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Irving, playing with face fracture, leaves Nets-Lakers earlySHANGHAI (AP) Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving left the team's preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers about one minute after tip-off after taking a hit to the face.Irving was attempting to play through a facial fracture, an injury that occurred in...

Irving, playing with face fracture, leaves Nets-Lakers earlySHANGHAI (AP) Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving left the team's preseason game against the Los Angeles Lakers about one minute after tip-off after taking a hit to the face.Irving was attempting to play through a facial fracture, an injury that occurred in...

Protesters show support for Hong Kong at Wizards gameBy The Associated PressProtesters handed out T-shirts and held up signs in support of Hong Kong on Wednesday night when the Washington Wizards hosted a team from the Chinese Basketball Association.The Wizards beat the Guangzhou Long-Lions 137-98 in a game that...

Protesters show support for Hong Kong at Wizards gameBy The Associated PressProtesters handed out T-shirts and held up signs in support of Hong Kong on Wednesday night when the Washington Wizards hosted a team from the Chinese Basketball Association.The Wizards beat the Guangzhou Long-Lions 137-98 in a game that...

AP Basketball WriterNBA postpones media sessions in Shanghai amid China riftBy TIM REYNOLDSNBA Commissioner Adam Silver told the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday that the league is still expecting them to play as scheduled this week, even while the rift between the league and Chinese officials...

AP Basketball WriterNBA postpones media sessions in Shanghai amid China riftBy TIM REYNOLDSNBA Commissioner Adam Silver told the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday that the league is still expecting them to play as scheduled this week, even while the rift between the league and Chinese officials...

AP Basketball WriterNBA postpones Nets-Lakers media sessions in ShanghaiBy TIM REYNOLDSThe NBA called off scheduled media sessions Wednesday for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers in Shanghai, and it remains unclear if the teams will play in China this week as scheduled.The teams were practicing in Shanghai, where...

Protesters show support for Hong Kong at Wizards gameBy The Associated PressProtesters handed out T-shirts and held up signs in support of Hong Kong on Wednesday night when the Washington Wizards hosted a team from the Chinese Basketball Association.The Wizards beat the Guangzhou Long-Lions 137-98 in a game that...

AP Basketball WriterNBA postpones Nets-Lakers media sessions in ShanghaiBy TIM REYNOLDSThe NBA called off scheduled media sessions Wednesday for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers in Shanghai, and it remains unclear if the teams will play in China this week as scheduled.The teams were practicing in Shanghai, where...

AP Basketball WriterNBA postpones Nets-Lakers media sessions in ShanghaiBy TIM REYNOLDSThe NBA has postponed Wednesday's scheduled media sessions in Shanghai for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, and it remains unclear if the teams will play in China this week as scheduled.The teams were practicing in Shanghai on...

AP Basketball WriterNBA slate has some old, something new - a Simmons 3-pointerBy BRIAN MAHONEYFrom Chris Paul in Oklahoma City to the Portland Trail Blazers back at Memorial Coliseum, the NBA schedule had the feel of something old on Tuesday.And it had something new, with Ben Simmons making a...

AP Basketball WriterNBA slate has some old, something new - a Simmons 3-pointerBy BRIAN MAHONEYFrom Chris Paul in Oklahoma City to the Portland Trail Blazers back at Memorial Coliseum, the NBA schedule had the feel of something old on Tuesday.And it had something new, with Ben Simmons making a...