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AP Sports WriterAP sources: Cavaliers fire coach Tyronn Lue after 0-6 startBy TOM WITHERSTyronn Lue didn't make it through the season's first month without LeBron James.The Cleveland Cavaliers fired their coach on Sunday, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The Cavaliers are off to a...

AP Sports WriterAP source: No suspension for Cavs' Love for leaving benchBy JOSH DUBOWOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The NBA will not discipline Cleveland forward Kevin Love for leaving the bench area during an altercation at the end of Game 1 of the NBA Finals.A person familiar with the decision...

The Latest: LeBron impressed with Duke's Zion WilliamsonCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Latest on NBA All-Star Weekend (all times local):12:10 p.m.LeBron James says he has kept a close eye on what freshman sensation Zion Williamson is doing at Duke and believes ''it's great for the game.''Williamson, a 6-foot-7, 285-pounder,...

Celtics G Kyrie Irving out vs. Kings with bruised left thighSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving will miss the game against the Sacramento Kings with a thigh injury.The team said Irving will miss the game Wednesday night with a bruised left thigh. Irving played the previous...

Lakers' Mozgov missing game against Hawks with eye contusionATLANTA (AP) The Los Angeles Lakers are without injured center Timofey Mozgov for Wednesday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks.Mozgov suffered a left eye contusion Tuesday night in a loss at Indiana.Rookie Ivica Zubac of Croatia will make his NBA...

The NBA's best home team will certainly have an advantage in the playoffs. In the first round, at least. Ty Lawson scored 26 points, including a jumper in the lane with 9.3 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets clinched home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs with a...

Associated PressCeltics' Kyrie Irving honored by mother's Sioux tribeBy BLAKE NICHOLSONFORT YATES, N.D. (AP) Standing on a bison pelt, Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving was smudged with sacred grasses, presented with traditional quilts and eagle feathers and given a Lakota name that means ''Little Mountain'' as he was...

Raptors fire coach Dwane Casey after another sweep by CavsTORONTO (AP) The Toronto Raptors have fired Dwane Casey after the team was swept in the playoffs by the Cleveland Cavaliers for second straight season.Toronto President Masai Ujiri on Friday said the move was a ''very difficult but necessary...

Associated PressKings support protesters marching over man shot by policeBy MICHAEL WAGAMANSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) The struggling Sacramento Kings find themselves in the national spotlight and it has nothing to do with another disappointing NBA season in their sparkling new 2-year-old arena.Instead of looking ahead to the draft lottery...

The fans at Oracle Arena will be treated to a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors when they take their seats on Thursday. Cleveland At Golden State When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, June 4, 2015 Where: Oracle Arena, Oakland, California TV: 9 p.m. ET, ABC PREDICTION: Cavaliers 112, Warriors...

Curry returns from injury to rescue WarriorsPORTLAND, Oregon (AP) Golden State's Stephen Curry returned from a sprained right knee to score an NBA-record 17 points in overtime, finishing with 40 as the Warriors won 132-125 at Portland on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their second-round playoff...

AP Basketball WriterTop of the draft board shines at Summer LeagueBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIThe depth and quality of the 2017 NBA draft had teams tanking at the end of the regular season in hopes of vaulting into the top three picks.With the huge caveat being that it was only summer...