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Associated PressIrving scores 32 as Cavaliers beat Rockets to stay unbeatenBy STEVE HERRICKCLEVELAND (AP) Kyrie Irving scored a season-high 32 points and the reigning NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers remained undefeated, beating the Houston Rockets 128-120 on Tuesday night.Kevin Love scored 24 points while LeBron James added 19 points...

AP Sports WriterMalone coaches Game 5 with heavy heart after school shootingBy PAT GRAHAMDENVER (AP) Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone was shaken Tuesday by the school shooting that occurred in his neighborhood a few hours before his team's playoff game against the Portland Trail Blazers.''That's a community I...

Pistons exercise 2020-21 option on KennardDETROIT (AP) The Detroit Pistons have exercised their team option for the 2020-21 season on Luke Kennard.The Pistons also announced Thursday that they signed guard Craig Sword and waived Todd Withers.The 6-foot-6 Kennard averaged 9.7 points last season and shot 39% from 3-point...

Associated PressNBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris acquitted of assaultBy CLARICE SILBERPHOENIX (AP) A Phoenix jury acquitted NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris in their aggravated assault trial Tuesday.The Morris brothers have been on trial for the past two weeks on charges that they helped three other people...

AP Basketball Writer'They're still beating everybody': Spurs off to 4-0 startBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) Gregg Popovich is in a great mood, seeming to enjoy every aspect of the conversation. There was talk about wine, his favorite beverage and probably his favorite topic.There was talk about players who came...

AP Sports WriterPelicans' preferred pace presents dilemma vs. WarriorsBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) The Pelicans' penchant for pushing the pace looks more and more like a quixotic mission to out-Warrior the Warriors.That's been the dilemma for Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry as New Orleans has slid into a 3-1...

AP Sports WriterWizards' Lawson among late pickups helping NBA playoff teamsBy HOWARD FENDRICHWASHINGTON (AP) Less than three weeks ago, Ty Lawson was playing professional basketball in China.Nowadays, he's one of the first subs off the bench for the Washington Wizards in their Eastern Conference first-round series against the...

Capsule and prediction for the Western Conference semifinal series between Golden State and Utah that begins Tuesday: --- No. 1 GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (67-15, 4-0) vs. No. 5 UTAH JAZZ (51-31, 4-3) Season series: Warriors, 2-1. Story line: The rested Warriors, after a first-round sweep, face a Utah team that won the only...

AP Sports WriterClarkson's Philippines edged by Zhou's China at Asian GamesBy STEPHEN WADEJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) The Philippines was vastly improved with Cleveland Cavaliers guard Jordan Clarkson added to the team to face China at the Asian Games.Just one problem.Although the U.S.-born Clarkson led all scorers with 28 points,...

CHICAGO (AP) Forward Joakim Noah left the Bulls' game against the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night after separating his left shoulder with just under 10 minutes to play in the second quarter.Noah was in his fourth game back after returning from a nine-game absence because of an injury...

AP Sports WriterWiggins' heave banks in, leads Timberwolves past ThunderBy CLIFF BRUNTOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Andrew Wiggins' 3-pointer from a few steps inside halfcourt banked in as time expired to give the Minnesota Timberwolves a 115-113 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.Oklahoma City's Carmelo Anthony had...

Associated PressOakland again celebrates NBA champion WarriorsBy LORIN ELENI GILLOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) For the second straight year, throngs of Golden State Warriors fans turned out for a victory parade to celebrate a team some are calling an NBA dynasty.Hundreds of thousands of fans in gold and blue and...