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MINNEAPOLIS -- Blake Griffin had 20 points and 11 rebounds and DeAndre Jordan had 18 points and 16 boards to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to their sixth straight victory, 119-105 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.Chris Paul had 19 points and eight assists and J.J. Redick scored 18 points for the Clippers (9-1), who have the best record in the NBA. Los Angeles shot 52.6 percent and outscored the Timberwolves 21-10 in transition.Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 10 rebounds and Ricky Rubio had seven points, six assists and six rebounds in his return from a five-game absence for Minnesota. Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points, but shot just 8 of 24.The Clippers are off to their best start in franchise history.SPURS 106, ROCKETS 100HOUSTON -- Kawhi Leonard scored 20 points to lead San Antonio over Houston.The Spurs avenged a 101-99 loss to the Rockets in San Antonio on Wednesday night and improved to 5-0 on the road, where they have outscored opponents by an average of 12.8 points.James Harden had a triple-double for a second straight game against the Spurs, finishing with 25 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, but also added seven costly turnovers. A deep 3-pointer by Eric Gordon cut the lead to four with 2 minutes remaining, but Houston struggled to make stops down the stretch.Gordon scored 27 points off the bench, going 7 of 12 on 3-pointers.Houston attempted 47 3s in the game, making 15 (31.9 percent).RAPTORS 118, KNICKS 107TORONTO -- DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points, Norman Powell added 19 and Toronto beat New York for the fourth straight time.DeRozan, the NBAs leading scorer, had his eighth 30-plus-point game in nine starts this season, putting him in an exclusive club. In the last 50 years, Michael Jordan, World B. Free and Tiny Archibald have started a season registering 30-plus points in eight of the first nine games.Carmelo Anthony had 31 points, while Kristaps Porzingis and Derrick Rose had 21 apiece for New York.Kyle Lowry, who finished with 16 points, put the Raptors up by four with 1:41 to play on a driving layup, and Lucas Nogueira had two straight blocks on Anthony and then Rose to put Toronto in control.JAZZ 102, HEAT 91MIAMI -- Gordon Hayward scored 25 points, Rodney Hood added 17 and Utah handed Miami a fourth consecutive loss.Rudy Gobert had 12 points and 12 rebounds for Utah, which used a 15-0 run midway through the game to pull away. Shelvin Mack scored 12 for Utah, while former Heat forward Joe Johnson and Dante Exum each added 10.Hassan Whiteside had 15 points and 14 rebounds for Miami. James Johnson scored 15 points, Rodney McGruder added 14 and Josh Richardson finished with 12.Utah was without George Hill (right thumb) and Boris Diaw (right knee) again, then lost Derrick Favors to left knee soreness in the first quarter. But a night after holding Orlando to 74 points, the Jazz limited Miami to 59 through three quarters.At 2-6, Miami is off to its worst start since 2007-08.CELTICS 105, PACERS 99INDIANAPOLIS -- Isaiah Thomas scored 23 points, including Bostons final eight, and the Celtics beat Indiana.Thomas had just four points through 34 minutes, the scored 19 over the final 14 minutes. He hit several clutch shots to keep Indiana at bay and iced the game at the foul line in the final 30 seconds.Kelly Olynyk scored 16 for the Celtics, playing the first of two straight road games. Amir Johnson had 14 points and nine rebounds, while Avery Bradley had 13 points and five assists.Jeff Teague led Indiana with 20 points. Myles Turner scored 17 and Monta Ellis had 15 in the Pacers first home loss of the season.Indiana played without leading scorer Paul George, who sprained his left ankle in overtime of its 109-105 loss at Philadelphia on Friday.HAWKS 117, 76ERS 96ATLANTA -- Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 points, Kent Bazemore added 17 and Atlanta won its fourth straight game.Dwight Howard, the NBAs active leader in double-doubles, had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Hawks.Jahlil Okafor finished with 18 points for the Sixers, who dropped to 1-8 a night after earning their first win.Despite playing with a depleted roster, Philadelphia kept it close until late, pulling within two with 3:50 left in the third. But Howards follow dunk gave the Hawks an 84-74 lead and Kyle Korvers 3-pointer on the ensuing possession matched the 10-point advantage in the closing minutes of the period.LAKERS 126, PELICANS 99NEW ORLEANS -- Jordan Clarkson scored 23 points, Lou Williams added 21, and Los Angeles won for the fifth time in six games, beating New Orleans.DAngelo Russell scored 22 and Nick Young added 15 points for the Lakers, who shot 55.3 percent (52 of 94) overall and made 16 of 30 3-pointers.Anthony Davis scored 34 for New Orleans, but left the game for a pivotal stretch with apparent lower back pain after his layup had cut Los Angeles lead to 63-62 in the third quarter. Davis went to the locker room and was out of the game for four-plus minutes while the Lakers went on a 14-0 run.New Orleans never recovered.Rookie Buddy Hield scored 18 points for the Pelicans.BULLS 106, WIZARDS 95CHICAGO -- Jimmy Butler scored 37 points, and Chicago beat short-handed Washington.Butler did all he could to carry the Bulls on a night when the Wizards were missing star guards John Wall and Bradley Beal.Butler finished two points shy of his season high. He hit all 14 free throws, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out a season-high nine assists.Nikola Mirotic added 17 points. Dwyane Wade scored 14. Taj Gibson chipped in with 13 points. The Bulls won back-to-back games for the first time since a 3-0 start, but forward Doug McDermott exited with a concussion early in the fourth quarter.Markieff Morris had a season-high 24 points after scoring 20 the previous night. Marcin Gortat added 18 points and 14 rebounds. Cheap Nike Basketball Shoes . 