s sad to hear that.”

Reed and Kofoid brought the field to green for the 30-lap 410 sprint feature but a multi-car incident involving Jess Stiger, Ryan Broughton and Travis Philo necessitated another attempt. On the second try, Caleb Griffith stopped in turn two and last week’s winner Chris Andrews spun in turn three. On the third try Reed bolted into the lead over Kofoid, Cap Henry, Nate Dussel, D.J. Foos and Schuerenberg.

Kofoid stayed glued to Reed’s rear bumper while Henry ran comfortably in third with a great battle for fourth involving Dussel, Foos and Schuerenberg. Kofoid was battling with Reed for the lead on lap nine, when he spun off of turn four, handing second to Henry. On the restart Danny Mumaw and Brock Martin tangled but when the green flew again the race would go to it’s conclusion without another stoppage.

Reed pulled away on the restart with Henry working to stay within striking distance while Foos and Schuerenberg battled for third with the later taking the spot on lap 12. At the half way point Reed held a commanding lead over Henry, Schuerenberg, Foos and Dussel. With 10 laps to go all eyes were on Schuerenberg who found the top side of the track to his liking as he took second on lap 24 and closed quickly on Reed who was into heavy lapped traffic.

Reed made the move of the race with three laps to go, splitting two lapped cars as Schuerenberg was right on his bumper. Reed was able to hit his marks perfectly the final three laps and took the close win over Schuerenberg, Henry, Foos and Dussel.

In an exciting Summit Racing Equipment UMP Late Model feature, Doug Drown took the lead with four laps to go after a spirited battle with Matt Irey and Ryan Missler and went on to earn his third victory of the season at Attica. The 25-lap green to checker feature took just seven minutes to complete.

Drown’s victory is the 27th of his career at the track as he sits atop the division all-time win list.

Jamie Miller raced to his second-straight victory in Fremont Fence 305 Sprint action Friday night in a non-stop feature. He lapped up to 10th place, winning by 7.5 seconds. Miller now has 20 victories at Attica Raceway Park, placing him fifth on the division’s all-time win list.

The win puts Miller back in the thick of things in the KS Sales & Service AFCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales points battle for the 305 sprints.

MIDDLEBOURNE, W.Va. – For the first time since February, Tyler Erb returned to Lucas Oil Victory Lane on Friday night as he wired the field in the 25th annual Topless 50 at Tyler County Speedway.

Erb became the 10th different winner in as many visits by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Tyler County Speedway. The victory didn’t come easy, as podium finishers Josh Richards and Devin Moran charged after Erb the entire 50-lap distance.

Moran and Erb led the field to green with Erb taking the lead on the initial lap. There was a tight battle the entire distance for second as three different drivers held that position during the race. Chris Ferguson, Moran, and Richards all had a turn in the runner-up position behind Erb.

Richards cleared Moran on lap 42, then setting his sights on Erb who was battling lapped traffic. Richards closed on Erb, but the 22-year-old made his move around a lapped car with two-to go, and that allowed him to open up enough distance to cross the finish line as the winner for his first ever victory at Tyler County.

Richards took second just ahead of Moran, with Chris Ferguson and Tim McCreadie rounding out the top five.

“I am super-pumped,” Erb said in victory lane. “We have a super-fast racecar right now. This is the best car I have ever driven. It feels like a year since we won a race. This is one of my favorite tracks. We haven’t been here a lot, because it’s a long way from Texas.

“I wanted to move up higher in turns one and two; that’s what got me the lead on Devin. It’s hard to move up when you can see those guys below you. I was getting sideways into turn three and I could almost see the entire field behind me. This just shows how good of a team we have. We put in the work to win and it paid off tonight,” said Erb.

Richards was looking to win in front of his home state fans but was happy with his second-place finish.

“Man, I sure wanted to win here tonight,” Richards said. “I love coming here. I am glad we get to come here twice a year now. I had a lot of family and friends here tonight. We went with a little different right rear tire and it took me a while to get rolling up top. I knew with Tyler up front it was going to be hard to catch him.”

Moran sat on the pole for the start of the main event and earned a podium finish.

“I got close a few times,” Moran said. “It feels good to get back on the podium. Tonight, we learned from our mistakes from last night. If we keep running up front, I feel like we can get a couple of wins here soon.”

