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AP Basketball WriterDisappointed Davis looks to bounce back for Lakers in Game 4By BRIAN MAHONEYThere is no escaping a bad night in the bubble.No going out for a good time. No getting away from the teammates a player feels he let down.There is only time to ponder it and...

Forbes: Knicks, at $4.6 billion, NBA's highest valued teamNEW YORK (AP) Forbes is listing the average value of NBA franchises over $2 billion for the first time, a figure that has grown nearly 600% in the last decade.The average NBA franchise is now valued at just over $2.1...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A celebratory night quickly turned into a puzzling one for the Golden State Warriors.With the long-range shots not falling as usual and sloppy play from the start, a night that started with Stephen Curry being handed the Most Valuable Player trophy ended with the first...

AP Sports WriterWizards' Rui Hachimura to miss 3 weeks with pink eyeBy STEPHEN WHYNOWashington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura will miss roughly the first three weeks of the NBA season with an eye infection commonly known as pink eye.The team announced Monday Hachimura had bilateral epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, or EKC, two...

Timberwolves: Covington, Rose, Teague likely done for seasonCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Minnesota Timberwolves have more than likely shut down three of their top five scorers for the rest of the season with lingering injuries: Robert Covington, Derrick Rose and Jeff Teague.The Timberwolves announced before their game Thursday at...

2nd sister of NBA player killed in BaltimoreBALTIMORE (AP) The second sister of NBA player Reggie Bullock was shot and killed in Baltimore, five years after his first sister was stabbed to death in the city.News sources report Baltimore police say a civilian brought 22-year-old Keiosha Moore to...

Kyrie Irving on flat-Earth comments: 'I'm sorry'BOSTON (AP) Kyrie Irving offered a simple message to science teachers Monday.''I'm sorry,'' the Boston Celtics star said.And with that, Irving made clear that he regrets publicly saying that the Earth is flat.Speaking Monday at the Forbes Under 30 summit in Boston,...

L.A. CLIPPERS (117)Barnes 10-15 2-2 26, Griffin 11-16 8-11 30, Jordan 3-6 2-8 8, Paul 4-13 4-4 12, Redick 7-14 0-0 18, Crawford 5-15 2-2 13, Rivers 0-3 1-2 1, Hawes 2-5 0-0 4, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Davis 2-3 1-2 5. Totals 44-92 20-31 117.SACRAMENTO (108)Williams...

NBA player J.R. Smith charged with breaking fan's phoneNEW YORK (AP) NBA player J.R. Smith is facing charges he broke the cellphone of a fan who tried to take video of him in the middle of the night outside a Manhattan pizzeria.The Cleveland Cavaliers guard, 32, turned himself...

The Associated PressPapa John's scores Shaq to help revive its imageBy JOSEPH PISANI and GARY GERARD HAMILTONNEW YORK (AP) Papa John's is getting ''Shaq-ified.''The pizza chain said Friday that basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal will be its new pitchman, appearing in TV commercials and promoting Papa John's...

AP Sports WriterSexton leads Cavs to opening win, LaMelo scoreless in debutBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Collin Sexton scored 27 points, Darius Garland added 22 and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their first home game in nearly 300 days, overcoming the hot shooting of Terry Rozier for a 121-114 win...

AP Basketball WriterThe NBA MVP finalists: Antetokounmpo, James and HardenBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) This season's NBA MVP has won the award before.A trio of past winners of the award - reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks, four-time MVP LeBron James of the Los...