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AP Basketball WriterJerry Sloan, coaching great of Jazz glory days, dies at 78By TIM REYNOLDSJerry Sloan walked up the steps to the stage at the Basketball Hall of Fame to give his enshrinement speech in 2009, almost as if he were dreading what the next few minutes would bring.He...

AP Sports WriterCavaliers owner Dan Gilbert out of hospital after strokeBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert was released from a Detroit-area hospital nearly a month after suffering a stroke and will recover at an in-patient rehabilitation center.Quicken Loans CEO Jay Farner said Gilbert was discharged Wednesday...

AP Sports WriterThunder look to live up to high expectations vs. JazzBy CLIFF BRUNTOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The last time Carmelo Anthony was in the playoffs, he was with the New York Knicks facing rising star Paul George and the Indiana Pacers back in 2013.Now, Anthony and George are...

AP Basketball WriterKnicks trade center Willy Hernangomez to HornetsBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) - The New York Knicks were scouting Kristaps Porzingis ahead of the 2015 draft when they noticed one of his teammates in Spain.Willy Hernangomez eventually joined Porzingis in New York, and after his promising rookie season...

The MILWAUKEE and the DENVER will both be gunning for a victory on 11/11/2018 at 8:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. MILWAUKEE BUCKS vs DENVER NUGGETS When: 8:00 PM  ET, Sunday, November 11, 2018 Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado ROT TEAM PS OU ML 507 MILWAUKEE -3.5 (-110) 223.5 (-110) 145 -165 508 DENVER TV: 8:05 PM LINE: -3.5 PREDICTION: DENVER , MILWAUKEE Oddsmakers currently have the DENVER listed...

AP Sports WriterPacers fire McMillan following 2nd straight 1st-round sweepBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indiana Pacers fired coach Nate McMillan on Wednesday less than three weeks after announcing he would keep the job for two more years.Team officials made the announcement 48 hours after the Pacers suffered their...

AP Sports WriterFormer NBA top pick Bogut unsure about playing futureBy DENNIS PASSAAfter 15 years in professional basketball, Andrew Bogut is close to making a decision on when to end his career. The new coronavirus and subsequent postponement of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo isn’t making it any easier.The...

AP Sports WriterGrizzlies' Morant adds 12 pounds before heading to FloridaBy TERESA M. WALKERJa Morant has taken advantage of the NBA's hiatus, adding 12 pounds of muscle to help absorb contact when the NBA's likely rookie of the year fearlessly attacks the basketball.And the Memphis Grizzlies point guard knows...

AP Sports WriterAfter strange season, Hawks hope they've figured things outBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) Maybe the Atlanta Hawks finally figured things out.If so, their timing is impeccable.After a regular season marked largely by perplexing inconsistency, the Hawks turned in some of their best performances over the final week.Two...

AP Sports WriterWith Curry back, Warriors try to move on from worst recordBy JANIE McCAULEYSAN FRANCISCO (AP) Don't press Steve Kerr about last season. He would rather put it out of his memory and move on for good from the Golden State Warriors' last-place finish and missing the...

AP Basketball WriterKobe, Duncan, Garnett headline Basketball Hall of Fame classBy TIM REYNOLDSKobe Bryant’s resume has yet another entry to validate his greatness: He’s now, officially, a Hall of Famer.And he’s got plenty of elite company in the 2020 class, one that may be as glitzy as any.Bryant, who...

Hall of Famer Clyde Drexler is new Big3 commissionerNEW YORK (AP) Hall of Fame basketball player Clyde Drexler is the new commissioner of the Big3 league.Drexler coached a team last year in the inaugural season of Ice Cube's 3-on-3 league of former NBA players. He's signed a three-year...