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Former Lakers player Derek Fisher accused of DUI after crashLOS ANGELES (AP) Former Los Angeles Lakers player and ex-New York Knicks head coach Derek Fisher was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving after he flipped his vehicle on a California highway, authorities said.Neither Fisher nor his passenger,...

Suns' Booker leaves game against Jazz due to ankle injuryPHOENIX (AP) Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker has sprained his left ankle in the first quarter against the Utah Jazz and left the game.Booker landed awkwardly as a pass came his way with 4:28 left in the quarter Wednesday...

Celtics' Kyrie Irving to rest against Cavs, his former teamCLEVELAND (AP) The Boston Celtics will rest star guard Kyrie Irving against the Cleveland Cavaliers.Irving is averaging 23.8 points and the Celtics want to keep him as fresh as possible going into the postseason.The Celtics have lost four straight...

AP Sports WriterCavs All-Star Love sustains head injury in Game 6By TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers All-Star forward Kevin Love will miss the remainder of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals after banging heads with Boston's Jayson Tatum.Love and Tatum inadvertently collided midway through the quarter and both...

Associated PressSexual consent, debated across US, key to Derrick Rose caseBy BRIAN MELLEYLOS ANGELES (AP) Months before Derrick Rose took the stand to defend himself in a lawsuit claiming he and two friends raped an ex-girlfriend while she was intoxicated, the NBA star was asked if he understood...

Caldwell-Pope missed game because of travel restrictionsEL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) Los Angeles Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope missed the team's loss Thursday night in Cleveland because of travel restrictions from his drunken driving arrest last season while with the Detroit Pistons.''This is a legal matter, stemming from an incident...

Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo, who had season-ending knee surgery a week ago, is available for a trade by Thursday's deadline, league sources tell ESPN's Chris Broussard. However, a trade is unlikely because of Rondo's injury, a torn left ACL, sources tell Broussard. Celtics general manager Danny Ainge said Tuesday that...

Heat say they'll retire Chris Bosh's jersey March 26MIAMI (AP) Chris Bosh, who had arguably the biggest rebound and assist in Miami Heat history, will have his No. 1 jersey retired by the franchise on March 26.The Heat made the announcement Monday.Bosh played parts of six seasons in...

The Denver Nuggets and the Houston Rockets will both be trying to pick up a win on Wednesday when they battle at Toyota Center. Denver At Houston When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas TV: 8 p.m. ET, Altitude (Denver), Comcast SportsNet Houston, NBATV Prediction: Nuggets 109,...

AP Sports WriterNBA says referees missed LeBron goaltending call in Game 5By TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) The NBA said LeBron James' block in the closing seconds of Game 5 on Indiana's Victor Oladipo should have been called goaltending.In the league's Last Two Minute Report posted Thursday, the NBA said...

Antetokounmpo suspended for Bucks' finale over headbuttLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo has been suspended for Milwaukee's final game of the regular season, handed a one-game penalty Wednesday for headbutting Washington's Moe Wagner.It's unknown if Antetokounmpo would have played in Thursday's game against Memphis anyway, given that...

AP Basketball WriterNets GM unsure if Durant, Irving could play if NBA resumesBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) With so much uncertainty around the NBA season, Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks is no longer ruling out Kevin Durant for the season.Marks repeatedly had said he didn't expect Durant...