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DALLAS (AP) The Golden State Warriors flopped without Stephen Curry, getting blown out for just their second loss of the season behind 23 points for Dallas' J.J. Barea in a 114-91 victory for the Mavericks on Wednesday.Curry missed his first game of the season with a lower left...

The San Antonio Spurs are without Tony Parker and their usual fire on defense, but they still have Tim Duncan. They needed the All-Star power forward to overcome their alarming lack of defense. Duncan had 30 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks, and the Spurs beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-113...

CLEVELAND (AP) The wife of PGA champion Jason Day is suffering from concussion symptoms after NBA star LeBron James crashed into her during a Cavaliers game.Day's agent, Bud Martin, issued a statement Friday morning saying Ellie Day ''is resting comfortably and appreciates all of those who have reached...

Tony Allen scored a season-high 15 points to help his current team beat his old one. Then he went down the sideline trading fist-bumps and hugs with his former teammates and coaches. Mike Conley had 23 points and nine assists, and Allen had nine points and four of his five...

Dwight Howard is fed up and let it be known that he is tired of other people trying to assess the severity of his shoulder injury. "I want to play," Howard said after participating in shootaround in advance of the Los Angeles Lakers games against the Boston Celtics on Thursday....

Larry Bird started the week by driving an IndyCar down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan to stump for the NBA's All-Star weekend returning to Indiana. He ended it by stepping down as president of basketball operations for the Pacers, a stunningly abrupt decision that has become a hallmark of the NBA...

The Dallas Mavericks and the Brooklyn Nets will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at Barclays Center. Dallas At Brooklyn When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, March 1, 2013 Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York TV: 8 p.m. ET, Fox Sports Southwest (Dallas), YES (Brooklyn) PREDICTION: Nets 97, Mavericks...

Billy Hunter was ousted unanimously as executive director of the union by NBA players, who said Saturday they will "no longer be divided, misled, misinformed." "This is our union and we have taken it back," National Basketball Players Association president Derek Fisher said. Fisher said it was a day of change...

Even though Kobe Bryant and the Lakers were able to escape with a 100-93 win Friday night over the Charlotte Bobcats, the Los Angeles star was left feeling "irritated" after the game. Irritated at his team's shot selection. Irritated at his team's selfishness. And especially irritated the Lakers needed to overcome a...

The New York Knicks suffered a "major loss" on Saturday when they learned Amar'e Stoudemire needs a knee procedure that is expected to sideline him for approximately six weeks. "He's a big piece to the puzzle," coach Mike Woodson said. "It's a major loss to what we're trying to...

CLEVELAND (AP) - The latest from Game 3 of the NBA Finals:---12:30 a.m.Kobe Bryant has weighed in on the NBA Finals.''Cavs playing as if their life is on the line,'' Bryant wrote on Twitter after Game 3, getting retweeted more than 10,000 times within the first six minutes of...

Kobe Bryant again has urged Dwight Howard to play through some pain while claiming that the Los Angeles Lakers' center "worries too much" about media and fan criticism. Howard has missed the past three games because of a torn labrum in his shoulder, aggravating an injury he initially suffered earlier...