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AP Sports WriterMavs' fears confirmed with season-ending injury for PowellBy SCHUYLER DIXONDALLAS (AP) Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell will miss the rest of the season with a torn right Achilles tendon, a blow to a team contending for a playoff spot for the first time in four years.The...

Backup Nuggets center Mason Plumlee sidelined by foot injuryDENVER (AP) The Denver Nuggets will be without backup center Mason Plumlee indefinitely after he suffered a right foot injury.The Nuggets announced Wednesday that Plumlee will be reevaluated in two to four weeks. Plumlee injured a bone in his foot...

Associated PressMavericks center Powell injures right Achilles tendonBy DAVE JACKSONDALLAS (AP) The Dallas Mavericks lost starting center Dwight Powell to a right Achilles tendon injury in the first quarter of their game Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Clippers.Powell went down with a non-contact injury with 2:57 left...

Porzingis rejoins Mavs after missing 10 games with sore kneeDALLAS (AP) Kristaps Porzingis was back in the lineup for Dallas against the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night after missing 10 games with right knee soreness.The 7-foot-3 forward was expected to return almost a week ago in Sacramento,...

Officer suspended for shooting video of ex-NBA player WestOXON HILL, Md. (AP) A Maryland police officer has been suspended for shooting a video that shows former NBA player Delonte West as he was being questioned while shirtless and handcuffed, a police department said.One of two videos circulating on...

AP Sports WriterZion Williamson rejoining Pelicans lineup at pivotal timeBy BRETT MARTELMETAIRIE, La. (AP) Zion Williamson opened with a joke - about himself.A monthslong recovery from arthroscopic knee surgery is finally behind the New Orleans Pelicans rookie and top overall draft choice. And when Williamson discussed the long...

AP Basketball WriterMagic Johnson at Stern memorial: I'm going to miss my angelBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) David Stern was remembered Tuesday as a mentor and a leader, a Little League parent and a loyal friend.To Magic Johnson, he was an angel.Johnson tearfully recalled Stern's firm support after...

Blazers make Trevor Ariza trade with Sacramento officialPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The Portland Trail Blazers have acquired veteran forward Trevor Ariza from the Sacramento Kings.Portland also gets Wenyen Gabriel and Caleb Swanigan from the Kings in exchange for Kent Bazemore, Anthony Tolliver and two second-round draft picks.Ariza, a 15-year...

AP Sports WriterAttorneys say Hawks' Parsons has career-threatening injuriesBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Chandler Parsons' attorneys say the Atlanta Hawks forward suffered “severe and permanent injuries" in a car wreck last week that could jeopardize his career.Attorneys John Morgan and Nick Panagakis of the firm Morgan & Morgan say...

AP Sports WriterAttorneys say Hawks' Parsons has career-threatening injuriesBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Chandler Parsons' attorneys say the Atlanta Hawks forward suffered “severe and permanent injuries" in a car wreck last week that could jeopardize his career.Attorneys John Morgan and Nick Panagakis of the firm Morgan & Morgan say...

Nets' Irving sits out vs 76ers with hamstring tightnessNEW YORK (AP) Nets guard Kyrie Irving is missing Brooklyn's game against Philadelphia because of right hamstring tightness.Coach Kenny Atkinson said Irving was feeling soreness Sunday and then was checked again Monday before the team decided the All-Star point guard...

AP Sports WriterMavs' Porzingis says knee ready for game after false startBy SCHUYLER DIXONDALLAS (AP) Kristaps Porzingis stopped short of saying he was ready to return from a right knee issue that has sidelined him for 10 games because the Dallas Mavericks forward was a late scratch the...