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OLYMPICSLONDON -- With just over two weeks until the opening ceremony, Russia still doesnt know whether its athletes -- all or even some -- will be competing in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. It may all come down to the lawyers.While the IOC decided to ban from the Rio Games all Russian Sports Ministry officials and other administrators implicated in allegations of a state-run doping program, it delayed a ruling on whether to take the unprecedented step of barring the entire Russian Olympic team.The International Olympic Committee said it will explore the legal options with regard to a collective ban of all Russian athletes for the Olympic Games 2016 versus the rights to individual justice.The IOC has also said it could let individual international sports federations decide on whether to ban Russians from their events in Rio, just as the IAAF has done by ruling track and field athletes from the games. The 28 international federations that govern the individual sports at the summer games have made clear that they do not support a blanket ban.COLLEGE FOOTBALLThe Big 12 presidents have directed Commissioner Bob Bowlsby to evaluate schools that are interested in joining the conference, stopping just short of announcing it planned to expand.After a meeting of the Big 12 university presidents and chancellors, Oklahoma President David Boren says the conference is still considering whether to add two or four teams to its 10 members.The Big 12 has been a 10-team conference, the smallest of the Power Five leagues, since 2012. The conference has already announced it would bring back its football championship game in 2017 and likely break into divisions.Numerous schools have been pitching the Big 12 behind the scenes for months, including much of the American Athletic Conference along with BYU, Colorado State and others.MMALAS VEGAS -- The UFC says heavyweight Brock Lesnar failed a second doping test in a sample taken on the night of his victory over Mark Hunt at UFC 200.The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency notified Lesnar last week about his first potential violation of the UFCs policy from an out-of-competition test last month.The UFC says Lesnar tested positive for the same unnamed substance in both tests.The 39-year-old Lesnar declined to comment on the UFCs disclosure of his second positive test.Lesnar is among the most popular athletes in both mixed martial arts and professional wrestling. He beat Hunt by decision on July 9, handily winning his first MMA fight in 4 1/2 years.He made a UFC-record $2.5 million guaranteed purse at UFC 200, likely along with undisclosed millions in bonuses.GOLFTiger Woods withdrew from the PGA Championship, the first time he will go an entire year without playing a major.The decision, while not a surprise, also means he will go an entire PGA Tour season without playing.His agent, Mark Steinberg of Excel Sports Management, said inn a text to The Associated Press that Woods will not play the remainder of the tour season as he continues to rehab following back surgeries.dddddddddddd That would have amounted to only three more tournaments before the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs.Steinberg said Woods will continue to work hard and assess when he can play the following season, which starts in October.CYCLINGBERN, Switzerland -- Mark Cavendish has withdrawn from the Tour de France after winning four stages.Team Dimension Data made the announcement on the races second and final rest day, with five stages remaining.Cavendish is preparing to race on the track at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where he will be competing in the omnium event.The British sprinter says that after an extremely enjoyable and successful couple of weeks ... it is with great sadness that I took the decision today to leave the race.Cavendish would have been a contender to win the final stage Sunday on the Champs-Elysees.He wore the race leaders yellow jersey for the first time after winning the opening stage at Utah Beach, Normandy.WRESTLINGHARTFORD, Conn. -- More than 50 ex-wrestlers say in a Connecticut lawsuit that World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. is responsible for their long-term neurological damage and failed to care for their injuries.Jimmy Superfly Snuka, Joseph Road Warrior Animal Laurinaitis and Paul Mr. Wonderful Orndorff are among the plaintiffs who filed suit in federal court in Connecticut against Stamford-based WWE.WWE denies the allegations. It says that an attorney for the ex-wrestlers previously has made false claims against the company and filed lawsuits that ended up being dismissed.The plaintiffs say they suffered concussions and other head trauma that resulted in long-term brain damage.Snuka is charged in the 1983 death of his girlfriend near Allentown, Pennsylvania. He has been ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial, and his defense partly blames head trauma suffered in the ring.COLLEGE SPORTSThe Atlantic Coast Conferences television network will launch in August 2019, a person familiar with the situation said.The person also said ESPN and the ACC also will start a digital channel next month that will be available online. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the network has not been formally announced by ESPN or the ACC.The launch of the network will be discussed this week when the ACC holds its preseason football media days beginning Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Commissioner John Swoffords regularly scheduled news conference will be Thursday.The ACC will become the fourth major conference with its own network, joining the Big Ten, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference. The SEC also has ESPN as its partner. ' ' '