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Cavaliers' Love out for second straight game with sore backCLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers forward Kevin Love is out for the second straight game because of a sore back.Love, who leads the team in scoring and rebounding, isn't playing Monday against Brooklyn. He was sidelined Saturday when Cleveland snapped a...

AP Basketball WriterShots in the dark: Warriors work in Miami with lights outBy TIM REYNOLDSMIAMI (AP) Golden State really can shoot the lights out.Or at least with the lights out.The last 15 minutes or so of the Warriors' game-day shootaround practice in Miami on Sunday went on despite...

Cardinals WR Fitzgerald purchases minority stake in SunsPHOENIX (AP) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald has purchased a minority stake in the NBA's Phoenix Suns.Fitzgerald just finished his 16th season with the Cardinals and is among the most productive receivers in NFL history. He recently signed a one-year...

Detroit's Jackson cleared for light runningDETROIT (AP) Pistons point guard Reggie Jackson still has no timeframe for a return to practice, nearly two months after spraining his right ankle.The team announced Wednesday that Jackson was entering the next stage of his rehab and has been ''cleared to begin...

AP Basketball WriterMark down the dates: NBA unveils full 2017-18 scheduleBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) DeMarcus Cousins will make an early season trip back to Sacramento, while Gordon Hayward will wait almost all season to see Utah again.Chris Paul's return to his old Clippers home is part of...

AP Basketball WriterPractices begin at Disney, as teams begin restart routinesBy TIM REYNOLDSNikola Vucevic had to raise his voice a bit to answer a question. He had just walked off the court after the first Orlando Magic practice of the restart, and some of his teammates remained on the...

AP Sports WriterWarriors center Zaza Pachulia sidelined at least a weekBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia has a strained rotator cuff in his right shoulder and will be sidelined for at least a week.He underwent an MRI exam Tuesday and expressed his relief...

AP Basketball WriterThe wait is over: Delayed NBA draft finally comes WednesdayBy BRIAN MAHONEYThere was no dancing on the court after a March Madness victory. No bounding onto the stage in a spiffy suit to meet the commissioner in June.The coronavirus pandemic wiped out the traditional end of a...

Associated PressAutopsy: Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash had no alcohol, drugsBy STEFANIE DAZIO and BRIAN MELLEYLOS ANGELES (AP) The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament outside Los Angeles did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all sustained immediately fatal...

Ray Allen tells Orlando court he was 'catfished'ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Retired NBA star Ray Allen believes he is a victim of ''catfishing,'' and has asked a court to throw out a case where he is accused of stalking someone he met online.Allen filed an emergency motion in Orange...

ATLANTA (AP) Russell Westbrook extended his streak of triple-doubles to six games, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 102-99 victory over the skidding Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. Westbrook scored 32 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and doled out 12 assists, carrying on the NBA's longest run of triple-doubles since...

AP Sports WriterWizards' Oubre suspended for Game 4 for knocking over OlynykBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) Wizards forward Kelly Oubre Jr. was suspended for Game 4 against the Boston Celtics after charging and knocking over Kelly Olynyk in Game 3.The NBA on Saturday announced Oubre's suspension without pay for...