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The Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Amway Center. Detroit At Orlando When: 6:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 27, 2013 Where: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida TV: 6 p.m. ET, Fox Sports Detroit Plus, Fox Sports Florida Prediction: Pistons 98, Magic...

Detroit assistant Hardaway receives 3-game suspensionAUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Detroit Pistons assistant coach Tim Hardaway has been suspended for three games after pleading no contest last month to a drunken driving charge.The NBA announced the suspension Friday.The Detroit Free Press reported last month that Hardaway was sentenced to...

CLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is missing Monday night's game against the Pelicans, his second straight, because of tightness in his right hamstring. Irving injured the hamstring against Boston on Thursday and didn't play in Saturday's win against Charlotte. The three-time All-Star is averaging 23.9 points and shooting 48...

The Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors will meet on the court at Air Canada Centre on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 9, 2014 Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario TV: 7 p.m. ET, NBATV, CSN Philadelphia, Sportsnet (Toronto) PREDICTION: Raptors 107, 76ers 95 Join...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia 76ers may as well have won the NBA championship when they dethroned the Boston Celtics in the east. The delirious Sixers fans stormed the court and swarmed Wilt Chamberlain. One fan even hung on a rim as the players hustled past outstretched arms to the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) The opening round of the NBA playoffs is down to the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers, the only series to be extended to seven games. The Clippers can finish off the Jazz on Sunday and advance to the Western Conference semifinals against Golden State, which has...

The Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at STAPLES Center. Portland At L.A. Clippers When: 9:30 PM ET, Sunday, January 27, 2013 Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California TV: 9:30 p.m. ET, Comcast SportsNet Northwest (Portland),...

NEW YORK (AP) Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving are expected to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers' lineup for their game against the Brooklyn Nets. Coach Tyronn Lue says both stars would play Friday night in the opener of a six-game road trip. Love missed a loss to Chicago on Wednesday and...

NEW YORK (AP) Carmelo Anthony had a half-season of clues about what Phil Jackson thought of him, and now it was his turn to evaluate his boss. Anthony had trumpeted his trust in Jackson when he re-signed in 2014 and reaffirmed it months later, even as Jackson continued trading away...

ATLANTA (AP) The Atlanta Hawks suspended starting point guard Dennis Schroder for one game Friday for failing to return to the team on time following the All-Star break. Schroder is not with the team for Friday night's home game against the Miami Heat. Rookie Malcolm Delaney is making his first...

No new details on Sacramento against Seattle, though the next All-Star decision might be New York versus New York. NBA commissioner David Stern fielded numerous questions Saturday but provided little news about the future of the Sacramento Kings during his last All-Star weekend news conference. A Seattle group has reached...

Heading to his locker to get dressed, Josh Smith griped a bit when told he would have to go to the podium for the second game in a row. Then he smiled. No way the Atlanta Hawks forward was getting out of those duties. Not after the way he played Monday...