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Rockets' Covington injured in collision with Lakers' DavisLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Houston forward Robert Covington was taken to the locker room after colliding with Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the teams' Western Conference playoff series Tuesday night.Less than...

AP Sports WriterBilly Donovan out as Thunder coach after 5 seasonsBy CLIFF BRUNTBilly Donovan won't return as coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder after five seasons, the team announced Tuesday night, ending a largely successful run that ought to make him an attractive candidate for jobs around the league.Donovan,...

NBA fines Clippers' Beverley $25,000 for verbal abuse of refLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The NBA fined Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley $25,000 on Monday for verbally abusing a game official in Game 2 of his team's Western Conference semifinal series against the Denver Nuggets.The incident took...

AP Basketball WriterBucks' Antetokounmpo out of Game 4 with ankle injuryBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks was ruled out of Sunday's Game 4 of his team's Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Miami Heat after aggravating a sprained...

AP Basketball WriterBucks' Antetokounmpo out of Game 4 with ankle injuryBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks was ruled out of Sunday's Game 4 of his team's Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Miami Heat after aggravating a sprained...

AP Basketball WriterBucks' Antetokounmpo leaves Game 4 with ankle injuryBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks left Sunday's Game 4 of his team's Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Miami Heat after appearing to aggravate a sprained right ankle.Antetokounmpo...

AP Basketball WriterBucks' Antetokounmpo misses most of Game 4 with ankle injuryBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The Milwaukee Bucks say reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo will get plenty of treatment on his sprained right ankle before any determination is made about his status for Game 5...

AP Basketball WriterBucks on the ropes, Heat look to finish historic sweepBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Teams as good as the Milwaukee Bucks never get swept in the NBA playoffs.That may change Sunday.Milwaukee is on the brink of elimination, trailing the Miami Heat 3-0 in their...

AP Basketball WriterWoodson returns to Knicks as assistant on Thibodeau's staffBy BRIAN MAHONEYMike Woodson, the only Knicks coach to win a playoff series in the last two decades and the last one to even reach the postseason, is coming back to New York as an assistant on Tom Thibodeau's...

AP Basketball WriterHarrell wins Sixth Man Award to keep it with ClippersBy BRIAN MAHONEYLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Montrezl Harrell was close last year. This year, his grandmother told him, he was going to win the Sixth Man Award.The only disappointment was she didn't live to see it.''It...

AP Basketball WriterWoodson returns to Knicks as assistant on Thibodeau's staffBy BRIAN MAHONEYMike Woodson, the only Knicks coach to win a playoff series in the last two decades and the last one to even reach the postseason, is coming back to New York as an assistant on Tom Thibodeau's...

AP Basketball WriterNBA coaches hoping for chance to bring family to bubbleBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Denver coach Michael Malone spent his 60th day inside the NBA bubble at Walt Disney World on Friday, and he'd like two things known.One, he misses his family.Two, he doesn't...