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AP Sports WriterSuns decline Barbosa option, save $3.5M cap spaceBy JOHN MARSHALLPHOENIX (AP) The Phoenix Suns declined a team option on guard Leandro Barbosa on Monday, saving the team $3.5 million in salary cap space.The 34-year-old Barbosa had a $4 million contract for next season, with $500,000 guaranteed....

AP Basketball WriterBelichick has quite a fan in Minnesota's ThibodeauBy JON KRAWCZYNSKITom Thibodeau has won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics, a gold medal with Team USA and been hired to take over the Minnesota Timberwolves and remake them to fit a vision he has carefully honed over...

Markieff Morris fined $15,000 for unsportsmanlike conductNEW YORK (AP) Washington forward Markieff Morris has been fined $15,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct late in the Wizards' overtime victory at Portland on Monday night.The NBA announced the penalty Wednesday before the Wizards played at the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors.Morris...

The Latest: Hoops Hall opens doors to point guardsSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) The latest on the Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony (all times local):9:25 p.m.Jason Kidd went through his entire pro and college career thanking people who helped him reach the Basketball Hall of Fame. He thanked his...

AP Basketball WriterAgent: Raptors, Lowry agree on $31 million extensionBy TIM REYNOLDSKyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors have agreed on a $31 million, one-year extension that could keep him with the NBA champions through the 2020-21 season.Agent Mark Bartelstein on Monday confirmed the agreement, which was first reported by...

AP Sports WriterCeltics hope return home can slow LeBron, Cavs in Game 5By KYLE HIGHTOWERBOSTON (AP) The Celtics expected to see a different LeBron James in Cleveland after the Cavaliers fell into a 2-0 hole to open the Eastern Conference finalsTwo games and back-to-back wins later , James...

The New York Knicks and the Philadelphia 76ers will both be trying to pick up a win on 1/11/2017 at 7:05 PM when they battle in a NBA Matchup. New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ROT TEAM PS OU Money Line 701 NEW YORK 2...

The Latest: Cavaliers' Thompson wants to see NBA playoffsBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:---Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson wants the NBA to have its postseason, even if he and his Cleveland teammates aren't included in the playoffs.''Guys want...

76ers' Tobias Harris falls in Game 3 vs. Celtics, cuts eyeLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) 76ers forward Tobias Harris returned to Game 3 of Philadelphia's first-round playoff matchup with Boston on Sunday after bloodying his face in a fall.Harris was trying to contest a shot by Jayson Tatum...

AP Sports WriterNBA coaches prepare for possible intriguing playoff matchupsBy KYLE HIGHTOWERWith NBA games indefinitely on hold there has been a lot of discussion about postseason possibilities - including by coaches around the league.They're preparing for what a resumption of the season that wascould look like in the wake...

Raptors guard Delon Wright has dislocated right shoulderTORONTO (AP) Toronto Raptors backup guard Delon Wright has a dislocated right shoulder.Wright was injured Wednesday night in the second quarter of Toronto's victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. The Raptors said Friday before their game against New York that tests...

NEW YORK (AP) Isaiah Whitehead was placed in the concussion protocol, Yogi Ferrell was signed and Greivis Vasquez waived as the Brooklyn Nets try to deal with an injury-riddled point guard corps. With starter Jeremy Lin sidelined by a strained left hamstring, Whitehead has been starting. The second-round pick slammed...