A judge in Los Angeles on Monday ruled against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, tentatively allowing the $2 billion sale of the team negotiated by his wife to go through.

Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas, overseeing a trial that began when Sterling moved to revoke the family trust that owns the team, said from the bench that he found “no credible or compelling evidence” that his estranged wife, Shelly Sterling, had conspired with her lawyers to outflank him on the deal.