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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2011, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling looks on during the first half of their NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has banned Sterling for life and fined him $2.5 million for making racist comments. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Embattled Clippers owner Donald Sterling goes lawyer shopping: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard, center, celebrates with fans, his winning shot against the Houston Rockets during the last .9 of a second of game six of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series game in Portland, Ore., Friday May 2, 2014. The Trail Blazers won the series in a 99-98 win. (AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens)

Bigger stage, brighter spotlight for Wall, Lillard

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2013 file photo, Philadelphia 76ers' Michael Carter-Williams (1) celebrates after making a 3-point basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, in Philadelphia. Carter-Williams has won the NBA's Rookie of the Year Award. The league said Monday, May 5, 2014, that he received 104 of a possible 124 first-place votes.(AP Photo/Michael Perez, File)

76ers guard Carter-Williams wins Rookie of Year

By ROB MAADDI - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2013 file photo, former NFL football player Wade Davis, grand marshal for the Chicago Gay Pride Parade, speaks to reporters prior to the parade in Chicago. One of the people enlisted to help advise All-American defensive end Michael Sam of Missouri before publicly announcing he was gay was Davis, a former NFL player who came out in 2012 - nine years after retiring. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)

New sports playbook: How to come out as gay

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson, center, hugs guard Stephen Curry after Curry was taken out of the game as forward Draymond Green looks on during the second half in Game 7 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series, Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Los Angeles. The Clippers won 126-121. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Warriors fall short of season’s high expectations

By ANTONIO GONZALEZ - Associated Press

Fans hold up signs as Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin looks on during the second half in Game 5 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Golden State Warriors, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, in Los Angeles. The Clippers won 113-103. (AP Photo)

NBA’s quick action helps rescue Clippers’ brand

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI and ANNE M. PETERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 30, 2014, file photo, San Antonio Stars' Becky Hammon walks off the court following Game 5 of the opening-round NBA basketball playoff series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks in San Antonio. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich believes Hammon and other women can cross over and coach men, even in the NBA. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Coach Pop invites WNBA star to Spurs’ practices

By MELISSA MURPHY - Associated Press

NBA Playoff Capsules

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (32) hugs with his teammate J.J. Redick (4) after defeating Golden State Warriors during the second half of Game 7 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Los Angeles. Clippers won 126 - 121. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

High-scoring Thunder, Clippers to meet

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

Capsules on the NBA conference semifinals

By BRIAN MAHONEY and TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 11, 2014, file photo, Washington Wizards guard Andre Miller dribbles the ball during an NBA basketball game against the Orlando Magic in Orlando, Fla. No one in the history of the NBA played as many regular-season games or as many postseason games as Miller did before finally being part of a team that won a playoff series. And now that Miller is in the second round with the Wizards, he wants more. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File)

‘Old man’ Andre Miller seizes opportunity with Wizards

By Brian McNally - The Washington Times

Memphis Grizzlies guard Tony Allen, left, and forward Mike Miller, right, look on from the bench late in the fourth quarter of Game 7 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Oklahoma City, Saturday, May 3, 2014. Oklahoma City won 120-109. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Banged-up Grizzlies finally run out of comebacks

By TERESA M. WALKER - Associated Press

‘Bailey Howard Drive’ designed at Miss. State

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** FILE ** In this Dec. 19, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, third right, sits with V. Stiviano, left, as they watch the Clippers play the Los Angeles Lakers during an NBA preseason basketball game in Los Angeles. NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday, April 29, 2014, that he is banning the owner for life from the Clippers organization over racist comments in recording. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

NBA to appoint CEO to supervise Clippers

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

Shelly Sterling, wife of Donald Sterling, high fives fans in the final seconds of the Clippers defeat of the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Playoffs Tuesday April 29, 2014. Sterling was banned for life from the NBA earlier in the day because of his racist comments. Los Angeles, CA. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, John McCoy)

NBA-appointed CEO to oversee Clippers with Donald Sterling out

Associated Press

NBA to begin selling “We Are One” shirts

Associated Press

Friday’s Sports In Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker (9), of France, pleads with an official to look at an inbound play on instant replay in the final seconds of the second half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks, Friday, May 2, 2014, in Dallas. The Mavericks won 113-111. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Duncan, Spurs focused on beating Mavs in Game 7

By SCHUYLER DIXON - Associated Press