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Lakers' Ingram has surgery, plans to be ready for next yearLOS ANGELES (AP) Lakers forward Brandon Ingram is expected to be ready for next season after undergoing surgery on his right arm.Ingram had thoracic outlet decompression surgery Saturday, the Lakers say.Ingram was declared out for the season earlier...

James won't play in Lakers' matchup with PistonsDETROIT (AP) LeBron James will miss Friday night's game for the Los Angeles Lakers at Detroit.The Lakers, who have fallen well off the pace in the Western Conference playoff race, have been managing James' minutes down the stretch. He's played under...

Thunder add jersey sponsor patch; now on all 30 NBA teamsOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma City Thunder are adding a jersey patch, becoming the 30th and final NBA team with a corporate sponsorship on their uniform.The team says the patch with the logo of Love's Travel Stops &...

Jazz owner Miller addresses fans after Westbrook encounterSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah Jazz owner Gail Miller released a statement and spoke to the crowd prior to a game Thursday night to address a heated verbal altercation between Oklahoma City star Russell Westbrook and a fan earlier in the...

AP Sports WriterOakley calls Knicks owner a 'bully' for fan altercationBy DAN GELSTONFormer New York Knicks star Charles Oakley says team owner James Dolan is a ''bully'' for threatening to ban fans from Madison Square Garden.Oakley, a longtime NBA enforcer and rebounding machine, said Dolan was wrong to mouth...

Associated PressWestbrook confronts 2 fans at Jazz game, cites racial tauntBy JOHN COONSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Russell Westbrook confronted a man and his wife during a game after the Oklahoma City star says the two racially taunted him.The heated exchange came early in the second quarter of the...

AP Sports WriterOakley calls Knicks owner a 'bully' for fan altercationBy DAN GELSTONFormer New York Knicks star Charles Oakley says team owner James Dolan is a ''bully'' for threatening to ban fans from Madison Square Garden.Oakley, a longtime NBA enforcer and rebounding machine, said Dolan was wrong to mouth...

Associated PressWestbrook has verbal altercation with Jazz fansBy JOHN COONSALT LAKE CITY (AP) Russell Westbrook got into a heated verbal altercation with a fan and the man's wife during the second quarter of Oklahoma City's 98-89 victory over Utah on Monday night.Early in the quarter, Westbrook stood up...

AP Sports WriterRockets surging as scuffling Warriors come to townBy KRISTIE RIEKENHOUSTON (AP) The Houston Rockets are finally healthy and have won a season-high nine straight heading into their final regular-season meeting against the Golden State Warriors.Despite the surge, James Harden & Co. still trail first-place Golden State,...

NBA fines Westbrook $25,000 for language; Jazz ban fanNEW YORK (AP) The NBA has fined Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook $25,000 for the language he directed toward a fan in Utah.Meanwhile, the Jazz have banned the fan from all events at their arena permanently and effective immediately.Westbrook says...

Ibaka suspended 3 games, Chriss 1 game for fightNEW YORK (AP) The NBA has suspended Toronto's Serge Ibaka for three games and Cleveland's Marquese Chriss for one game for their involvement in an on-court fight.Chriss will sit out Cleveland's game Tuesday in Philadelphia. Ibaka will miss Toronto's games...

AP Sports WriterOakley calls Knicks owner a 'bully' for fan altercationBy DAN GELSTONFormer New York Knicks star Charles Oakley says team owner James Dolan is a ''bully'' for threatening to ban fans from Madison Square Garden.Oakley, a longtime NBA enforcer and rebounding machine, said Dolan was wrong to mouth...