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AP Sports WriterThunder waive G Alex Abrines after 3 seasonsBy CLIFF BRUNTThe Oklahoma City Thunder have waived guard Alex Abrines.The team announced the move Saturday.Abrines missed much of his third NBA season because of personal reasons. He played only twice since Dec. 23, and neither of those appearances lasted...

Jeremy Lin has knee surgery, will miss rest of the seasonNEW YORK (AP) The Brooklyn Nets say Jeremy Lin has had surgery repair a ruptured patella tendon in his right knee and will miss the remainder of the season.The procedure was performed Friday morning at the Hospital for...

AP Basketball WriterIrving commits $1.5 million for WNBA players skipping seasonBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Kyrie Irving is making sure WNBA players can sit out the season and not stress about a paycheck.The Brooklyn Nets star is committing $1.5 million to supplement the income of players who choose...

AP Sports WriterWarriors' Stephen Curry sitting out Game 1 against PelicansBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Stephen Curry's return from a knee injury will wait at least one more game.Curry was sitting out the opener of Golden State's Western Conference semifinal matchup against New Orleans as he continues to...

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 19 to help Thunder top Jazz 110-94LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 18 and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Utah Jazz 110-94 on Saturday in their first game of the restart.Steven Adams had 16 points and 11...

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 Sports WriterTiming now right as Weaver takes over as Detroit's GMBy NOAH TRISTERDETROIT (AP) The timing eventually worked out for Troy Weaver and the Detroit Pistons.The Pistons introduced Weaver as their new general manager on a video conference Monday. The former Oklahoma City Thunder executive joins a...

The fans at Toyota Center will be treated to a game between the Phoenix Suns and the Houston Rockets when they take their seats on Saturday. Phoenix At Houston When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 21, 2015 Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas TV: 8 p.m. ET, FSN Arizona (Phoenix), ROOT (Houston) PREDICTION: Rockets...

AP Basketball WriterMired in more turbulent times, can Knicks find a way out?By BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) When Charles Oakley was yanked from his seats and put into handcuffs, the New York Knicks didn't just embarrass a stalwart from their past.They may have ensured more futility in their...

AP Basketball WriterLowry (thumb) withdraws from USA Basketball's World Cup teamBy TIM REYNOLDSKyle Lowry of the NBA champion Toronto Raptors says his surgically repaired thumb has not recovered sufficiently enough to allow him to participate with USA Basketball in camp for the FIBA World Cup, and is withdrawing from...

Heat point guard Goran Dragic has knee surgeryMIAMI (AP) Goran Dragic had surgery to clean out his right knee on Wednesday, and the Miami Heat expect him to be out until around the All-Star break.Dragic has already missed 15 of Miami's last 22 games, most of them because...

The Latest: Protesters block downtown Sacramento streetsSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) The Latest on the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man in Sacramento (all times local):6 p.m.Protesters have again blocked streets in downtown Sacramento calling for justice following the police shooting of an unarmed black man.They are protesting...