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AP Sports WriterAP source: Lue expected to return Thursday for CavaliersBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Tyronn Lue is rejoining the Cavaliers' disjointed season.Cleveland's coach is expected to return from a medical absence and be back on the bench Thursday night against Washington, a person familiar with the situation told...

AP Sports Writer15 in a row: Sixers add new chapter to long, proud historyBy PAUL NEWBERRYATLANTA (AP) The Philadelphia 76ers have a long, proud history.They've been around since the NBA's very first season, starting out as the Syracuse Nationals. Their resume includes three championships. The list of franchise...

NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA will begin revealing whether it determined referees' crunch-time calls to be right or wrong.Starting Monday and continuing throughout the playoffs, the league will release play-by-play reports of all calls and relevant no-calls in the final minutes of close games. Such information had been...

The Latest: Bucks likely not taking entire traveling partyBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:---Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst says the group that travels to Florida on Thursday for the resumption of the season at Walt Disney World...

AP Sports WriterCavs' Love honored with Arthur Ashe Courage AwardBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for his efforts in raising awareness about mental health.Love, whose openness about his life-long battles with anxiety triggered nationwide discussion and helped spur the...

AP Sports WriterSuns get Anderson, send Knight, Chriss to RocketsBy BOB BAUMPHOENIX (AP) The Phoenix Suns have completed a four-player trade that sends guard Brandon Knight and forward Marquese Chriss to the Houston Rockets for forward Ryan Anderson and guard De'Anthony Melton.Knight had been considered in line to...

AP Basketball WriterNets GM fined $25K, suspended for entering refs' locker roomBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Nets general manager Sean Marks was suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for entering the referees' locker room after Brooklyn's loss to Philadelphia in Game...

The Atlanta Hawks and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Quicken Loans Arena. Atlanta At Cleveland When: 8:30 PM ET, Sunday, May 24, 2015 Where: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio TV: 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT PREDICTION: Cavaliers 112, Hawks 93 Join BetOnline...

Nuggets forward Juancho Hernangomez out with mononucleosisDENVER (AP) Denver Nuggets forward Juancho Hernangomez will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time because of mononucleosis.Hernangomez didn't travel with the Nuggets as they kick off a four-game trip in Charlotte on Wednesday. Hernangomez will remain in Denver ''as part...

Associated PressAntetokounmpo to play for Greece at Basketball World CupBy DEMETRIS NELLASATHENS, Greece (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo will play for Greece at the basketball World Cup in China, saying on Friday he can play any position.The NBA MVP said he hasn't ''talked to the coach about which position I'll...

Giannis back, Dellavedova cleared to return for BucksMILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee Bucks are getting All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and guard Matthew Dellavedova back from right ankle injuries for the regular-season finale at Philadelphia on Wednesday night.Antetokounmpo has missed the last two games. Dellavedova's injury was more serious, sidelining...

Associated PressGiannis Antetokounmpo helps Bucks rout Thunder, 133-86By TOM KERTSCHERMILWAUKEE (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points and 13 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks surged to a 24-point lead in the second quarter in a 133-86 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night.The 47-point loss was the...