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AP Sports WriterGiannis, Bucks look to be last team standing at season's endBy KEITH JENKINSMILWAUKEE (AP) Expectations for Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks have never been higher.After leading the Bucks to a league-best 60 wins in the regular season and losing to the NBA champion Raptors in...

NBA preseason wraps up, regular season starts TuesdayBy The Associated PressFrom LeBron James' arrival in Los Angeles to Jimmy Butler's desire to leave Minnesota, it's been an eventful NBA preseason.It was a rocky one for the Timberwolves, who spent most of it dealing with the Butler drama and finished...

NEW DELHI (AP) - It is a rare day in India when basketball makes the front page of newspapers, yet Satnam Singh Bhamara achieved that feat when he became the first Indian to be drafted to the NBA this week.The 7'2'' (2.15-meter) 19-year-old was selected by the Dallas Mavericks...

Grizzlies: Point Guard Mike Conley out another 2-3 weeksMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The Grizzlies say injured point guard Mike Conley will be out another two to three weeks.The team said Wednesday before their game in San Antonio that Conley is progressing with therapy and treatment on his sore left...

AP Sports WriterDavid West's reliable passing off the bench key for WarriorsBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) David West checks in to start the second quarter and the rest of the Warriors know to have their hands up and ready to catch his passes, because they will come fast...

Pistons sign Ellington, waive EllensonDETROIT (AP) The Detroit Pistons have signed guard Wayne Ellington and waived 2016 first-round draft pick Henry Ellenson.The Pistons announced the moves Saturday night.The 6-foot-5 Ellington is in his 10th NBA season. He averaged 8.4 points with Miami this season before he was traded...

The Toronto Raptors and the Miami Heat will both be gunning for a victory on Wednesday when they meet at AmericanAirlines Arena. Toronto At Miami When: 7:30 PM ET, Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida TV: 7 p.m. ET, TSN2 (Toronto), Sun Sports (Miami) Prediction: Heat 108, Raptors 96. Oddsmakers...

Towns out with concussion for 1st missed game of his careerNEW YORK (AP) Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns is in concussion protocol after a car accident and is missing a game for the first time in his career.The All-Star was involved in a car accident on his way...

AP Sports WriterBrown's future in jeopardy after 76ers suffer early exitBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) A year ago against Toronto, four bounces of the basketball finished the 76ers. This season, four straight playoff losses ended Philly's season and sent the Sixers to the brink of a serious shakeup.Brett Brown...

At 7-foot-1, Marc Gasol isn't a little anything.He's surely not playing like Pau's little brother.For the first time since the Gasols have been in the NBA it's the younger one putting up the better numbers, and that's a big reason why the Memphis Grizzlies have been one of the...

Payton returning, starting for Pelicans vs. KnicksNEW ORLEANS (AP) Pelicans point guard Elfrid Payton is returning from a nine-game absence Friday night when New Orleans hosts the New York Knicks.Payton had been listed as questionable because of a right ankle sprain, but he was listed in the official...

DALLAS (115)Parsons 3-9 0-0 7, Nowitzki 7-12 6-7 22, Chandler 6-8 10-12 22, Rondo 6-14 0-0 13, Ellis 5-17 4-4 15, Villanueva 7-13 0-0 18, Jefferson 0-1 1-2 1, Harris 1-5 1-2 3, Smith 2-2 2-2 6, Barea 4-7 0-0 8, Powell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals...