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Raptors beat Bucks in slugfest, tie series at 2-2

MILWAUKEE – DeMar DeRozan reverted back to his playmaking form. The Toronto Raptors reasserted themselves on defense. They’re headed back to Canada after winning a bruiser of a fi...

Clippers’ Blake Griffin to miss rest of playoffs with toe injury

SALT LAKE CITY – Chris Paul and his Los Angeles Clippers teammates are more concerned with supporting Blake Griffin than worrying about Game 4 against the Utah Jazz. They will foc...

NBA Roundup: Al Horford, Isaiah Thomas lead Celtics past Bulls

Thunder hold off Rockets charge

NBA fines Russell Westbrook $15,000 for comments after 51-point game

OKLAHOMA CITY – Russell Westbrook is fine with getting fined. The Thunder star was fined $15,000 by the NBA on Friday for using inappropriate language during a postgame media inte...

NBA Roundup: Cavaliers storm back to slice Pacers; Bucks overwhelm Raports

James helps Cleveland mount big comeback

U.S. men’s basketball sent to Uruguay for AmeriCup tournament

The U.S. men’s basketball team will begin the lengthy road to the 2020 Olympics when it opens FIBA AmeriCup 2017 preliminary-round play in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Americans were ...

Ex-commissioner David Stern tells AP he’s bullish on NBA

NEW YORK – David Stern hasn’t left the NBA far behind. Just a few blocks, actually. His office these days is located in a building near the one he had as commissioner, the job he ...

Cavaliers’ J.R. Smith draws inspiration from baby daughter’s fight

CLEVELAND – Life has given J.R. Smith perspective during a personally trying season. The pursuit of a championship doesn’t compare to the path he’s traveled. For the fi...

NBA Playoff Roundup: James Harden leads Rockets to 2-0 lead against Westbrook’s Thunder

HOUSTON — James Harden scored 35 points and the Houston Rockets overcame 51 points from Russell Westbrook in the highest-scoring triple-double in playoff history, beating the Oklahoma City T...

Celtics’ Isaiah Thomas: Days since sister died hardest of my life

BOSTON – Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas says the days since his younger sister was killed in a car crash have been the hardest of his life. He’s also expressing thanks for the support he has re...

NBA Roundup: Celtics again shocked by Bulls

BOSTON – Jimmy Butler scored 22 points, Rajon Rondo finished one rebound shy of a triple-double and the Chicago Bulls beat the Boston Celtics 111-97 on Tuesday night to take a 2-0 lead in th...

Fort Lewis College’s Steffensen among elite young men’s basketball coaches

NABC recognizes FLC assistant as Under Armour 30-under-30