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DENVER (AP) The Denver Nuggets signed veteran forward Mike Miller to a one-year deal Wednesday.Miller played last season for the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he saw action in 52 games and averaged 13.5 minutes. The 15-year veteran has also played for Memphis, Miami, Washington, Minnesota and Orlando.Drafted fifth overall...

AP Sports WriterNewcomers to Cavs-Warriors rivalry embrace FinalsBy JOSH DUBOWOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Watching Part II of the Cavaliers-Warriors NBA Finals trilogy last spring, Kyle Korver came to a realization.''These are the two best teams and if you were on one of these two teams you were hopeful that...

AP Sports WriterKerr keeps Warriors winning with yoga, creative approachBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Anderson Varejao lowered his 6-foot-11 frame into a runner's lunge and raised one arm high into the air to add a twist, demonstrating after a recent shootaround the new yoga pose he just learned.Then,...

AP Basketball WriterThe 'D' in 'KD' stands for Defense: Durant's D big in Gm 4By JON KRAWCZYNSKIKevin Durant was at his shot-making best in the fourth quarter of Game 4 against San Antonio, knocking down contested jumpers, scoring in transition and willing the Oklahoma City Thunder to a series-evening...

Warriors exercise 3rd-year option Kevon LooneyOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The Golden State Warriors have exercised the third-year contract option on forward Kevon Looney.The team on Sunday announced the move to keep Looney under contract through 2017-18.Looney appeared in five games for Golden State last season, averaging 1.8 points and...

Cavaliers' Kevin Love returns to face UtahCLEVELAND (AP) Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, who had surgery on his left knee last month, will return to the starting lineup against the Utah Jazz.Love had surgery Feb. 14 and was originally expected to miss six weeks. The defending NBA champions...

CHICAGO (99)Dunleavy 5-6 1-2 14, Gasol 10-16 1-1 21, Noah 0-4 0-2 0, Rose 11-26 0-0 25, Butler 7-16 4-6 20, Gibson 3-5 2-4 8, Hinrich 2-3 1-1 6, Brooks 2-4 0-0 5, Mirotic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-80 9-16 99.CLEVELAND (92)James 9-22 1-2 19, Miller 1-2...

NEW YORK (AP) -Michele Roberts has the team she wants in place at the NBA Players Association.On Monday, she accompanied some of them to deliver holiday gifts at a couple of sites in Harlem. In two years, the job might be much tougher: taking on the NBA in the...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A person with knowledge of the discussions tells The Associated Press that the Timberwolves have had exploratory discussions with the Brooklyn Nets about possibly bringing back Kevin Garnett to Minnesota.The Wolves and Nets started discussing the possibility in earnest Wednesday, one day before the NBA's trade...

MIAMI (AP) - For the first time since Jan. 25, 2010, LeBron James returns to Miami as an opponent on Christmas Day when the Cleveland Cavaliers visit the Heat. Here's a look at perhaps the 10 most memorable moments of his times at AmericanAirlines Arena while donning the Heat...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Between the growling and the snarling, the pushing and the prodding, the constant demands that the young Minnesota Timberwolves hold themselves to a higher standard, the occasion to see a twinkle in the corner of coach Tom Thibodeau's eye has indeed been rare. Yet there it was on...

NEW YORK (AP) - LeBron James and Kyrie Irving each scored 18 points, J.R. Smith had 17 and hooked up with Iman Shumpert on a dazzling dunk in their return to the New York, and the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Knicks 101-83 on Sunday.James moved past Allen Iverson into...