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AP Sports WriterBucks stay in-house, hire Jon Horst as general managerBy GENARO C. ARMASThe Milwaukee Bucks have stayed in-house to fill their general manager vacancy.The team named director of basketball operations Jon Horst as its next GM on Friday. He will replace John Hammond, who left last month to...

AP Sports ColumnistColumn: Howard returns home looking to regain his swaggerBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) Dwight Howard has played all of one game for the Atlanta Hawks.He's already the center of attention.On opening night, Howard led his new teammates in a raucous display of bouncing and screaming during the...

The Milwaukee Bucks and the Chicago Bulls will meet on the court at United Center on Saturday in a battle of division rivals. Milwaukee At Chicago When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 18, 2015 Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois TV: 7 p.m. ET, ESPN, FSN Wisconsin (Milwaukee), CSN Chicago PREDICTION: Bulls 98, Bucks...

PHOENIX (87)Tucker 2-7 0-0 6, Mark.Morris 8-19 1-3 18, Len 2-3 1-1 5, Bledsoe 5-10 6-7 17, G.Dragic 4-11 0-0 9, B.Wright 1-3 0-0 2, Thomas 2-9 2-2 6, Green 4-11 0-0 9, Marc.Morris 4-8 0-0 8, Plumlee 0-4 1-2 1, Z.Dragic 1-2 0-0 2, Bullock...

AP Sports WriterHornets center Cody Zeller says $56M extension is 'crazy'By STEVE REEDCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Cody Zeller said he's always considered himself a simple kid from Indiana.Well, now he's a simple rich kid from Indiana.The 7-foot Zeller signed a four-year, $56 million deal with the Charlotte Hornets. The...

DENVER (114)Chandler 5-12 2-2 13, Hickson 4-9 1-2 9, Faried 3-10 8-9 14, Lawson 3-11 7-8 13, Foye 6-11 1-1 17, Lauvergne 1-5 0-0 2, Barton 6-8 0-0 12, Nurkic 5-5 0-0 10, Nelson 9-18 0-0 22, Harris 1-2 0-0 2, Green 0-1 0-0 0. Totals...

BROOKLYN (91)Johnson 6-16 4-4 19, Young 1-7 0-2 2, Lopez 8-15 4-4 20, Williams 1-7 0-0 2, Bogdanovic 3-9 0-0 8, Teletovic 0-2 0-0 0, Anderson 5-7 2-3 13, Jack 9-13 3-3 23, Plumlee 2-2 0-2 4. Totals 35-78 13-18 91.ATLANTA (96)Carroll 1-8 0-0 2, Millsap 7-11...

HOUSTON (115)Ariza 4-15 2-3 13, Motiejunas 7-13 1-3 18, Howard 7-16 10-15 24, Beverley 3-9 6-6 12, Harden 11-21 18-21 41, Black 1-3 0-0 2, Canaan 0-2 0-0 0, Johnson 2-6 0-0 5, Dorsey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-85 37-48 115.DENVER (111)Chandler 8-17 2-2 23, Faried 5-12...

PHOENIX (86)Marc.Morris 5-8 0-0 11, Mark.Morris 5-9 0-0 11, Len 3-8 0-0 6, Bledsoe 5-11 2-3 12, Tucker 4-9 2-2 10, Goodwin 2-7 0-0 4, B.Wright 1-4 2-4 4, Warren 6-9 1-1 13, Price 1-3 0-0 2, Green 6-12 0-0 13, Bullock 0-5 0-0 0, Barron...

Feb. 19 - Trade deadline (3 p.m. EST).April 15 - Last day of regular season.April 18 - Playoffs begin.

LeBron James labels Charles Barkley 'a hater' for criticismDALLAS (AP) LeBron James has apparently had enough of Charles Barkley's criticism.Barkley took issue last week with James' call for the Cavaliers to secure another playmaker to help contend for a second-straight NBA title. The outspoken TNT ''Inside the NBA''...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor stood at the podium and used the words ''gold standard'' and ''radical departure from the norm'' to describe the team's glimmering new practice facility, as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver nodded his head in agreement.For once, it appears, the long-suffering Timberwolves are...