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CLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers starting shooting guard J.R. Smith will miss at least one game - and probably more - with a hyperextended left knee. The Cavs said an MRI taken on Smith's knee on Tuesday did not reveal any structural damage, but he will sit out Wednesday's game against the...

OAKLAND, California (AP) Golden State's Klay Thompson had 60 points, an NBA season high and the most by a Warriors player in 42 years, as the hosts whipped Indiana 142-106 on Monday.Thompson scored 40 by halftime in just 18-plus minutes. He had a career-best 60 points through three quarters...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Al Attles made all eight of his field-goal tries for 17 points for the Philadelphia Warriors during Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game on March 2, 1962. Attles coached Rick Barry the day he scored 64 against Portland on March 26, 1974. He watched with a smile high above...

ATLANTA (AP) The Atlanta Hawks are struggling to figure out what happened to the team that won 60 games just two seasons ago. A ballyhooed makeover has quickly bogged down. The offense looks stagnant and confused. The defense is struggling to stop anyone. The Hawks have faded back into NBA purgatory. Since...

Plenty of points for Klay Thompson. Plenty of everything, as usual, for Russell Westbrook. On a momentous night in the NBA, Thompson had the biggest game with a career-high 60 points and Westbrook continued his sensational season with a sixth straight triple-double. An 11-game schedule stole the show Monday on a...

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...

ATLANTA (AP) Russell Westbrook extended his streak of triple-doubles to six games, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 102-99 victory over the skidding Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. Westbrook scored 32 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and doled out 12 assists, carrying on the NBA's longest run of triple-doubles since...

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...

Bulls win 111-105 to hand Cavaliers a 3rd straight defeatCHICAGO (AP) Chicago beat slumping Cleveland 111-105 on Friday to narrow the gap between the Central Division heavyweights to two games, with Jimmy Butler leading the way with 26 points.It was the third straight defeat for the reigning league...

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 -...

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...

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, just...