NBA

MINNESOTA (97)Muhammad 4-11 0-0 9, Young 7-11 2-4 17, Dieng 2-6 4-6 8, Wiggins 3-6 4-8 10, LaVine 4-12 4-5 12, Williams 2-9 2-2 6, Budinger 2-6 1-3 6, Hummel 2-3 0-0 4, Adrien 1-3 3-4 5, Daniels 5-6 0-0 14, Robinson III 1-2 0-0 2,...

MIAMI (AP) After six weeks of the season, the Eastern Conference looks better than it did a year ago.Looks messier, too.Out West, it's easy to see who stands out. Golden State's record-setting 22-0 start has the reigning NBA champions as the league's unquestioned favorites, and San Antonio is...

MINNESOTA (97)Wiggins 4-10 5-6 13, Hamilton 4-9 0-0 9, Dieng 5-13 0-2 10, LaVine 7-13 1-2 18, Martin 7-18 3-3 19, Payne 5-10 2-2 12, Budinger 3-7 3-3 10, Brown 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 38-86 14-18 97.SAN ANTONIO (123)Leonard 6-13 1-1 15, Duncan 4-6 2-2 10, Splitter...

AP Sports WriterBig hit for Bulls, 'Benny's Day Off' connects onlineBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Dancing on the roof, microphone in hand as he lip-synched to ''Twist and Shout,'' Benny the Bull was putting on quite a performance as his tricked-out black van rolled through downtown Chicago.It was not...

PHILADELPHIA (93)Mbah a Moute 3-7 3-4 9, Covington 3-10 0-2 8, Noel 4-9 0-2 8, Carter-Williams 8-20 1-4 17, Sampson 4-4 1-2 9, McDaniels 3-8 6-8 12, Sims 4-6 0-0 8, Wroten 7-13 7-9 22, Grant 0-4 0-2 0, Aldemir 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 0-0 0-0...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash has announced his retirement after a 19-year NBA career that included two MVP awards.The 41-year-old Canadian made the announcement Saturday in a letter on The Players' Tribune, a website where he is a senior producer.Nash played in just 65...

OKLAHOMA CITY (104)Durant 12-25 1-3 26, Ibaka 3-10 2-2 9, Adams 2-2 1-4 5, Roberson 2-3 0-0 4, Westbrook 11-20 9-12 32, Lamb 3-9 0-0 6, Perkins 0-2 0-0 0, Morrow 3-5 1-1 10, N.Collison 2-3 0-0 4, Jackson 3-8 2-2 8, Smith 0-0 0-0 0,...

Associated PressLove returns in win over Jazz, but 2 more Cavs injuredBy STEVE HERRICKCLEVELAND (AP) The Cleveland Cavaliers got one player back from injury Thursday night, but lost two others.Fortunately for the defending NBA champions, they can always count on LeBron James.James scored 33 points, including 17 in...

BROOKLYN (109)Johnson 4-13 1-2 9, Garnett 3-5 0-0 6, Plumlee 6-7 2-6 14, Jack 8-14 10-10 27, Karasev 3-7 0-0 7, Lopez 4-7 0-0 8, Anderson 5-7 2-2 15, Williams 2-6 4-6 8, Teletovic 4-11 1-2 11, Bogdanovic 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 41-83 20-28 109.BOSTON (107)Green...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) Spurs star Tim Duncan has filed another lawsuit against a former financial adviser he contends has cost him millions of dollars in lost investments.The lawsuit filed last week claims Charles Banks of Atlanta urged Duncan to invest $1.1 million in a cosmetics company that Banks...

HOUSTON (AP) - James Harden had 31 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his second triple-double this season, leading the Houston Rockets to a 113-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.Harden got off to a slow start, missing his first seven shots. He got going late...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The latest from Game 2 of the NBA Finals:---7:55 p.m. PDTThe NBA Finals have gone to overtime for the second game in a row.With a fantastic flurry, the Golden State Warriors tied the Cleveland Cavaliers at 87-all on Stephen Curry's basket with 7.2 seconds left....