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AP Basketball WriterNets' Dinwiddie to have surgery for partially torn right ACLBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Spencer Dinwiddie will have surgery to repair a partially torn ACL in his right knee, an early blow to a Brooklyn Nets team that hoped it had left its injury troubles behind.Dinwiddie...

AP Sports WriterMike Budenholzer out as coach of Atlanta HawksBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Mike Budenholzer wanted to coach elsewhere. The Atlanta Hawks finally agreed it's a good idea.The Hawks and Budenholzer mutually agreed to part ways Wednesday in a move announced by the team in a three-sentence statement.The...

Kanter in starting lineup for Game 1 against NuggetsDENVER (AP) Portland center Enes Kanter was in the starting lineup for Game 1 of a second-round series against Denver despite a sore left shoulder.Kanter had 10 points and two rebounds in the opening quarter Monday night.Early on, he grimaced...

PHOENIX (AP) The Golden State Warriors rained 3s in the desert and pushed their NBA-record start to 17-0.Stephen Curry scored 41 points in three quarters and the Warriors made a franchise-record 22 3-pointers (in 38 attempts) during their highest-scoring game of the season, a 135-116 rout of the...

AP Sports WriterCeltics sign F Brown to extension worth up to $115 millionBy JIMMY GOLENBOSTON (AP) A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the Boston Celtics have signed forward Jaylen Brown to a four-year contract extension that could pay him as much as $115...

Bucks re-sign 40-year-old G Jason TerryMILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee Bucks have re-signed Jason Terry after the veteran guard shot 42.7 percent from 3-point range last season.The Bucks announced the contract Monday night. There was no word on the length or value of the deal.The 40-year-old Terry is beginning...

TORONTO (AP) - The Raptors' basketball-dribbling dinosaur logo will soon be extinct.The NBA team has unveiled a sleek new logo that's a silver basketball, ripped by dinosaur claw marks, inside a red circle. The current dinosaur logo will be retired after this season.The Raptors unveiled the logo in a...

AP Basketball WriterNBA changing pre-draft process for workouts, interviewsBy TIM REYNOLDSThe NBA has told teams that they may not conduct or attend any workouts with draft-eligible players during the league’s coronavirus hiatus, a major change from typical procedures.Teams also are being prohibited “from watching, requesting, or sharing any video...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Veteran 7-footer Donatas Motiejunas has signed a free-agent contract to play for the New Orleans Pelicans for the rest of this season, the club announced on Tuesday. A person familiar with the negotations, speaking on condition of anonymity because contract terms have not been releases, told The...

AP Sports WriterLeBron won't wear social justice message on Lakers jerseyBy GREG BEACHAMLeBron James says his thoughts on social justice can't be contained on the back of a basketball jersey.The Los Angeles Lakers superstar won't wear one of the NBA-approved social justice messages on the back of his jersey...

NBA breaks 3-point record for seventh consecutive seasonMIAMI (AP) It's official: In the NBA, this was the year of the 3-pointer.Again.The NBA has set a record for 3-pointers made for the seventh consecutive year, after the 25,808th of the season was made Saturday night. The league is on...

Hawks’ Huerter out at least 2 weeks with shoulder injuryATLANTA (AP) Hawks guard Kevin Huerter is expected to miss at least two weeks with a left rotator cuff strain.Huerter also was diagnosed with a shoulder capsule strain when examined Thursday in Atlanta.Huerter left the team's West Coast trip...