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Jimmy Butler fined $25,000 by NBA for not doing postgame media after Game 3

Jimmy Butler fined $25,000 by NBA for not doing postgame media after Game 3

NEW YORK (AP) — Miami's Jimmy Butler was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for not participating in required media availability after Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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Golden State's Stephen Curry wins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice award

Golden State's Stephen Curry wins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice award

NEW YORK (AP) — Golden State’s Stephen Curry was selected as this season’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the NBA announced Tuesday.
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LeBron questions retirement after Lakers are eliminated from playoffs

LeBron questions retirement after Lakers are eliminated from playoffs

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James questioned retirement after his Lakers were swept by the Denver Nuggets despite the highest-scoring postseason half of James' matchless NBA career.
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Nuggets shaking off team history, staking claim for first NBA title

Nuggets shaking off team history, staking claim for first NBA title

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Denver Nuggets played with disruption on their minds in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
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Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 113-111, and into first NBA Finals

Jokic leads Nuggets past Lakers 113-111, and into first NBA Finals

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nikola Jokic is a player unlike almost anything the NBA has ever seen, and now he's taking his Denver Nuggets somewhere they've never been.
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Celtics look to pull off the impossible, as Heat stand on brink of making NBA Finals

Celtics look to pull off the impossible, as Heat stand on brink of making NBA Finals

MIAMI (AP) — Blown out in Game 3, facing elimination in Game 4, tasked with engineering the sort of comeback that no team in their league has ever pulled off before. This may sound familiar to Boston fans.
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Carmelo Anthony retires from NBA, after 19-year career, NCAA title, 3 Olympic gold medals

Carmelo Anthony retires from NBA, after 19-year career, NCAA title, 3 Olympic gold medals

Carmelo Anthony, the star forward who led Syracuse to an NCAA championship in his lone college season and went on to spend 19 years in the NBA, announced his retirement on Monday. Anthony, who was not in the NBA this season, retires as the No.
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Miami aims to clinch conference finals in game 4

Boston Celtics (57-25, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat (44-38, eighth in the Eastern Conference) Miami; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE : Heat -1.5; over/under is 215.
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With Celtics in a 3-0 hole, Joe Mazzulla's season is now at its low point

With Celtics in a 3-0 hole, Joe Mazzulla's season is now at its low point

MIAMI (AP) — Joe Mazzulla’s roller-coaster season is at its lowest. And with the Boston Celtics now on the brink of elimination, the first-year coach is blaming himself.
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Heat crush Celtics 128-102, take 3-0 lead in Eastern finals

Heat crush Celtics 128-102, take 3-0 lead in Eastern finals

MIAMI (AP) — Erik Spoelstra had his team fully expecting that Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals would be extremely difficult, that the Miami Heat were going to have to take the best shot that a desperate bunch of Boston Celtics could muster.
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