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AP Basketball WriterNBA says races for the season's individual trophies are overBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The NBA’s MVP race is over. So is the battle for every other individual regular-season trophy.The league told teams Friday that none of the seeding games will be taken into...

Winning start for Kawhi Leonard with RaptorsBy The Associated PressKawhi Leonard is finally back on the court and the Toronto Raptors should be happy with the results.Leonard scored 12 points in his first game with his new team and the Raptors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 122-104 on Saturday...

Clippers' Morris, Mavs' Doncic fined for actions in Game 6LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Marcus Morris of the Los Angeles Clippers was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for his flagrant foul on Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks, who was penalized $15,000 for throwing the ball...

Orlando Magic (9-15, 13th in the Eastern Conference) and Portland Trail Blazers (12-10, seventh in the Western Conference) will both be gunning for a victory on 2/9/2021 at 10:00 PM when they meet in an NBA game matchup. ORLANDO vs PORTLAND When: 2/9/2021 10:00 PM Where: Portland ROT TEAM PS OU ML 513 ORLANDO 5.5 (-110) 225.5 (-110) 190 -120  514 PORTLAND TV: 10:00 PM LINE: PREDICTION: PORTLAND...

AP Basketball WriterAnalysis: The NBA seems on the cusp of a comeback planBy TIM REYNOLDSSomething is finally clear in the uncertain NBA: Players believe they’re going to play games again this season.The obvious questions - How? Where? When? - remain unanswered. Testing, part of the new normal of this...

AP Basketball WriterIn big trouble: Warriors trail Raptors 3-1 in NBA FinalsBy TIM REYNOLDSOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Golden State coach Steve Kerr is fond of saying that the Warriors have seen everything in their five-year run as the best team in the NBA.They are now looking at something they...

AP Basketball WriterKnicks keep general manager Scott Perry for next seasonBy BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) Scott Perry will remain general manager of the New York Knicks after agreeing to a new one-year deal with the team Wednesday.Perry ran the team's basketball operations after Steve Mills was fired as...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - There is more bad news for Thunder star and reigning NBA MVP Kevin Durant. General manager Sam Presti says Durant still has pain in his right foot and will remain out indefinitely. Durant will see specialists to determine the next step. Earlier this month, coach Scott Brooks...

Associated PressNew Raptors coach Nurse made lasting impression on UjiriBy IAN HARRISONTORONTO (AP) Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri hasn't forgotten the first time he met Nick Nurse.It was 1995 and Ujiri, now president of the Toronto Raptors, was playing for the Derby Storm of the British Basketball League....

AP Sports WriterVan Gundy says Drummond needs 'sense of urgency'By NOAH TRISTERAUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Stan Van Gundy has a reputation for candor, so when he was asked to evaluate the development of star center Andre Drummond, the Detroit coach's matter-of-fact response was no surprise.''I think that he...

Pacers-Pelicans play March 21 after leaky roof postponementNEW YORK (AP) The Indiana Pacers will play the Pelicans in New Orleans on March 21, a rescheduled game stemming from a Feb. 7 postponement because of a leaky roof.The NBA announced the new date Thursday.The leak happened near the foul...

AP Entertainment WriterShaq attacks verse in new TV series "Poetry in America"By ANDREW DALTONLOS ANGELES (AP) Shaquille O'Neal called himself ''The Big Baryshnikov'' and ''The Big Socrates'' in his days in the NBA. Now he can add ''The Big Shakespeare.''The basketball Hall-of-Famer, TNT TV analyst, commercial pitchman and...