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CLEVELAND (AP) - The Golden State Warriors looked like the NBA's best team. The Cleveland Cavaliers looked like a tired one.Game 4 was the first blowout of the NBA Finals, with Golden State pulling away for a 103-82 victory Thursday that tied the series at 2-2.The Warriors changed their...

CLEVELAND -- LeBron James suffered a bloody gash on his head after colliding with a cameraman late in the second quarter Thursday in Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. With 4:43 left in the second quarter of Cleveland's 103-82 loss, the Cavaliers...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) - Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova says he's recovered after being hospitalized for dehydration and will not have his minutes restricted in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.Dellavedova has been stretching, adding fluids, eating properly and getting massages since being admitted to Cleveland Clinic following Game 3....

CLEVELAND (AP) - The Golden State Warriors haven't lost three straight games all season, and doing so now would force them to make the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history.Teams with a 3-1 lead are 32-0 in the finals, according to information provided to the league by Elias. So...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Golden State coach Draymond Green is battling back spasms but is expected to play in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.Coach Steve Kerr says Green is getting treatment Wednesday and will be evaluated each day, but ''should be OK'' for Thursday's game.The runner-up for Defensive Player...

CLEVELAND (AP) - The latest from Game 3 of the NBA Finals:---12:30 a.m.Kobe Bryant has weighed in on the NBA Finals.''Cavs playing as if their life is on the line,'' Bryant wrote on Twitter after Game 3, getting retweeted more than 10,000 times within the first six minutes of...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Kobe Bryant, who has won five NBA championships, will be part of Sina's pregame and postgame livestream of Game 3 of the NBA Finals in China.The Lakers superstar will provide analysis before and after Tuesday night's game, joining host Huang Shuo remotely from Los Angeles.Bryant remains...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The latest from Game 2 of the NBA Finals:---7:55 p.m. PDTThe NBA Finals have gone to overtime for the second game in a row.With a fantastic flurry, the Golden State Warriors tied the Cleveland Cavaliers at 87-all on Stephen Curry's basket with 7.2 seconds left....

MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Bucks are giving their uniforms a cleaner look while adding a blue stipe on the inside of the collar to emphasize what the franchise calls the workmanlike mindset of the team and region.The uniform incorporates Milwaukee team colors updated earlier this year. Red is out...

June 15 - Draft early-entry withdrawal deadline (5 p.m. EDT).June 25 - NBA draft.July 1 - Free agency opens.July 9 - Free-agent contracts can be signed.July 10-20 - NBA Summer League, Las Vegas.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Cleveland Cavaliers finished off Chicago and swept past Atlanta, even when Kyrie Irving wasn't available.Now they have to find their way past the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals without him.Irving has a fractured left kneecap and will have surgery that could sideline...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Kyrie Irving left Oracle Arena on crutches, with tests coming Friday to determine the severity of his left knee injury.If he can't go in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday, the Cleveland Cavaliers will have to figure out how to replace one of...