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The Los Angeles Clippers and the Cleveland Cavaliers will both be trying to pick up a win on Friday when they battle at Quicken Loans Arena. L.A. Clippers At Cleveland When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, March 1, 2013 Where: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, Prime Ticket (Los Angeles),...

MIAMI (AP) If Kyrie Irving knows when he'll be back on the floor with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he's not telling.The All-Star guard will only divulge this: He's getting closer.Irving spoke Thursday about his status coming off the knee injury that kept him from all but one game of...

PHOENIX (AP) The Phoenix Suns suspended forward Markieff Morris two games without pay Thursday for what was termed ''conduct detrimental to the team.''The suspension came a day after Morris threw a towel at coach Jeff Hornacek in the fourth quarter of a 104-96 home loss to the Denver...

AP Sports WriterLeBron James donates $2.5 million to Muhammad Ali exhibitBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) LeBron James is giving back to a champion who shaped his life.The Cavaliers star is donating $2.5 million to support an exhibit honoring Muhammad Ali exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American...

TORONTO (AP) - The Raptors' basketball-dribbling dinosaur logo will soon be extinct.The NBA team has unveiled a sleek new logo that's a silver basketball, ripped by dinosaur claw marks, inside a red circle. The current dinosaur logo will be retired after this season.The Raptors unveiled the logo in a...

HOUSTON (AP) Six months ago, Kevin McHale coached the Houston Rockets to the Western Conference finals for the first time in 18 years.There are high expectations for the team again this season behind James Harden and Dwight Howard, but McHale won't be around to see where the Rockets...

PHILADELPHIA (86)Covington 4-13 0-0 10, Sims 9-13 1-2 19, Noel 3-13 2-3 8, Carter-Williams 1-7 2-4 4, Sampson 2-7 2-3 7, McDaniels 2-4 3-4 7, Grant 2-8 1-4 7, Aldemir 2-2 0-0 4, Wroten 4-13 1-1 10, Thomas 4-6 2-2 10. Totals 33-86 14-23 86.GOLDEN STATE...

WASHINGTON (AP) The same fans who John Wall once joked get more excited for a free chicken sandwich when an opponent misses two free throws than a victory are now being treated to something even better: A winning streak. Wall and the Washington Wizards have won 12 in a row...

NEW YORK (AP) Billy King's bold moves often seemed made with little regard for the future.Now Brooklyn's future isn't King's concern.The Nets reassigned their general manager and fired coach Lionel Hollins on Sunday in the midst of their worst season since moving from New Jersey.The Nets said assistant...

MILWAUKEE (AP) Golden State's record winning streak to start the season ended at 24 games when the Warriors were beaten 108-95 at Milwaukee on Saturday.Their 28-game streak, counting the final four games of last season, also came to a halt, ending the Warriors' quest to reach the longest...

The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are close to an agreement to test players' blood for human growth hormone (HGH), according to sources with direct knowledge of the talks. Testing could begin as soon as the 2013-14 season. The NBA has long had HGH on its list of banned...

MILWAUKEE (AP) A committee of the Milwaukee Common Council has endorsed a $47 million city proposal to help finance a new Milwaukee Bucks downtown arena.The Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee voted 4-1 Tuesday to recommend approval to the full council, which will review the proposal at its Sept....