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AP Basketball WriterPopovich had reservations, but Spurs coach ready for restartBy TIM REYNOLDSGregg Popovich fondly remembers his freshman year at the United States Air Force Academy, even though as a first-year cadet he was extremely limited in where he could go and what activities were allowed.Lockdown at Walt Disney...

The New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs will both be gunning for a victory on 3/25/2017 at 8:35 PM when they meet in a game matchup. New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs When: 8:30 PM  ET, Saturday, March 25, 2017 Where: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas ROT TEAM PS OU ML 505 New York Knicks -15.5 (-110) 205 (-110)   506 San...

Rockets' Covington injured in collision with Lakers' DavisLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Houston forward Robert Covington was taken to the locker room after colliding with Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the teams' Western Conference playoff series Tuesday night.Less than...

NEW YORK (AP) - Two Atlanta Hawks players have been released after their arrest on charges they blocked officers from setting up a crime scene following the stabbing of a fellow NBA player.Pero Antic and Thabo Sefolosha (tah-BOH' sehf-ah-LOH'-shuh) were arrested early Wednesday outside the club 1Oak in Manhattan's...

Associated PressObama joined by Curry to tell minority boys 'you matter'By JEFF CHIU and JANIE HAROAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Former President Barack Obama and Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry told a roomful of minority boys on Tuesday that they matter and urged them to make the world a...

AP Sports WriterNowitzki eyes December for start of 21st season with MavsBy SCHUYLER DIXONDALLAS (AP) Dirk Nowitzki was ready to take the court Wednesday night - at halftime, for a ceremony in which the Mavericks star was presented a key to the city by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings.As...

AP Sports WriterHouse Call: 76ers expect Doc Rivers to lead on, off courtBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Doc Rivers used his voice as one of five Black coaches in the NBA to make some of his strongest statements condemning racial injustice.With playoff games postponed in the NBA bubble as...

TORONTO (AP) - The Raptors' basketball-dribbling dinosaur logo will soon be extinct.The NBA team has unveiled a sleek new logo that's a silver basketball, ripped by dinosaur claw marks, inside a red circle. The current dinosaur logo will be retired after this season.The Raptors unveiled the logo in a...

Durant scores 38 points in half, 1 shy of NBA playoff recordLOS ANGELES (AP) Kevin Durant has scored 38 points in the first half of Game 6, tied for the second-most points in a half in a playoff game.Durant was 12 of 17 from the floor, made all...

Bulls' Markkanen to miss 6 to 8 weeks after elbow injuryCHICAGO (AP) Chicago Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen will miss at least six weeks because of a left elbow injury.The Bulls said Friday that Markkanen was hurt in practice Thursday and that an MRI showed a high grade lateral...

Oklahoma City Thunder vs New York Knicks When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, November 28, 2016 Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York ROT TEAM PS OU Money Line ...

Dennis Rodman benched by Yao Ming at Pyongyang friendly?PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) Has Dennis Rodman, the former NBA star-turned pal of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, been benched for Chinese hoop legend Yao Ming?The former Houston Rockets center and eight-time NBA all-star took center court in Pyongyang,...