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Grizzlies' Bickerstaff comments on Parsons' potential returnMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Memphis Grizzlies coach J.B. Bickerstaff says Chandler Parsons will be treated like any other player amid reports that the forward will rejoin his teammates after the All-Star break.The comments come a month after general manager Chris Wallace said Parsons...

AP Sports WriterMike Brown's contributions to Warriors mean so muchBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Mike Brown had just finished spending some rare down time on Alameda's Coast Guard Island stuffing care packages for overseas military and veterans when Camille Spaulding approached to introduce herself and tell the Warriors...

AP Basketball WriterFor Raptors, guard Kyle Lowry might be as valuable as everBy TIM REYNOLDSThe biggest play Kyle Lowry made in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs might have been overlooked.Game 3 in Orlando, time winding down, Toronto clinging to a three-point lead. Kawhi Leonard's jumper was...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Stephen Curry scored 26 points as the Golden State Warriors held on for their NBA-record 19th consecutive win to start the season, 106-103 over the Utah Jazz on Monday.With the game tied at 101 with 51 seconds left, Curry hit a 3-pointer from the...

Antetokounmpo funds basketball court in fire-ravaged GreeceATHENS, Greece (AP) Greek NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo has agreed to fund the construction of an indoor basketball court in a fire-ravaged area outside Athens where at least 100 people were killed last year.The mayor of the Rafina area where the fire...

AP Sports WriterSuns nab forward Josh Jackson with 4th overall pickBy BOB BAUMPHOENIX (AP) Josh Jackson believes the Phoenix Suns got the best player in the draft: Josh Jackson.The Suns agree.''People say he was the best two-way player,'' general manager Ryan McDonough said. ''The last I checked the...

MIAMI (AP) - The Associated Press will periodically look at the changing landscape of the NBA during the season from varied perspectives: A player's viewpoint, from the bench, and from the business side. In this installment, Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder provides an inside look.---Quin Snyder looks the same...

Bulls C Wendell Carter Jr. has surgery on abdominal muscleCHICAGO (AP) Chicago Bulls center Wendell Carter Jr. has had surgery to repair an abdominal muscle injury.The Bulls said the rehabilitation from the Tuesday procedure in Philadelphia is six to eight weeks. They expect him to be ready for...

AP Sports WriterWarriors coach Steve Kerr not yet ready to return to benchBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Steve Kerr is involved in just about everything but the actual game-day coaching for the Golden State Warriors - film session, coaches meetings, game-planning and practice.He's just not yet ready from...

Associated PressWithout Wall, Beal insists most pressure comes from withinBy IAN QUILLENWASHINGTON (AP) Entering the preseason with backcourt mate John Wall sidelined due to injury, Bradley Beal insists most of the pressure to be the Washington Wizards' leader is coming from within.''It's no problem,'' Beal said Monday at...

Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Monday when the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings meet at Sleep Train Arena. L.A. Lakers At Sacramento When: 10:00 PM ET, Monday, April 13, 2015 Where: Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, California TV: 10 p.m. ET, TWC SportsNet (Los Angeles), CSN California...

Man starts sentence in crash that killed Miami Heat dancerFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) A man whose drunken driving crash claimed the life of a Miami Heat dancer has begun a 15-year sentence.The Miami Herald (https://goo.gl/DcFQI4 ) reports 49-year-old Mario Careaga turned himself in to authorities Monday in South...