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AP Basketball WriterButler misses Heat practice, teammate hints he's isolatingBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Jimmy Butler was not with the Miami Heat for practice Sunday, and one of his teammates suggested that he was quarantining away from the team.The Heat said only that Butler, who scored...

AP Basketball WriterAP Interview: Heat's Leonard stands for anthem, explains whyBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Meyers Leonard has a brother who served two tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines. He carries a military-themed backpack, wears combat boots and has a phone loaded with Navy SEALs...

AP Basketball WriterAP Interview: Heat's Leonard stands for anthem, explains whyBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Meyers Leonard has a brother who served two tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines. He carries a military-themed backpack, wears combat boots and has a phone loaded with Navy SEALs...

NBA fines Smart $15,000 for comments about foul on GiannisNEW YORK (AP) Marcus Smart was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Saturday for criticizing referees after the Boston Celtics guard claimed the officials changed a call Friday night to keep Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo from fouling out.Antetokounmpo appeared...

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 19 to help Thunder top Jazz 110-94LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 18 and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Utah Jazz 110-94 on Saturday in their first game of the restart.Steven Adams had 16 points and 11...

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 19 to help Thunder top Jazz 110-94LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 19 points, Chris Paul added 18 and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Utah Jazz 110-94 on Saturday in their first game of the restart.Steven Adams had 16 points and 11...

Butler, Adebayo score 22 each as Heat top Nuggets 125-105LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each scored 22 points to help the Miami Heat beat the Denver Nuggets 125-105 on Saturday in the first restart game for both teams.Kelly Olynyk scored all 20 of...

AP Basketball WriterPlayers, coaches kneel before NBA's re-opening nightBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Black players were next to white players. Coaches from one team were next to their compatriots from the opposing side. Many locked arms with the man next to them, some shut their eyes...

AP Sports WriterZion Williamson starts, but doesn't finish, for PelicansBy BRETT MARTELZion Williamson completed the Pelicans' opening possession by slicing through two converging Jazz defenders and laying the ball in off the glass with his left hand as he was fouled.It was an auspicious beginning to a performance that...

AP Basketball WriterMagic's Isaac is first player to stand for anthem in bubbleBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Jonathan Isaac stood, and stood out.Isaac became the first player during the restarted NBA season to not kneel for the playing of ''The Star-Spangled Banner,'' opting Friday to stand...

AP Basketball WriterPopovich, Isaac choose to stand for anthem in NBA bubbleBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Jonathan Isaac stood, and stood out.And later Friday, Gregg Popovich and Becky Hammon did the same.Most players and coaches, but not all, are kneeling while pre-recorded versions of the national...

AP Basketball WriterPopovich, Isaac choose to stand for anthem in NBA bubbleBy TIM REYNOLDSLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) Jonathan Isaac stood, and stood out.And later Friday, Gregg Popovich and Becky Hammon did the same.Most players and coaches, but not all, are kneeling while pre-recorded versions of the national...