Basketball

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Washington Wizards assistant Adam Caporn will take hemisphere-hopping to a new level after being hired as head coach of the Australian men's basketball team.

TORONTO — Oliver Miller, a member of the Toronto Raptors during their inaugural season in 1995-96, has died. He was 54.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined the Utah Jazz $100,000 on Wednesday for violating the league's player participation policy after failing to make leading scorer Lauri Markkanen available for recent games.

A capsule look at the eight teams competing in the U Sports men's basketball Final 8 in Vancouver. Teams are listed by seeding heading into the tournament, along with their respective regular season records.

Queen's Gaels head coach Stephan Barrie says his team feels it has been overlooked and has received too low a seeding for the U Sports men's basketball Final 8. The Ontario University Athletics (OUA) finalists enter the tournament as the No.

SYDNEY (AP) — Andrew Bogut is joining Brian Goorjian’s coaching staff at the Sydney Kings in a bid to help the club he part owns win a National Basketball League championship in Australia. Bogut spent 14 years in the NBA after being the No.

Washington Wizards (13-51, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (37-29, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Detroit; Thursday, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles Lakers (40-23, third in the Western Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (36-28, fourth in the Eastern Conference) Milwaukee; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee aims to break its three-game skid when the Bucks take on Los Angeles.

Orlando Magic (30-36, eighth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (18-48, 14th in the Western Conference) New Orleans; Thursday, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles Clippers (35-30, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Miami Heat (29-35, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Miami; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Heat -2.5; over/under is 209.