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Jimmy Butler will miss Saturday's game against the Magic because of an illness that kept him from returning Friday night against the Thunder.

Utah's Jordan Clarkson was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Saturday, and Detroit's Ron Holland II and Paul Reed were also penalized for their roles in an altercation between the Jazz and Pistons.

The NBA fined Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton $25,000 on Saturday for throwing the ball into the stands during a game in Toronto.

The NBA fined the Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla $35,000 on Saturday "for aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official" at the end of his team's loss to the Bulls on Thursday night.

Suns guard Devin Booker will miss Saturday's game against the Pistons and Monday's game at the Nuggets with soreness in his groin.

Jimmy Butler appeared to turn his left ankle and then left Miami's game against Oklahoma City in the first quarter Friday night with what the team later said was an illness.

Sixers center Joel Embiid, back from a one-game absence due to a sinus fracture, scored 24 of his game-high 34 points in the second half as Philadelphia topped the Hornets 108-98.

Suns guard Devin Booker will miss Saturday's game against the Pistons with tightness in his left groin.

Sixers center Joel Embiid, who sat out Monday's game due to a sinus fracture, was back in the starting lineup Friday against the Hornets.

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