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Lakers' Mozgov missing game against Hawks with eye contusionATLANTA (AP) The Los Angeles Lakers are without injured center Timofey Mozgov for Wednesday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks.Mozgov suffered a left eye contusion Tuesday night in a loss at Indiana.Rookie Ivica Zubac of Croatia will make his NBA...

AP Sports WriterWarriors unveil Chase Center Experience, preview of arenaBy JANIE McCAULEYSAN FRANCISCO (AP) Imagine an ice skating rink with a Rockefeller Center-like feel, farmers markets in a sparkling new waterfront park, fireworks over San Francisco Bay among picturesque views during the summer, big-name concerts in between and...

Wade scores 22 in Chicago debut, Bulls beat Celtics 105-99CHICAGO (AP) Dwyane Wade scored 22 points in a triumphant Chicago debut and Jimmy Butler had 24 as the Bulls won their NBA season opener, beating the Boston Celtics 105-99 on Thursday.Wade nailed a 3 from the corner in...

AP Basketball WriterFor Wolves' Gorgui Dieng, $64M was the right price to stayBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) In the funny-money economics of the new NBA, Gorgui Dieng's four-year, $64 million contract extension really isn't a lot of money.In the real world that Dieng inhabits, the one in which his...

All-Star guard DeMar DeRozan re-signs with RaptorsTORONTO (AP) DeMar DeRozan knew he was never going to leave Toronto, his home away from home.The All-Star shooting guard re-signed with the Raptors, agreeing to a reported $139 million, five-year deal Thursday without really testing the free-agent market.''I am Toronto,'' DeRozan...

AP Sports WriterIrving, LeBron pace Cavs over OKC as Love's back flares upBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) LeBron James sang and danced while dressing at his locker to New Edition's ''Can You Stand The Rain'' following Sunday's win.Although the song's theme of weathering a storm was fitting for the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) A lawsuit has been dropped that alleged former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen assaulted a man at a sushi restaurant in 2013.Pippen's attorney, Mark Geragos, said Saturday that a countersuit Pippen filed against Camran Shafighi is also being dropped.Geragos says he and Pippen are delighted...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - LeBron James casually swished a jumper from the corner, an otherwise ordinary shot with a higher degree of difficulty given the backpack hanging over his shoulders.In the NBA Finals, James might have to carry something much heavier than a backpack.He might have to put the...

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) Military police say former Syracuse University and Boston Celtics center Fab Melo has died in his native Brazil. He was 26.A police sergeant who gave his name only as Couto says an emergency call Saturday night...

AP Sports Writer76ers 1st NBA team to land jersey sponsorship with StubHubBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia 76ers have become the first team in the NBA to put a sponsorship logo on player uniforms, striking a deal with StubHub for a spot on one of the hottest pieces...

DETROIT (91)Singler 2-9 0-0 6, Smith 4-11 0-2 8, Drummond 8-16 2-6 18, Jennings 2-6 1-1 6, Caldwell-Pope 1-5 0-2 2, Monroe 6-11 3-4 15, Meeks 5-10 7-7 20, Butler 3-4 0-0 7, Augustin 0-1 0-0 0, Jerebko 3-6 0-0 7, Dinwiddie 1-4 0-0 2. Totals...