The finish:

Tyler Erb, Josh Richards, Devin Moran, Chris Ferguson, Tim McCreadie, Mike Marlar, Colten Burdette, Derek Doll, Jonathan Davenport, Gregg Satterlee, Jimmy Owens, Jacob Hawkins, Kyle Bronson, Mason Zeigler, Hudson O’Neal, Billy Moyer Jr., Shanon Buckingham, Stormy Scott, Travis Stickley, Michael Norris, Earl Pearson Jr., Kyle Thomas, Shane Hitt, Matt Cosner, Zack Dohm.

Australia have given themselves a head start in the Women's Ashes with victory in the first two ODIs, and coach Matthew Mott is confident there is more to come after they were able to win despite two stuttering displays from the top order.

They edged over the line by two wickets in the opening match - after which Mott was critical of the Australia batsmen's shot selection - followed by an improved performance in the second outing which ended in a four-wicket win, but it still needed an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 60 between Beth Mooney and Jess Jonassen after England had fought back.

There has been a half-century apiece for Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry, but slimmer pickings for the rest of the top order: Nicole Bolton has failed twice, Rachael Haynes has 40 runs in two innings and captain Meg Lanning 34 runs.

"It's probably a blessing, I guess, you know some of that top order are due and the fact we are getting over the line without them is a real positive for us," Mott said. "They'll do a lot of work in the next couple of days but there weren't too many bad shots there, so that's a positive. We are two up, which is really important and from here on. When the batters get set we'd like them to get some big scores.

"The composure shown at the back end, it got tricky at one stage. Think England probably thought they had the game at six down and they were really composed. They made it look a lot easier than we thought it might be."

On Lanning, specifically, Mott said her dismissal in the second match was down to a fantastic piece of bowling from Katherine Brunt. "She got 90-odd in the practice game and looked in great nick, [it] was just a ripper of a ball, thought she looked well set and her intent was excellent. It took something special to get rid of her."

Victory in the third ODI in Canterbury would put Australia well on track to retain the Ashes in the multi-format, seven-match series. There are four points on offer for a win in the Test, and two for a draw, before the three-match T20I series with two points for a win, but memories of the last Ashes, when England fought back at the end, will be at the forefront of Australia's mind.

"It's huge. We want to get out as far in front as we can," Mott said. "We said from the start we had a bitter taste from the last one when they came back and drew the series, so the next game is the most important game."

LAS VEGAS -- An earthquake that struck in Southern California forced the postponement of the late games in the Las Vegas Summer League on Friday night, including the NBA debuts for No. 1 pick Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans and No. 3 pick RJ Barrett of the New York Knicks.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres played through the earthquake during their game at Dodger Stadium, though a WNBA game in Las Vegas also was stopped.

Estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey say a 7.1 magnitude quake hit in Southern California at 8:19 p.m. PT. The quake had been downgraded to 6.9 before seismologists restored the original magnitude. The quake was felt all the way in Las Vegas during the fourth quarter of the Pelicans-Knicks game inside the Thomas & Mack Center.

The overhead scoreboard in the arena was swaying, and officials elected to stop the game and have the teams leave the floor while gauging if it was safe to continue. After about a 15-minute delay, the decision was made to suspend the game with the Pelicans leading 80-74. The NBA announced later Friday that the game would not be resumed. The league also canceled the game involving the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets, which was to have been played after the Knicks-Pelicans.

"I was bringing the ball up, it felt like someone was pushing my hip, like I kind of leaned this way, and I was like, 'Oh, my gosh, what is going on?'" New Orleans guard Frank Jackson said. "And then I just saw everything shaking."

Said New Orleans' Christian Wood, who played collegiately at UNLV: "I've been a part of earthquakes, but nothing while playing basketball. It was cool, but I don't want to be a part of it anymore."

A game involving the Orlando Magic and the San Antonio Spurs inside the smaller Cox Pavilion, which is attached to the Thomas & Mack Center, initially continued without delay because that gym lacks an overhead scoreboard. The league ultimately decided to cancel that game after the third period, however, for "precautionary reasons."

"Safety comes first, second, third," NBA summer league executive director Warren LeGarie said.

Friday night's quake was centered 11 miles from Ridgecrest, California, a Mojave Desert town about 150 miles (240 kilometers) from Los Angeles. The same area was jolted by a 6.4 quake a day earlier.

