LOS ANGELES: Donald Sterling’s lawyers on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) opted not to call Shelly Sterling as a witness in their court fight to block her sale of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and abruptly rested their case.

The move sets the stage for closing arguments on Monday in the case in which Donald Sterling is challenging his estranged wife’s authority to sell the club for $2 billion to former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer.

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