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San Antonio guard Tony Parker left Saturday night’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies with a broken bone in his right hand and could miss six weeks. Parker broke the fourth metacarpal — the bone between the bottom knuckle and the wrist — near the end of the first half and did not return to the [...]

Mehmet Okur scored 27 points and Carlos Boozer got his 40th double-double of the season with 17 points and 17 rebounds, leading the Utah Jazz over the Los Angeles Clippers 107-85 on Saturday night. Deron Williams had 10 points and 10 assists for the Jazz, who atoned for getting upset by the Clippers less than [...]

Here’s one bit of bad news for the New Jersey Nets as they try to escape NBA infamy: no more games against the Knicks. Devin Harris scored 31 points and the Nets erased an early 16-point deficit to beat New York 113-93 on Saturday night. The Nets improved their NBA-worst record to 7-55, while the [...]

Richard Jefferson scored 18 points, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili added 17 each and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 102-92 on Saturday night. The victory was the Spurs’ fourth straight and extended the Grizzlies’ skid at home to eight losses in a row. Six Spurs finished in double figures, including Matt Bonner [...]

Stephen Curry was given a standing ovation in pregame introductions, cheered the first time he touched the ball and applauded after his made baskets. There just weren’t enough of them — or healthy teammates — to produce a win in his return home. D.J. Augustin scored 19 points off the bench, Gerald Wallace added 18 [...]

Luis Scola had 25 points and a career-high 21 rebounds and the struggling Houston Rockets righted themselves with a 112-98 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night. Kevin Martin had 30 points and Aaron Brooks added 25 points and nine assists for the Rockets. The game against Minnesota couldn’t have come at a better [...]

Dwyane Wade scored 38 points, and Michael Beasley capped a big fourth quarter with seven consecutive points in the final two minutes, helping the short-handed Miami Heat beat the Atlanta Hawks 100-94 Saturday night. Beasley scored 14 of his 22 points in the final period, and his late spurt gave the Heat a six-point lead.

Miami Heat center Jermaine O’Neal has been sidelined with an injury to his left knee, and it’s uncertain how long he’ll be out. O’Neal was hurt in the second quarter of Saturday’s game against Atlanta, although it wasn’t clear how the injury happened. The Heat announced the injury late in the quarter, and O’Neal did [...]

Dallas Mavericks center Brendan Haywood was a late scratch from Saturday’s game against the Chicago Bulls because of tightness in his lower back. Haywood, averaging 9.7 points and 10.1 rebounds, left Friday’s win over Sacramento after playing just over seven minutes. He was listed in the starting lineup after coach Rick Carlisle said he was [...]

LeBron James is getting a night off for the first time this season. Cavaliers coach Mike Brown says he’s sitting his superstar, calling it “just a coach’s decision” to keep him out of Cleveland’s game against Milwaukee on Saturday night. “He’s played a lot of minutes for us,” Brown said.