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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr will miss the season opener as he continues to recover from back surgery.General manager Bob Myers told reporters Saturday that interim coach Luke Walton will coach the team for the season opener against New Orleans on Tuesday night in...

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...

AP Basketball WriterRay Allen, the top 3-point shooter in NBA history, retiresBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) Ray Allen won championships in Boston and Miami, made one of the most memorable shots in NBA Finals history and has more 3-pointers than anyone who ever played in the league.More than two...

MIAMI (AP) Miami jumped a slow-starting and inaccurate Dallas to set up a 106-82 win against the Mavericks on Friday, moving within one game of the lead in the NBA Southeast Division.Hassan Whiteside had 25 points and 19 rebounds for the Heat, who were without an ill Dwyane...

AP Basketball WriterSimmons has another quiet night offensively for PhiladelphiaBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIA look at some of the highlights from Tuesday's schedule in the Las Vegas Summer League:SIMMONS' SHOOTINGPhiladelphia's Ben Simmons had another quiet night offensively, scoring just eight points on 3-for-8 shooting in an 85-77 loss to the Golden...

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...

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 Sports WriterCavaliers practicing patience during long postseason layoffBy TOM WITHERSINDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) Kyrie Irving misses the sounds, the sights, the stress of the NBA playoffs.The All-Star point guard isn't the only one.''We're itching to play,'' Irving said.The Cavaliers are still waiting.With Washington and Boston headed to a...

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...

Associated PressInfluential Mormons push for church-owned BYU in Big 12By MICHELLE L. PRICE and KAREEM COPELANDSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Some of Utah's most influential Mormons, including Mitt Romney, Gov. Gary Herbert and the president of the Utah Jazz, are lobbying to get the private, Mormon church-owned Brigham Young...

The New Orleans Pelicans and the Miami Heat will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at AmericanAirlines Arena. New Orleans At Miami When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, February 21, 2015 Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, FSN New Orleans, Sun Sports (Miami) PREDICTION: Heat...