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AP Basketball WriterNBA lays out plan for player guests to enter Disney bubbleBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) NBA players could have some family members or close friends inside the season-restart bubble with them by the end of the month.And that raises the possibility of having a...

AP Basketball WriterRemaining East matchups set: Heat-Pacers, Celtics-76ersBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The Eastern Conference playoff field is set, and the final day of the regular season will bring a preview of a first-round matchup.Indiana's win over Houston on Wednesday set what had been the last...

AP Basketball WriterRemaining East matchups set: Heat-Pacers, Celtics-76ersBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The Eastern Conference playoff field is set, and the final day of the regular season will bring a preview of a first-round matchup.Indiana's win over Houston on Wednesday set what had been the last...

Antetokounmpo suspended for Bucks' finale over headbuttLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo has been suspended for Milwaukee's final game of the regular season, handed a one-game penalty Wednesday for headbutting Washington's Moe Wagner.It's unknown if Antetokounmpo would have played in Thursday's game against Memphis anyway, given that...

Antetokounmpo suspended for Bucks' finale over headbuttLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo has been suspended for Milwaukee's final game of the regular season, handed a one-game penalty Wednesday for headbutting Washington's Moe Wagner.It's unknown if Antetokounmpo would have played in Thursday's game against Memphis anyway, given that...

AP Basketball WriterNBA sees seven of the eight first-round matchups setBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) The NBA playoff bracket is nearly set.Wednesday's results filled in five of what were the six unknown matchups for Round 1 of the postseason, which starts next week at Walt Disney...

Celtics sign coach Brad Stevens to contract extensionBOSTON (AP) The Celtics have signed coach Brad Stevens to a contract extension, the team announced Wednesday. Terms of the new deal were not disclosed.The Celtics signed Stevens to a six-year deal when they hired him in 2013. They gave him...

Antetokounmpo ejected for headbutting Wizards playerLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo was ejected from Milwaukee's game against the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night after the NBA MVP headbutted Moritz Wagner.Wagner took a charge from Antetokounmpo, who didn't like the call in what had become a physical game.During...

NBA to have a Bubble MVP, All-Bubble team from seeding gamesLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) There will be an NBA Bubble MVP.The league announced that there will be an All-Seeding Games Team and a Player of the Seeding Games, honoring the best performers from the seeding games that...

Knicks hire Kentucky's Kenny Payne as assistant coachNEW YORK (AP) Tom Thibodeau made the first addition to his New York Knicks coaching staff on Tuesday, hiring Kenny Payne as an assistant.Payne has spent the last 10 years at Kentucky, where he has been John Calipari's associate head coach...

AP Basketball WriterIt's official: NBA will have a play-in series in the WestBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) It's now official: There will be a play-in series to determine the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.Memphis' 108-99 loss to Toronto on Sunday means that it's no...

AP Basketball WriterThe West play-in race may be decided by slimmest of marginsBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Tiebreakers won't factor into who qualifies for the Western Conference play-in series. The four remaining teams in the race for those two spots will all play a different total...