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AP Sports WriterCavs' All-Star Love sidelined with left knee injuryBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers All-Star forward Kevin Love will miss at least one game with a left knee injury.Love experienced soreness following Saturday's win over Denver. He underwent an MRI on Sunday and the Cavs said he will...

AP Sports WriterPlayers: Kerr's marijuana admission could spark dialogueBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) David West has undergone four surgeries in his long NBA career: left knee, right elbow and right foot twice to fix a couple of toes.''I don't even like saying all that,'' he said.So, yes, West...

OAKLAND, California (AP) Golden State's Stephen Curry overcame a slow start to score 23 points as part of his sixth career triple-double, leading the Warriors to a 122-103 victory over Sacramento on Monday and its 29th win in 30 games this NBA season.The Warriors improved to 15-0 at...

Jose Calderon has been cleared to play for the Detroit Pistons. He was expected to be in the lineup Monday night against the New York Knicks. The Spanish-born point guard had been unable to play for his new team because of unresolved visa issues. Detroit acquired Calderon from Toronto as part...

The moment was everything Los Angeles Lakers fans could have hoped for as the "Superman" theme song blared when Shaquille O'Neal's retired No. 34 was unveiled in the Staples Center rafters Tuesday night. But the jersey that the number was printed on was far from perfect. The team mistakenly put...

LAS VEGAS -- Kobe Bryant said Steve Nash can go to sleep at night knowing he did everything he could in order to return this season. Bryant also said that if he was in Nash's position, he would accept his fate as well. "You can control what you can control," Bryant...

MIAMI (AP) Pat Riley played alongside Jerry West and Gail Goodrich, the guards whose exploits from the early 1970s still have the Miami Heat president saying they were the best backcourt he ever saw.His rankings might be changing.From Riley, these are ultimate compliments - comparing anyone to West...

Brooklyn Nets power forward Reggie Evans said Thursday he never downplayed the Miami Heat's championship during the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season, and his comments were blown out of proportion. Prior to Wednesday night's 105-85 loss to the Heat, Evans dismissed the Heat's title, telling the New York Daily News: "It doesn't...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Pelicans say forward Anthony Davis is expected to return from a chest injury for Tuesday night's game against the Utah Jazz.The injury caused Davis to leave last Friday night's victory over Cleveland in the first quarter and then sit out Sunday night's...

AP Basketball WriterAfter lots of losing, 76ers hope to win big in NBA lotteryBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) The Philadelphia 76ers lost plenty the previous two seasons, though never managed to lose the most.This season, they finally fell all the way to the bottom.The potential payoff comes Tuesday,...

Jerry Buss' children intend on carrying out their father's succession plan for the Los Angeles Lakers following the iconic owner's death Monday. The plan, which was put in place years ago by Buss, calls for his daughter, Jeanie, to become the Lakers' governor and represent the team at the NBA...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Golden State Warriors center Festus Ezeli sure knows how to celebrate in style, taking one of the Larry O'Brien championship trophies back to campus.Ezeli helped the Warriors win the NBA title in June. He was back at Vanderbilt on Saturday as part of the Commodores'...