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AP Basketball WriterBucks, 76ers eye East title with Leonard back in the WestBy BRIAN MAHONEYGiannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks were a couple wins from beating Toronto. The Philadelphia 76ers were maybe a couple bounces from doing it a round earlier.Neither team was good enough to finish the job...

AP Basketball WriterLakers will look to close Heat out in Game 5 of NBA FinalsBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The trophy ceremony plans are getting finalized. Boxes are being shipped out of the NBA bubble in advance of the looming shutdown. Hotel rooms, sometime in the...

Associated PressNBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris acquitted of assaultBy CLARICE SILBERPHOENIX (AP) A Phoenix jury acquitted NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris in their aggravated assault trial Tuesday.The Morris brothers have been on trial for the past two weeks on charges that they helped three other people...

MIAMI (96)Deng 5-15 5-7 15, Andersen 2-3 0-0 4, Bosh 9-20 2-2 20, Chalmers 5-10 4-4 15, Wade 10-18 6-6 26, Napier 0-5 0-0 0, Whiteside 6-10 2-4 14, Haslem 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 38-84 19-23 96.CHICAGO (84)Snell 3-7 0-0 7, Gasol 6-16...

Detroit Pistons waive F Dzanan MusaDETROIT (AP) The Detroit Pistons waived forward Dzanan Musa.The Pistons announced the move Sunday. Detroit acquired Musa from the Brooklyn Nets last month. He appeared in one preseason game and had one rebound and one assist in 12 minutes.The Pistons open their season...

Bucks' Giannis says inability to score lunch not a big dealMILWAUKEE (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo helped the Milwaukee Bucks win a playoff game but couldn't score a table at a Mexican restaurant.Antetokounmpo says the social media-fueled mess over the missed meal isn't a big deal.The food flare-up started after...

AP Basketball WriterWith Leonard leading way, Raptors on cusp of 1st NBA titleBy TIM REYNOLDSOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) There was a moment, not long before the postseason started, when Toronto coach Nick Nurse learned all that he really needed to know about Kawhi Leonard and what makes the man...

As preseason winds down, NBA stars are getting some restBy The Associated PressKyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward's preseasons ended early.And they weren't alone around the NBA on Saturday, either.The Boston Celtics left the biggest two stars on their roster - both of whom are coming off serious injuries, and...

Bulls C Gafford leaves game with dislocated right thumbCHICAGO (AP) Chicago Bulls center Daniel Gafford left Wednesday night's game against Washington after he dislocated his right thumb on a steal.Gafford's thumb was bent back after he picked off a pass by Ian Mahinmi early in the first quarter....

Jimmy Butler leaves Wolves' game with apparent knee injuryHOUSTON (AP) Minnesota All-Star Jimmy Butler left the Timberwolves' game against the Houston Rockets with an apparent injury to his right knee.After grabbing a rebound late in the third quarter Friday, Butler pivoted and planted hard on his right foot...

Cousins, Porzingis, Lowry to play in NBA Africa GameNEW YORK (AP) DeMarcus Cousins of the New Orleans Pelicans, Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors and Kristaps Porzingis of the New York Knicks will play for Team World in the NBA Africa Game.Dirk Nowitzki and Kemba Walker had already...

AP Sports WriterThunder’s Diallo out 4-to-6 weeks with sprained right elbowBy JANIE McCAULEYSAN FRANCISCO (AP) Oklahoma City guard Hamidou Diallo will be sidelined for four to six weeks with a hyperextension sprain in his right elbow, a tough setback for the second-year player after he had just returned...