Basketball

DALLAS (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis will be in uniform and available to play in a limited role when the Boston Celtics try to complete a sweep of the NBA Finals in Game 4 against the Dallas Mavericks .

DALLAS (AP) — New Dallas Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont, part of the two families with casino ties that bought the club late last year , says the timing is uncertain for when legalized gambling might come to Texas.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The NBA will return to Mexico City next season, with the Washington Wizards and the Miami Heat set to play a regular-season game there on Nov. 2.

DALLAS (AP) — Al Horford has never been this close to an NBA championship.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Aliyah Boston matched a career high with 27 points, Kelsey Mitchell added 24 and the Indiana Fever let an 18-point lead slip away before closing on a 10-2 run for a 91-84 win over the Atlanta Dream on Thursday night.

DALLAS (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis didn't do an encore with reporters two days after Boston's big man answered questions in the immediate aftermath of the announcement of his rare lower left leg injury.

DALLAS (AP) — As a basketball fan, Adam Silver would have loved to have seen Caitlin Clark on the U.S. Olympic women's team for this summer's Paris Games. As NBA Commissioner, he understands why it didn't happen.

DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic winced ever so slightly as he stepped onto the stage to address reporters a day after his Dallas Mavericks fell behind Boston 3-0 in the NBA Finals.

DALLAS (AP) — It's over. That's what the numbers say. There will be a record-setting 18th championship for the Boston Celtics to celebrate soon, maybe very soon.

CLEVELAND (AP) — It's been almost a month since J.B. Bickerstaff coached his last game for Cleveland and the Cavaliers are still looking for his successor.