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AP Sports WriterDrama club: Cavaliers hold meeting to vent frustrationBy TOM WITHERSCleveland's drama club is acting up again.Frustrated by their recent poor play in a season when their NBA title hopes seem to be slipping away, the Cavaliers held an emotional pre-practice meeting on Monday in hopes of clearing...

LeBron James becomes seventh to reach 30,000 career pointsSAN ANTONIO (AP) LeBron James has joined the NBA's 30,000-point club.James became the seventh player with 30,000 career points when he hit a jumper with one second left in the first quarter of the Cleveland Cavaliers' game against the San...

AP Sports WriterDrama club: Cavaliers hold meeting to vent frustrationBy TOM WITHERSCleveland's drama club is acting up again.Frustrated by their recent poor play in a season when their NBA title hopes seem to be slipping away, the Cavaliers held an emotional pre-practice meeting on Monday in hopes of clearing...

AP Basketball WriterWarriors, Wolves, Wizards each get 2 NBA All-Star reservesBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Stephen Curry will be able to stock his All-Star roster with plenty of Golden State teammates.Klay Thompson and Draymond Green were chosen as reserves Tuesday, giving the defending NBA champions a record-tying four...

AP Sports WriterDrama club: Cavaliers hold meeting to vent frustrationBy TOM WITHERSCleveland's drama club is acting up again.Frustrated by their recent poor play in a season when their NBA title hopes seem to be slipping away, the Cavaliers held an emotional pre-practice meeting on Monday in hopes of clearing...

Kobe Bryant may win yet another trophy - an OscarBy The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) Does Kobe Bryant need another trophy? He might get one - at the Oscars.Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Lakers star, was nominated in the animated short category for ''Dear Basketball,'' based on a...

Kobe Bryant may win yet another trophy - an OscarBy The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) Does Kobe Bryant need another trophy? He might get one - at the Oscars.Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Lakers star, was nominated in the animated short category for ''Dear Basketball,'' based on a...

AP Sports WriterAP source: Cavs' meeting centered on overall frustrationBy TOM WITHERSTheir season and NBA title hopes slipping away, the Cleveland Cavaliers vented during a team meeting on Monday in hopes of clearing the air.After losing 10 of 14, Cleveland's players voiced their concerns and displeasure before practice, a...

AP Sports WriterAP source: Cavs' meeting centered on overall frustrationBy TOM WITHERSA person familiar with the situation says Cleveland Cavaliers players voiced their concerns and displeasure during a meeting before practice on Monday.The Cavaliers have lost 10 of 14 and there was ''frustration all around'' during the meeting, according...

AP Sports WriterSlumping Milwaukee Bucks fire coach Jason KiddBy GENARO C. ARMASMILWAUKEE (AP) Seeking change amid midseason struggles, the Milwaukee Bucks fired coach Jason Kidd on Monday after a slide that left a team with designs on challenging the NBA's best in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.It...

AP Sports WriterMilwaukee Bucks fire coach Jason KiddBy GENARO C. ARMASMILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee Bucks fired coach Jason Kidd on Monday amid a midseason slide that has left the playoff hopeful in eighth place in the Eastern Conference.It was a surprising end to Kidd's three-plus season tenure in...

AP Sports WriterLeBron's numbers sliding while Cavaliers slip in standingsBy TOM WITHERSINDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) LeBron James knows the Cavaliers have a proven vaccine that could cure them of this midseason malaise: a larger dose of him.''I gotta be much better,'' he said.As Cleveland has staggered to a 3-9...