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17 NBA teams to participate in debut season of gaming leagueNEW YORK (AP) How about Cleveland against Golden State again - this time for the video game championship?The Cavaliers and Warriors are among 17 teams who will participate in the NBA 2K eSports league that will debut in...

AP Basketball WriterFormer NBA commissioner David Stern dies at 77By BRIAN MAHONEYNEW YORK (AP) David Stern, the basketball-loving lawyer who took the NBA around the world during 30 years as its longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global powerhouse, died Wednesday. He was 77.Stern suffered a...

AP Sports WriterAP source: Luke Walton reaches agreement to be Kings coachBy JANIE McCAULEYLuke Walton will become coach of the Sacramento Kings, securing another NBA head coaching job just a day after parting ways with the Los Angeles Lakers following three losing seasons.The 39-year-old Walton was dismissed by the...

AP Sports WriterPelicans acquire Adams as final piece of 4-team Holiday dealBy BRETT MARTELVeteran 7-foot NBA center Steven Adams has agreed to a two-year extension with the Pelicans following his trade to New Orleans as part of a four-team deal that also sent guard Jrue Holiday from the Pelicans...

Bucks request waivers on Liggins, recall Wilson from HerdMILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee Bucks have requested waivers on guard DeAndre Liggins.The Bucks also said Sunday they recalled D.J. Wilson from their G League team, the Wisconsin Herd.Liggins appeared in 31 games for the Bucks this season, averaging 1.8 points...

AP Sports WriterAllen, Nash, Kidd, Hill in lineup for basketball hallBy JIMMY GOLENSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) The most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA history would like to make the case for the mid-range jumper.On the eve of his induction into the basketball Hall of Fame, Ray Allen says that...

AP Basketball WriterSimmons, Mitchell and young NBA phenoms set for Rising StarsBy BRIAN MAHONEYBen Simmons thought he should be an All-Star by now.Yet each time Commissioner Adam Silver needed to tab an injury replacement from the Eastern Conference, he looked in another direction, to Simmons' disappointment.Simmons expressed disappointment he...

AP Sports WriterIndiana Pacers fire Nate McMillan following 1st-round sweepBy MICHAEL MAROTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) Nate McMillan won dozens of regular-season games despite the Indiana Pacers' continual injuries.The playoff losses cost him his job: On Wednesday, two days after enduring a second straight first-round sweep, president of basketball operations Kevin...

AP Basketball WriterAP sources: No consensus yet on NBA return-to-play planBy TIM REYNOLDSThe NBA Board of Governors met again without a consensus opinion emerging on how many teams should be back on the floor for the planned late-July resumption of the pandemic-interrupted season, three people familiar with details of...

The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Clippers will both be gunning for a victory on 3/18/2017 at 8:35 PM when they meet in a game matchup. Cleveland Cavaliers vs Los Angeles Clippers When: 8:30 PM  ET, Saturday, March 18, 2017 Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California ROT TEAM PS OU ML 507 Cleveland Cavaliers -2 (-110) 219.5 (-110) 105 -125 508 Los Angeles Clippers TV: 8:30...

Ex-Knicks star Charles Oakley arrested at Las Vegas casinoLAS VEGAS (AP) Casino regulators in Nevada are accusing former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley of gambling fraud.The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Thursday said Oakley was arrested Sunday at the Cosmopolitan casino-resort on the Las Vegas Strip on...

Thompson, Nored to assist Van Gundy on US basketball teamCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) John Thompson III and coach Ronald Nored of the G League's Long Island Nets will assist Jeff Van Gundy in the U.S. basketball team's next two rounds of World Cup qualifying.USA Basketball announced Tuesday that...