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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The Golden State Warriors plan to break ground on their new arena in San Francisco this month. The team announced Tuesday that the ceremony will be Jan. 17 at the site of the Chase Center near the San Francisco Giants' downtown baseball stadium. The Warriors are preparing to...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Veteran 7-footer Donatas Motiejunas has signed a free-agent contract to play for the New Orleans Pelicans for the rest of this season, the club announced on Tuesday. A person familiar with the negotations, speaking on condition of anonymity because contract terms have not been releases, told The...

NEW YORK (AP) The New York Knicks need some new defensive schemes - or perhaps some new players. Coach Jeff Hornacek said maybe the ones he has are ''just not capable'' of defending after their 115-103 loss to the Orlando Magic on Monday night. The Knicks have lost a season-high five...

CLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is missing Monday night's game against the Pelicans, his second straight, because of tightness in his right hamstring. Irving injured the hamstring against Boston on Thursday and didn't play in Saturday's win against Charlotte. The three-time All-Star is averaging 23.9 points and shooting 48...

CHICAGO (AP) Bulls guard Dwyane Wade has been ruled out for their game against Charlotte because of swelling in his left knee.Wade is averaging 18.8 points in 32 games in his first season with his hometown Bulls. He could return Wednesday against Cleveland. Wade noticed the swelling following Saturday night's...

MIAMI (AP) When the Miami Heat return home from their road trip, the season will officially be half over. It's already seemed like a marathon. Barely seven months removed from being a game shy of the NBA's Final Four, the Heat were the first team this season to reach the 25-loss...

NEW YORK (AP) Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis is missing his second straight game because of a sore left Achilles' tendon. Carmelo Anthony and Courtney Lee were back in the starting lineup against Orlando after missing all or part of the last game, but the Knicks decided to give Porzingis another...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Hornets say center Cody Zeller has been placed in the NBA's concussion protocol. There is no timetable for his return. Zeller took an elbow to the head in the fourth quarter of Charlotte's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. Zeller will not play Monday night...

PHOENIX (AP) A night after their 10-game winning streak came to a halt with a two-point loss at home to San Antonio, the Houston Rockets looked ready to start a new run of victories. The Rockets went from making 38 percent of their shots, including just 6 of 38 3-pointers,...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Russell Westbrook's left-handed, inside-out dribble wrong-footed Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday, creating an open lane for a driving layup. That was one of many scoring highlights for the Oklahoma City star, who sometimes looked like he could have outscored New Orleans by himself. He didn't have to, though,...

CLEVELAND (AP) Kyrie Irving didn't get tired of seeing the Milwaukee Bucks on consecutive days in December. In fact, he wouldn't mind playing them a few more times in late April, May or June when it really matters. ''I hope,'' he said. Irving had 31 points and a career-high 13 assists while...

Growing up in Canton, Ohio, C.J. McCollum viewed sports as one of the only avenues to a better life. The sweet-shooting guard became a rare success story, catapulting from Lehigh University to the NBA lottery before cementing himself as part of one of the league's best backcourts in Portland. But McCollum...