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Coming Home: Phil Jackson Is Knicks President (Yahoo Sports)
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Phil Jackson is back in New York, providing the Knicks stability, championship-building ideas and a link to the franchise's best days. Jackson was introduced Tuesday as team president of the Knicks, in the midst of another difficult season and with no easy path to a quick fix. Jackson was a member of the Knicks' title teams in 1970 and 1973, and they haven't won since. He went on to win 11 championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls.

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Spurs Win 14th Straight 76ers Skid Now At 25 (Yahoo Sports)
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The San Antonio Spurs knew the Philadelphia 76ers were coming in on a long losing streak. Austin Daye had 22 points and Tim Duncan added 19 as the Spurs earned their 14th straight win with a 113-91 victory Monday night that sent the 76ers to their 25th consecutive loss. Philadelphia will face Houston on Thursday with the dubious distinction of being a loss shy of tying the NBA record for consecutive losses set by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2010-11. Before the game, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he felt terrible for former assistant Brett Brown, now the 76ers' coach.

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Cavs Irving Practices Could Play This Week (Yahoo Sports)
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Kyrie Irving's stint as part-time cheerleader and coach is finally over. Irving practiced with his Cavaliers teammates for the first time in two weeks Tuesday after missing eight games with a biceps injury. Irving took some contact during his first workout since straining a left biceps tendon March 16 against the Los Angeles Lakers. ''I feel good,'' Irving said.

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Calipari Not Going To dignify Lakers Rumors (Yahoo Sports)
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Kentucky coach John Calipari refused to ''dignify that stuff'' when he was asked after Monday night's championship game about his rumored interest in coaching the Los Angeles Lakers. The rumors were floated by former Kentucky star Rex Chapman on Twitter shortly before the Wildcat's 60-54 loss to Connecticut at AT&T Stadium. He called Calipari's departure a ''done deal.'' ''The Lakers have a basketball coach,'' Calipari said, referring to coach Mike D'Antoni, whose team is fighting to stay out of last place in the Western Conference. ''Kentucky has a basketball coach,'' Calipari added.

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Heat Lose 114-93 To Wizards; Pacers Get Top Seed (Yahoo Sports)
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LeBron James' only visible significant role was that of postgame heckler, interrupting Michael Beasley's interview amid a loose, upbeat locker room that normally wouldn't jibe with a 21-point loss - or throwing in a towel in the race for a No. 1 seed. James and Chris Bosh took the night off Monday, and the Heat were beaten 114-93 by the Washington Wizards in a no-contest game that guaranteed the Eastern Conference's top seed for the Indiana Pacers. ''There would be no disappointment,'' said Dwyane Wade, who played because he needed some minutes after his recent nine-game layoff with a hamstring injury. ''When the playoffs start, we have a new season and we will be looking forward to it.'' So the Pacers are locked in to a first-round series against the eighth-seeded Atlanta Hawks, while the two-time defending champion Heat get the No. 2 seed and either the Wizards or the Charlotte Bobcats.

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Spurs Popovich Wins NBA Coach Of The Year (Yahoo Sports)
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The San Antonio Spurs, the model for stability and sustained success in the modern NBA, were still a shaken team when they showed up for training camp in October, less than four months after a devastating loss to Miami in the NBA Finals. Gregg Popovich took it head on, embraced the heartache, and in a career full of masterful coaching performances, delivered perhaps his finest effort in season No. 18. ''The way we lost in the finals wasn't an ordinary loss, it was pretty devastating,'' Popovich said on Tuesday after being named NBA coach of the year. Don't blame it on the basketball gods or bad fortune or anything like that, the Miami Heat beat us and won the championship and that's that.'' Popovich joined Don Nelson and Pat Riley as the only coaches in league history to take home the Red Auerbach trophy three times in their career.

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Sterling Banned For Life By The NBA (Yahoo Sports)
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Issuing about the strongest rebuke that he could, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life Tuesday for making racist comments in a recorded conversation, the first step toward forcing a sale of the club and permanently removing Sterling from the league. Silver also fined Sterling $2.5 million, and again expressed outrage. ''I fully expect to get the support I need from the other NBA owners to remove him,'' Silver said. Silver said a league investigation found that Sterling was in fact the person on the audiotapes that were released over the weekend and immediately sent shock waves throughout the game.

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Thunder Star Kevin Durant Wins First MVP Award (Yahoo Sports)
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Kevin Durant has plenty of scoring titles. The Oklahoma City Thunder star won the NBA's top individual honor Tuesday, grabbing 119 first-place votes. Miami's LeBron James, who had won the last two MVP awards and four of the previous five, finished second with six first-place votes and Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers was third. He helped the Thunder finish the regular season with a 59-23 record, second-best in the league, despite playing much of the season without three-time All-Star Russell Westbrook by his side because of a nagging knee injury.

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