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AP Sports WriterClose encounters: Jazz, Nuggets evenly matched all seasonBy PAT GRAHAMNikola Jokic rattled off challenges the Utah Jazz present: disciplined, formidable big man,...

AP Sports WriterThunder face Rockets, ex-OKC star Westbrook, in 1st roundBy CLIFF BRUNTOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Few imagined when the Oklahoma City Thunder traded...

Lakers face stiff test in playoff return from Dame, BlazersLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The Los Angeles Lakers' path to a 17th championship...

Jazz guard Mike Conley leaves bubble for birth of sonLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The Utah Jazz said guard Mike Conley left Walt...

AP Sports WriterPelicans fire Alvin Gentry after 5 seasons as team's coachBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) The New Orleans Pelicans fired coach Alvin...

Day after Divac departs as Kings GM, Stojakovic resigns tooSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) A day after Vlade Divac stepped down as Sacramento Kings general...

Pelicans fire Alvin Gentry after 5 seasons as team's coachNEW ORLEANS (AP) The New Orleans Pelicans fired coach Alvin Gentry on Saturday after...

AP Sports WriterPelicans fire Alvin Gentry after 5 seasons as team's coachBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) The New Orleans Pelicans are looking for...

AP Sports WriterPelicans fire Alvin Gentry after 5 seasons as team's coachBy BRETT MARTELNEW ORLEANS (AP) The New Orleans Pelicans fired coach Alvin...

Lillard wins Bubble MVP, Williams picked as top coachLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Portland's Damian Lillard has been unanimously selected as the top...

Bulls fire coach Jim Boylen after missing playoffs againBy CLIFF BRUNTMonths after the world was reminded of the best run in Chicago Bulls history,...

Bulls fire coach Jim Boylen after missing playoffs againBy CLIFF BRUNTThe Chicago Bulls fired coach Jim Boylen on Friday, the new front office beginning...