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Durant scores in India with big crowd at basketball clinicNEW DELHI (AP) The Golden State Warriors' Kevin Durant and 3,459 children from the Reliance Foundation Junior NBA program in India entered the Guinness Book of World Records on Friday after holding the world's largest basketball lesson in multiple...

AP Sports WriterAP sources: Noel taking $4.1M qualifying offer from MavsBy SCHUYLER DIXONDALLAS (AP) Dallas Mavericks center Nerlens Noel has decided to wait a year to try to cash in as a free agent.Two people with knowledge of the agreement said Saturday that Noel accepted a $4.1 million...

AP Basketball WriterA moment of rest finally arrives at the NBA FinalsBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James got back to his hotel suite after Game 4 of the NBA Finals early Wednesday morning. At 6:30 a.m., he was already tweeting out...

AP Sports WriterLong-range plan: Garland's shooting floored Cavs in workoutBy TOM WITHERSINDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) When Darius Garland realized the Cavaliers sent general manager Koby Altman, new coach John Beilein and his entire staff to his private pre-draft workout in Los Angeles, the Vanderbilt guard drew up a personal...

Pelicans: Jahlil Okafor out 1-2 weeks with ankle sprainNEW ORLEANS (AP) The New Orleans Pelicans say center Jahlil Okafor has been diagnoses with a sprained right ankle and is expected to miss one or two weeks.The injury occurred in the fourth quarter of the Pelicans' preseason opener on...

AP Sports WriterPelicans' Griffin says no 'shot clock' on any Davis dealBy BRETT MARTELMETAIRIE, La. (AP) Pelicans basketball operations chief David Griffin said Tuesday that the timing of next week's NBA draft won't necessarily raise urgency to deal away disgruntled six-time All-Star Anthony Davis.''I'm open-minded,'' Griffin said while...

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...

AP Sports WriterPierce signs with Boston to retire as member of CelticsBy KYLE HIGHTOWERBOSTON (AP) The Truth is retiring as a member of the Boston Celtics.The Celtics announced Monday that they have signed Paul Pierce to a contract so the 10-time All-Star can retire with the team he...

BOSTON (AP) Isaiah Thomas scored 30 points and Jae Crowder hit a go-ahead 3-pointer as the Boston Celtics rallied to beat Philadelphia 84-80 on Wednesday, handing the 76ers their 16th straight loss to open the season and record-tying 26th in a row overall.Philadelphia tied the major U.S. professional...

NBA fines Mavs' Anderson $25K for foul on T-wolves' DavisNEW YORK (AP) The NBA has fined Dallas Mavericks guard/forward Justin Anderson $25,000 for a flagrant foul against Minnesota Timberwolves guard Kris Dunn.Anderson was called for a flagrant 1 foul for striking Dunn in the head with 10:45 left...

Associated PressBrother of unarmed man killed by police redirects protestsBy DON THOMPSON AND SOPHIA BOLLAGSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Hours after an emotional interruption at his brother's funeral, Stevante Clark helped defuse tension in California's capital city by asking protesters not to block thousands of fans from entering a downtown...

AP Basketball WriterAP source: NBA owners approve 22-team season restart planBy TIM REYNOLDSThe NBA’s Board of Governors has approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Disney campus near Orlando, Florida, another major step toward getting teams back onto the court and playing...