NBA Teams

NEW YORK (AP) The New York Knicks need some new defensive schemes - or perhaps some new players. Coach Jeff Hornacek said maybe the ones he has are ''just not capable'' of defending after their 115-103 loss to the Orlando Magic on Monday night. The Knicks have lost a season-high five...

MIAMI (AP) When the Miami Heat return home from their road trip, the season will officially be half over. It's already seemed like a marathon. Barely seven months removed from being a game shy of the NBA's Final Four, the Heat were the first team this season to reach the 25-loss...

NEW YORK (AP) Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis is missing his second straight game because of a sore left Achilles' tendon. Carmelo Anthony and Courtney Lee were back in the starting lineup against Orlando after missing all or part of the last game, but the Knicks decided to give Porzingis another...

CLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is missing Monday night's game against the Pelicans, his second straight, because of tightness in his right hamstring. Irving injured the hamstring against Boston on Thursday and didn't play in Saturday's win against Charlotte. The three-time All-Star is averaging 23.9 points and shooting 48...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Hornets say center Cody Zeller has been placed in the NBA's concussion protocol. There is no timetable for his return. Zeller took an elbow to the head in the fourth quarter of Charlotte's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. Zeller will not play Monday night...

CHICAGO (AP) Bulls guard Dwyane Wade has been ruled out for their game against Charlotte because of swelling in his left knee.Wade is averaging 18.8 points in 32 games in his first season with his hometown Bulls. He could return Wednesday against Cleveland. Wade noticed the swelling following Saturday night's...

PHOENIX (AP) A night after their 10-game winning streak came to a halt with a two-point loss at home to San Antonio, the Houston Rockets looked ready to start a new run of victories. The Rockets went from making 38 percent of their shots, including just 6 of 38 3-pointers,...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Russell Westbrook's left-handed, inside-out dribble wrong-footed Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, creating an open lane for a driving layup. That was one of many scoring highlights for the Oklahoma City star, who sometimes looked like he could have outscored New Orleans by himself. He didn't have to, though,...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is auctioning off two special pairs of shoes to raise money for victims of the Oakland warehouse fire. KCBS reports (http://cbsloc.al/2ifgOkj) that Curry teamed up with a local artist and had two distinctive pairs designed. As of Wednesday afternoon on EBay,...

Growing up in Canton, Ohio, C.J. McCollum viewed sports as one of the only avenues to a better life. The sweet-shooting guard became a rare success story, catapulting from Lehigh University to the NBA lottery before cementing himself as part of one of the league's best backcourts in Portland. But McCollum...

ATLANTA (AP) Hawks center Dwight Howard is out for a second straight game with back tightness.Howard is in the first season of a $70.5 million, three-year contract. He ranks third in the NBA with 13 rebounds per game and third on his team with 14.2 points per game this...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Sacramento Kings coach Dave Joerger says he doesn't know if All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins is officiated differently than other players in the NBA. Cousins expressed his frustration Tuesday night after receiving two technical fouls and being briefly ejected from a 55-point performance against Portland. The second...