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AP Basketball WriterBelichick has quite a fan in Minnesota's ThibodeauBy JON KRAWCZYNSKITom Thibodeau has won an NBA championship with the Boston Celtics, a gold medal with Team USA and been hired to take over the Minnesota Timberwolves and remake them to fit a vision he has carefully honed over...

AP Sports WriterWarriors coach derides Trump administration's travel banBy ANNE M. PETERSONPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Warriors coach Steve Kerr expressed dismay over President Donald Trump's executive order that bans citizens of seven majority Muslim countries from entering the United States.Kerr spoke about the administration's travel ban following a 113-111...

AP Sports WriterMillsap, Hawks outlast Anthony, Knicks 142-139 in 4 OTsBy CHARLES ODUMATLANTA (AP) Paul Millsap made the decisive basket in a four-overtime game that lasted almost four hours and proclaimed it to be great fun that he never wants to experience again.Millsap had a season-high 37 points,...

AP Sports WriterIrving, LeBron pace Cavs over OKC as Love's back flares upBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) LeBron James sang and danced while dressing at his locker to New Edition's ''Can You Stand The Rain'' following Sunday's win.Although the song's theme of weathering a storm was fitting for the...

AP Sports WriterGolden State's Curry out with stomach flu against BlazersBy ANNE M. PETERSONPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Stephen Curry has been ruled out of Golden State's game Sunday night against the Trail Blazers because of stomach flu.It is the first game Curry has missed this season.Coach Steve Kerr said...

AP Sports WriterKerr will find time for all 4 Warriors All-Stars on floorBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Steve Kerr will find a stretch while coaching next month's All-Star Game to get all four of his Golden State Warriors on the floor together.''I am absolutely going to play them...

AP Sports WriterNo Bull: Wade, Butler, Rondo stand ground on strong commentsBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler weren't backing down after questioning the Chicago Bulls' desire. Rajon Rondo wasn't issuing any retractions for firing back at them.There was an uneasy detente in place Friday for...

AP Sports WriterNo Bull: Wade, Butler, Rondo stand ground on strong commentsBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) - Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler weren't backing down after questioning the Chicago Bulls' desire. Rajon Rondo wasn't issuing any retractions for firing back at them.There was an uneasy detente in place Friday for...

AP Sports WriterNo Bull: Wade, Butler, Rondo stand ground on strong commentsBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler weren't backing down after questioning the Chicago Bulls' desire. Rajon Rondo wasn't issuing any retractions for firing back at them.There was an uneasy detente in place Friday for...

AP Sports WriterNo Bull: Wade, Butler, Rondo stand ground on strong commentsBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler aren't backing down after questioning the Chicago Bulls' desire, and Rajon Rondo isn't issuing any retractions for firing back at them.Rondo said he ''absolutely'' felt he needed to...

AP Sports WriterThunder F Kanter fractures forearm punching a chairBy CLIFF BRUNTOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma City forward Enes Kanter is out indefinitely after fracturing his right forearm punching a chair Thursday night during the Thunder's victory over the Dallas Mavericks.Thunder coach Billy Donovan said X-rays showed the break....

NBA corrects Lakers-Pacers scoring errorNEW YORK (AP) The NBA corrected a scoring error made last week in the Los Angeles Lakers' home victory over the Indiana Pacers.The NBA said Friday that Indiana's Glenn Robinson III was incorrectly credited with a 3-pointer on a jumper shot inside the 3-point...