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The Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Miami At Indiana When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, April 5, 2015 Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana TV: 6 p.m. ET, Sun Sports (Miami), FSN Midwest (Indiana) PREDICTION: Pacers 94,...

AP Sports WriterLeBron James sitting out for Lakers against WarriorsBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) LeBron James was ruled out for the Los Angeles Lakers against the Golden State Warriors, two days after he returned from a 17-game absence with a strained left groin he hurt at Oracle Arena...

MIAMI (AP) Dwyane Wade is now among the top 50 scorers in NBA history.Wade has passed Dale Ellis for 50th on the league's all-time list. Ellis scored 19,004 points in his career; Wade's free throw with 3:10 left in the second quarter of Miami's game with Philadelphia on...

AP Basketball WriterAP sources: Alibaba exec to buy Nets, arena for $3.4 billionBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) In a record sale for a U.S. sports franchise, the co-founder of Alibaba agreed to buy the remaining 51 percent of the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center for about $3.4 billion,...

Associated PressEx-Knicks star Charles Oakley arrested at Las Vegas casinoBy REGINA GARCIA CANOLAS VEGAS (AP) Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley is being accused of gambling fraud after a wager at a Las Vegas casino last weekend, casino regulators said Thursday.Oakley was arrested Sunday at the Cosmopolitan...

AP Basketball WriterThe wait is over: Delayed NBA draft finally comes WednesdayBy BRIAN MAHONEYThere was no dancing on the court after a March Madness victory. No bounding onto the stage in a spiffy suit to meet the commissioner in June.The coronavirus pandemic wiped out the traditional end of a...

MEMPHIS (92)Allen 1-2 2-2 4, Randolph 6-20 0-0 12, Gasol 7-16 7-8 21, Calathes 4-10 0-0 12, Lee 8-11 2-2 19, Udrih 5-10 2-2 13, Je.Green 3-10 0-0 7, Koufos 1-1 0-0 2, Carter 1-2 0-0 2, Leuer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-82 13-14 92.PORTLAND (99)Batum...

The Boston Celtics had both Avery Bradley (shoulders) and Rajon Rondo (hip) in the starting lineup for Wednesday's 93-83 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Bradley made his 2012-13 season debut after undergoing a pair of shoulder surgeries while being shelved the past seven months and played just under 20 minutes,...

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed forward Metta World Peace.The Lakers announced the deal Thursday with World Peace. He won a championship ring with the Lakers in 2010 when he was still known as Ron Artest.He spent four seasons with Los Angeles, and he started...

NBA preseason wraps up, regular season starts TuesdayBy The Associated PressFrom LeBron James' arrival in Los Angeles to Jimmy Butler's desire to leave Minnesota, it's been an eventful NBA preseason.It was a rocky one for the Timberwolves, who spent most of it dealing with the Butler drama and finished...

AP Sports WriterWes Unseld, NBA Rookie of Year and MVP in 1969, dies at 74By HOWARD FENDRICHWASHINGTON (AP) Wes Unseld, the workmanlike Hall of Fame center who led Washington to its only NBA championship and was chosen one of the 50 greatest players in league history, died Tuesday...

AP Sports WriterIsaiah Thomas says "I am not damaged" in ESPN interviewBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) All-Star point guard Isaiah Thomas believes he will fully recover from a right hip injury that has threatened to void his recent trade to Cleveland.Thomas, who was dealt by the Boston Celtics to...