EmailPrintDenver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. said his teammates have had his back in recent days following the sentencing of his younger brother Coban Porter to six years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a woman in Colorado last year.The sentencing on Friday came just two days after another of Porter's younger brothers, Jontay Porter, was banned…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsNEW YORK -- After a second brief injury scare involving superstar center Joel Embiid in just over a week, Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse said after Saturday night's 111-104 loss to the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of their best-of-7 first round series that there are no plans to shut the league's reigning…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsMINNEAPOLIS -- With the Target Center pulsating, Anthony Edwards decided to take the temperature of his shooting streak.The Minnesota Timberwolves' dynamic young superstar, dripping with confidence, had already buried a string of jumpers, becoming more animated after each one widened the score. Then, with 48 seconds left in the game-defining third quarter, Edwards drifted toward the left wing…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsCHICAGO -- Chicago Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas fell on his sword and vowed to make changes after the team he constructed missed the playoffs for the second straight season.He said he takes "full responsibility" and promised to get creative in reworking the roster despite having no salary cap space. He'd like to re-sign…