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NBA urges its teams to avoid Twitter warsNEW YORK (AP) The NBA wants its teams to avoid Twitter wars.The reminder was issued in a memo from the league to all 30 teams on Tuesday. It comes about two weeks after Portland's Twitter account mocked Dallas' Chandler Parsons for...

Police: Former Syracuse, Celtics center Fab Melo dead at 26SAO PAULO (AP) Former Syracuse University and Boston Celtics center Fab Melo has died in his native Brazil, military police said Sunday. He was 26.An emergency call Saturday night brought police and paramedics to Melo's house in Juiz de...

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...

TORONTO (AP) Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll is out indefinitely with a bruised right knee.The 29-year-old Carroll is averaging 12.2 points and 5.1 rebounds in 18 games in his first season with Toronto. He had nine points in 26 minutes in Saturday's 112-109 loss to Golden State.The Raptors also...

AP Basketball WriterCapsule preview of the Cavaliers-Raptors East finalsBy BRIAN MAHONEYA look at the Eastern Conference finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors (with regular-season and playoff records):---No. 1 CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (57-25, 8-0) vs. No. 2 TORONTO RAPTORS (56-26, 8-6)Season series: Raptors, 2-1. Toronto pulled out two wins...

HOUSTON (AP) Golden State's Klay Thompson covered for the absence of star player Stephen Curry by scoring 38 points to lead the Warriors to a 114-110 win at Houston on Thursday.Having suffered only their second defeat of the season on Wednesday when Curry missed his first game due...

AP Sports WriterBig hit for Bulls, 'Benny's Day Off' connects onlineBy ANDREW SELIGMANCHICAGO (AP) Dancing on the roof, microphone in hand as he lip-synched to ''Twist and Shout,'' Benny the Bull was putting on quite a performance as his tricked-out black van rolled through downtown Chicago.It was not...

WASHINGTON (AP) With only one ball John Wall and Bradley Beal know they have to share it. The dynamic backcourt duo is standing squarely in the limelight and need to coexist successfully for the Washington Wizards to get back to the playoffs. Wall is healthy again after having surgery on...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Minnesota's Ricky Rubio had a career-high 28 points as the Timberwolves rallied from a 16-point deficit in the second half to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-111 on Wednesday in their opening game of the new NBA season.It was an emotional win for the Timberwolves,...

The Los Angeles Lakers already have fired one head coach in this disappointing season, but general manager Mitch Kupchak isn't placing all the blame for the team's 17-24 start on the current one. "Without a doubt, we have utmost confidence in Mike (D'Antoni) as a coach," Kupchak told ESPNLosAngeles.com in...

Jan. 5 - 10-day contracts can be signed.Jan. 10 - Contracts guaranteed for rest of season.Feb. 13-15 - All-Star weekend, New York.Feb. 19 - Trade deadline (3 p.m. EST).April 15 - Last day of regular season.April 18 - Playoffs begin.

The Washington Wizards and the Atlanta Hawks will both be gunning for a victory on Tuesday when they meet at Philips Arena. Washington At Atlanta When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia TV: 8 p.m. ET, TNT PREDICTION: Hawks 97, Wizards 95 Join BetOnline and get up to...