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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Thunder star Kevin Durant will miss his fourth straight game with a sprained right ankle. He sat out again Thursday on the road against the defending champion San Antonio Spurs. Durant was injured last Thursday in a loss at Golden State. Durant missed the Thunder's first 17...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder has fallen ill and is missing their game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Assistant coach Igor Kokoskov filled in for Snyder on Monday night. Snyder didn't feel well earlier in the day, and decided he couldn't coach about 30 minutes before game time. Kokoskov...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) David West has undergone four surgeries in his long NBA career: left knee, right elbow and right foot twice to fix a couple of toes. ''I don't even like saying all that,'' he said. So, yes, West knows real pain. Draymond Green has never needed an operation -...

NEW YORK (AP) - Cleveland's four-game sweep of Atlanta in the Eastern Conference finals averaged 6.8 million viewers on TNT, a 7 percent increase from last season's coverage.The four games, along with the Inside the NBA studio show, were the two highest-rated programs on cable each night. Game 3...

Stephen Curry rose for another jumper, and by then even the Knicks probably figured it would go in. Curry had hardly missed in a scintillating second half of the NBA's most electric performance this season, the crowd cheering even before the ball left his hands. This time, Raymond Felton jumped with...

CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Bulls suspended Rajon Rondo for Monday's game against the Portland Trail Blazers for conduct detrimental to the team, adding another disciplinary measure to the point guard's lengthy resume. The 30-year-old Rondo has been suspended several times during his 11 NBA seasons for running afoul of the...

AP Sports WriterPlayers: Kerr's marijuana admission could spark dialogueBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) David West has undergone four surgeries in his long NBA career: left knee, right elbow and right foot twice to fix a couple of toes.''I don't even like saying all that,'' he said.So, yes, West...

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) The Portland Trail Blazers' scheduled NBA game Saturday night against the Detroit Pistons was postponed till Sunday because of potentially severe weather conditions.The game Sunday at Moda Center is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. PST. ''The safety of our fans and players is always the highest...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) At the end of November, Derrick Rose brought his New York Knicks to Target Center, the building Tom Thibodeau now calls home with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Adversaries that night, Thibodeau and Rose spent five years together in Chicago grinding out victories and trying to restore the Bulls as...

The DENVER and the HOUSTON will both be gunning for a victory on 4/5/2017 at 8:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. DENVER vs HOUSTON When: 4/5/2017 8:05 PM Where: ROT TEAM PS OU ML 507 DENVER -9 (-110) 239 (-110) 325 -450 508 HOUSTON TV: 8:05 PM LINE: -9 PREDICTION: HOUSTON , DENVER Oddsmakers currently have the HOUSTON listed as -9 point favorites versus the DENVER,...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Golden State coach Draymond Green is battling back spasms but is expected to play in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.Coach Steve Kerr says Green is getting treatment Wednesday and will be evaluated each day, but ''should be OK'' for Thursday's game.The runner-up for Defensive Player...

AP Sports WriterThompson scores 24, Warriors beat Lakers 112-107By KAREEM COPELANDNew Los Angeles Lakers NBA coach Luke Walton's first matchup against Golden State, where he won a championship as an assistant in 2015, went as expected - with a Warriors' rout.Klay Thompson scored 24 to lead the Warriors to...