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The Phoenix Suns say guard Brandon Knight has undergone surgery to treat a sports hernia. The team said in a news release that the surgery was performed Thursday in Philadelphia by Dr. William Meyers. The Suns said Knight has begun rehabilitation and is to return to Phoenix next week. Continue to Article

April 08, 2016 9:21:pm EST

James Harden perfectly encapsulated the mood of the Houston Rockets after yet another loss dealt a serious blow to their dwindling playoff chances. Mirza Teletovic scored 26 points off the bench, P.J. Tucker added 24 and the Phoenix Suns snapped an NBA-high, seven-game skid with a 124-115 victory Thursday night. It's the second straight loss for the Rockets, who fell 1 1/2 games behind the Utah Jazz for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Continue to Article

April 07, 2016 11:58:pm EST

Sam Hinkie couldn't even stick around to see if the sorry Philadelphia 76ers team he built could win consecutive games. The opportunity for that to happen for the first time this season comes Friday night against the visiting New York Knicks, two days after the general manager packed up his office and bid a 10-68 team adieu. Former NBA executive of the year Bryan Colangelo - Philadelphia chairman of basketball operations Jerry Colangelo's son - is set to take Hinkie's place after the third-year GM announced his resignation Wednesday. Continue to Article

April 07, 2016 3:33:pm EST

One of the league's shortest point guards has the playoff-bound Boston Celtics playing well down the stretch, while one of the tallest in NBA history has given the Milwaukee Bucks reason to be optimistic about the future. Isaiah Thomas will try to help the host Celtics keep the pressure on in the race for home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference with their fourth straight win Friday night against 6-foot-11 Giannis Antetokounmpo and the banged-up Bucks. Boston has won seven of nine but is having its own injury issues as starting forward Jae Crowder tries to work his way back from an ankle sprain that left him sidelined three weeks in March. Continue to Article

April 07, 2016 1:21:pm EST

The Houston Rockets suffered a blow to their playoff hopes but all is not lost. Houston (38-40) fell 88-86 at Dallas on Wednesday, falling two games behind the seventh-place Mavericks and one behind eighth-place Utah in the Western Conference playoff race. James Harden scored 26 and Dwight Howard had 14 and 16 rebounds for his 37th double-double. Continue to Article

April 07, 2016 1:56:am EST

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