Basketball

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis is sitting out of the Los Angeles Lakers' showdown with the Golden State Warriors due to the aftereffects of a blow to his head two days earlier.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey was declared out of Tuesday night's game against the Detroit Pistons due to left hip tightness.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have cleared All-Star forward Karl-Anthony Towns for full-contact, five-on-five basketball activities in anticipation of his return, the club announced Tuesday.

The voting hasn't taken place yet, though it's fairly obvious that Denver's Nikola Jokic will be the NBA's MVP this season and therefore extend the record streak to six consecutive years in which a foreign-born player wins that trophy.

DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic draped their arms over each other in a pseudo-embrace, smiles of exhaustion on the faces of the co-stars of the Dallas Mavericks.

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young, who has missed 22 games since suffering a torn ligament in his left fifth finger, is moving closer to his return to action.

Toronto Raptors centre Kelly Olynyk shook his head in disbelief when he heard that fellow Canadian Zach Edey had won the Naismith Award as U.S. college basketball's player of the year for a second time.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has acknowledged two officiating mistakes — one wrong call, one missed call — in the final minute of Miami's 117-115 loss at Indiana on Sunday, a defeat that helped send the Heat into the No.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined the New York Knicks $25,000 on Monday after Mitchell Robinson was listed as out on an initial injury report and then played in a game against Toronto .

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks' roller coaster season has hit its nadir with the playoffs less than two weeks away. The Bucks have lost four straight games and six of their past seven.