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MIAMI (AP) Dwyane Wade is now among the top 50 scorers in NBA history.Wade has passed Dale Ellis for 50th on the league's all-time list. Ellis scored 19,004 points in his career; Wade's free throw with 3:10 left in the second quarter of Miami's game with Philadelphia on...

Associated Press No matter position, Simmons centerpiece of 76ers' offenseBy ANTHONY SANFILIPPOPHILADELPHIA (AP) No matter what position he ends up playing, Ben Simmons is going to be the centerpiece of the Philadelphia 76ers' offense. ''He's a facilitator, a distributor and he's going to have the ball in his hands a lot,''...

AP Sports WriterReturn to Indiana helps Oladipo deliver breakout seasonBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Victor Oladipo feels right at home in Indiana.Here, he evolved from a high-flying, college acrobat for the Hoosiers into a legitimate NBA draft prospect. Here, he won over the hearts and minds of a basketball-crazed...

AP Basketball WriterLeBron James, Luka Doncic still leading NBA All-Star votingBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) LeBron James still leads Luka Doncic in the race to become the leading Western Conference vote-getter and one of the two captains for next month’s All-Star Game, the NBA announced Thursday.James had 4,747,887 votes...

Cavs' Love to miss against Pistons with sore left footDETROIT (AP) Cavaliers All-Star Kevin Love will miss Thursday night's game against the Pistons with a sore left foot, another blow to a winless Cleveland team.Love missed three preseason games with an unspecified injury in the same foot. He...

AP Sports WriterGM Dennis Lindsey focused on Jazz retaining their ownBy KAREEM COPELANDSALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Utah Jazz took the long stride from lottery team to the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference playoffs this season but general manager Dennis Lindsey knows significant hurdles remain before...

AP Sports WriterCeltics trudge into offseason at end of challenging seasonBy KYLE HIGHTOWERBOSTON (AP) Expectations overflowed prior to the season for a Boston Celtics team expected to ascend to the top of an Eastern Conference without LeBron James.The season will be remembered for how poorly Boston did fulfilling...

Sacramento Kings give guard Buddy Hield contract extensionSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Fourth-year guard Buddy Hield has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with the Sacramento Kings.The team didn't provide details of the contract in announcing Hield's extension Monday and planned a news conference for Tuesday. The Kings open the...

AP Sports WriterGordon Hayward's free agency will be story of Jazz offseasonBy KAREEM COPELANDSALT LAKE CITY (AP) All Gordon Hayward could do was smile as he fielded question after question Tuesday about his expected free agency.It signaled the beginning of the Jazz offseason, where Hayward's decision could have...

AP Sports WriterGolden State's Iguodala out for Game 4 with left calf injuryBy ANNE M. PETERSONPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Andre Iguodala will not play for the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night because of a sore...

GOLDEN STATE (123)Barnes 5-11 3-4 13, Green 2-7 0-2 5, Bogut 4-7 0-0 8, Curry 4-12 2-3 11, Thompson 7-17 2-4 21, Holiday 0-4 0-0 0, Iguodala 7-16 0-0 18, Livingston 2-2 5-6 9, Ezeli 4-6 2-4 10, Barbosa 2-5 5-5 10, Speights 6-8 4-4 18....

AP Sports WriterArena group proposing rapid construction timeline in SeattleBy TIM BOOTHSEATTLE (AP) A proposal to remodel KeyArena now has an ambitious timeline that could have it ready to house a professional franchise within three years.The timeline was laid out in a proposed memorandum of understanding between Seattle...