Friday's quake was felt in downtown Los Angeles as a rolling motion that seemed to last at least a half-minute. It hit Dodger Stadium in the fourth inning when Dodgers second baseman Enrique Hernandez was batting. It didn't appear to affect him or Padres pitcher Eric Lauer, and the game continued without disruption.

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw told reporters afterward that he didn't feel the quake.

"Everybody's telling me about it," he said. "I was underneath in the tunnel, and the crowd's kind of going crazy, but I had no idea what was going on until somebody told me."

However, it was obvious to viewers of the SportsNet LA broadcast when the TV picture began bouncing up and down.

There was no announcement by the stadium's public address announcer. Some fans in the upper decks appeared to leave their seats and move to a concourse at the top of the stadium. The press box lurched for about 20 seconds.

Also in the Las Vegas area, a WNBA game between the Mystics and Aces at the Mandalay Bay Resort was suspended at halftime because of the quake.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

LAS VEGAS -- Zion Williamson's first NBA show was a sellout.

And it ended earlier than the fans wanted.

The No. 1 overall draft pick by the New Orleans Pelicans didn't keep his adoring public waiting for his display of dunks and power. With tickets commanding more than $500 on the resale markets throughout the day from those desperate to be part of the crowd -- one that included LeBron James and Floyd Mayweather -- Williamson took the floor as a pro for the first time Friday night in the NBA summer league, scoring 11 points in nine first-half minutes against the New York Knicks and fellow former Duke star RJ Barrett.

But Williamson didn't play in the second half because of a knee-to-knee hit, and fans who were chanting "We want Zion! We want Zion!" weren't going to get any more than those first nine minutes.

The game was suspended in the fourth quarter after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit near Ridgecrest, California, around 200 miles from Las Vegas.

But the big attraction -- maybe the hottest ticket in Vegas on a night when Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn were doing their thing at Caesars Palace, Gwen Stefani was at Planet Hollywood and Wiz Khalifa was playing a late show at a nightclub -- had already ended earlier than anticipated.

"Obviously, the guy we drafted put a buzz in the air for everybody in here," Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said.

That he did.

It would be inaccurate to say the whole NBA was watching. It only seemed that way.

James was in a baseline seat, a few spots to the right of San Antonio's DeMar DeRozan. Mayweather arrived a few minutes before game time. Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks was on hand, and so was Lonzo Ball -- James' teammate with the Lakers, until the trade that sends him to New Orleans as part of the Anthony Davis swap happens on Saturday. Davis arrived in the middle of the first quarter, sitting for a few minutes with James and agent Rich Paul, watching the Pelicans on what will be his final night as a Pelican.

James arrived for the Lakers-Bulls game that preceded the Pelicans-Knicks matchup, and gave his soon-to-be-former teammate Ball a big hug between games. It made sense that he was there for the Lakers. And it was no surprise that he stayed to see Williamson.

"I've never met him," James said.

Asked if he'd be willing to offer Williamson counsel, since he might be one of the few people in NBA history to enter the pro ranks amid such fanfare, James said he'd happily offer whatever he could.

"My line is open," said James, the No. 1 pick 16 years earlier.

The Pelicans tried a lob to Williamson on the first play after the tap, and he was cheered for getting fouled. Then again, he also was cheered for going onto the floor for warm-ups, for dunks in the layup line and when he was introduced as the fifth and final starter for the Pelicans in the pregame introductions. Fans even cheered when he would get off the bench to go back into the game.

"We're not going to do anything crazy with him," Gentry said. "This gives you an opportunity to test out the speed of the game and things like that. That's really all you learn from this."

There had been two sellouts in NBA summer league history in Las Vegas before Friday.

Then Friday sold out.

And Saturday has as well.

Sunday hasn't yet. Reason? Williamson isn't playing that day. The Pelicans play again Saturday night against Rui Hachimura and Washington. Summer league has gotten bigger and bigger each year, but The Zion Factor is very real -- and a league that set an attendance record in Vegas last summer is already well on its way to smashing that mark this year.

"People want to be part of something big and special," said Warren LeGarie, the summer league's executive director. "And Zion loves the game. My partner Albert Hall, the brains of this operation, he ran Adidas Nations and Zion was with him since he was 14 years old. He has a picture of Zion in a tub of ice because he's overheating because he loved to play so much."

And on Friday, at long last, he was in the NBA.