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Spurs' Gay to miss at least 2 weeks with right heel injurySAN ANTONIO (AP) Spurs forward Rudy Gay will miss at least two weeks after an MRI revealed retrocalcaneal bursitis in his right heel.Gay exited in the final minute of the third quarter during San Antonio's 119-107 victory...

AP Basketball WriterKnicks' Payton, 2 Grizzlies suspended; Morris, Crowder finedBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Jaren Jackson Jr. and Marko Guduric of the Memphis Grizzlies and Knicks guard Elfrid Payton were suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Thursday for their roles in an altercation between the...

Al Bianchi, 76ers player and NBA coach, exec, dies at 87NEW YORK (AP) Al Bianchi, who played for the Philadelphia 76ers and was later an NBA coach and executive, has died. He was 87.The New York Knicks said Bianchi died in Arizona of natural causes. He was the...

Durant scores in India with big crowd at basketball clinicNEW DELHI (AP) The Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant and 3,459 children from the Reliance Foundation Junior NBA program in India entered the Guinness Book of World Records on Friday after holding the world's largest basketball lesson in multiple...

AP Basketball WriterAP Source: Taj Gibson joining Minnesota on 2-year, $28M dealBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) A person with knowledge of the negotiations says Taj Gibson is reuniting with coach Tom Thibodeau, agreeing on a two-year, $28 million deal to join the Minnesota Timberwolves.The person spoke to The Associated...

AP Basketball WriterDwyane Wade bikes with police to promote unity in MiamiBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) Dwyane Wade still plans to do plenty of talking about the need for societal change, a quest that became even more personal for him after one of his cousins was shot and killed...

GOLDEN STATE (86)H.Barnes 5-13 2-5 12, Green 4-10 0-0 10, Speights 4-9 3-6 11, Curry 5-12 3-4 14, Thompson 6-18 1-2 15, Iguodala 2-6 1-2 5, Lee 5-5 1-2 11, Livingston 1-4 0-0 2, Holiday 2-3 1-1 6, Barbosa 0-0 0-0 0, Kuzmic 0-0 0-0 0....

Associated PressBody camera video is latest setback for Milwaukee policeBy IVAN MORENOMILWAUKEE (AP) Body camera video showing police using a stun gun on an NBA player over a parking violation is just the latest setback for efforts to improve relations between Milwaukee officers and the city's black population.The...

AP Sports WriterCeltics F Hayward cleared to return against CavaliersBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) Celtics forward Gordon Hayward will play in Monday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, returning to the Boston lineup ahead of schedule in his return from a broken hand.Celtics coach Brad Stevens said during his...

AP Sports WriterBling and baseball: Cleveland at center of sports stormBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Blinking back tears, LeBron James extended his right ring finger, the one sparkling with 400 diamonds, and touched the championship banner.As it rose from a golden, miniature Cleveland skyline toward the ceiling, Queen's ''We...

The Associated PressBrother of NBA's Zach Randolph killed outside of Indiana barBy BRIAN SLODYSKOINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Authorities say Sacramento Kings forward Zach Randolph's brother was shot and killed early Saturday outside of a bar in the Indiana city where the two grew up.Police said that an officer heard gunfire...

Wake Forest: former NBA All-Star Len Chappell dies at 77WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) Wake Forest says former basketball all-American and NBA All-Star Len Chappell has died.The school says the 77-year-old Chappell died Thursday. No cause of death was provided in Friday's announcement.The 6-foot-8 Chappell led the Demon Deacons to...