CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on NBA All-Star Weekend (all times local):9:35 p.m.Brooklyn's Joe Harris held off Golden State's Stephen Curry to win the 3-point contest at All-Star Saturday night.Harris made 12 consecutive shots at one point in the final round on his way to a score of 26 points. Curry was second with 24 in the finals, and Sacramento's Buddy Hield was third with 19 points.The Warriors' star made his first nine shots of the final round, then missed three of five shots from the top of the key.Stephen Curry won the first round with 27 points out of a possible of 34. Hield was second with 26 points, and Harris finished with 25 to grab the last spot in the finals.There were 10 players in the event, and seven went out in the first round.Defending champion Devin Booker made his final seven shots but was eliminated in a tie for fourth with Danny Green with 23 points. The other competitors who did not advance: Dirk Nowitzki and Damian Lillard (17), Seth Curry (16), Kemba Walker... [More]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jamal Murray is back in the Denver Nuggets' starting lineup at Brooklyn after missing six games with a sprained left ankle.The guard last played in a victory over Phoenix on Jan. 25, when he rolled his ankle. Before that, he had missed only one game in his three-year career.Murray is second on the Nuggets with 18.5 points per game.The Nets also got starting guard Joe Harris (right hip) and backup Allen Crabbe (right knee) back for the game Wednesday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Devin Booker is ready to take on the Curry brothers.The Phoenix Suns guard will look to defend his NBA All-Star 3-point championship from a year ago against brothers Stephen and Seth Curry on Feb. 16 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Stephen Curry, who plays for the Golden State Warriors, won the event in 2015 while brother Seth, who plays for the Portland Trail Blazers, is competing in his first 3-point contest.Charlotte's Kemba Walker, Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, Portland's Damian Lillard, Milwaukee's Khris Middleton, Toronto's Danny Green, Brooklyn's Joe Harris and Sacramento's Buddy Hield round out the 10-player field.The 3-point contest will held on the same night as the dunk contest and the skills challenge at the Spectrum Center, home of the Charlotte Hornets.The dunk contest features Charlotte's Miles Bridges, Oklahoma City's Hamidou Diallo, Atlanta's John Collins and New York Knicks' Dennis Smith Jr.The skill challenge includes first-time NBA All-Stars Nikola Jokic... [More]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns will look to defend his 3-point contest title at the NBA All-Star game against brothers Stephen and Seth Curry on Feb. 16 in Charlotte, North Carolina.Charlotte's Kemba Walker, Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, Portland's Damian Lillard, Milwaukee's Khris Middleton, Toronto's Danny Green, Brooklyn's Joe Harris and Sacramento's Buddy Hield round out the 10-player field.The dunk contest features Charlotte's Miles Bridges, Oklahoma City's Hamidou Diallo, Atlanta's John Collins and New York Knicks' Dennis Smith Jr.The skill challenge includes first-time NBA All-Stars Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets and Nikola Vucevic of the Magic and Luka Doncic of the Mavericks. Atlanta's Trae Young, Memphis' Mike Conley, Sacramento's De'Aaron Fox, Los Angele Lakers' Kyle Kuzma and Boston's Jayson Tatum will also compete.___More AP NBA: www.apnews.com/NBA and www.twitter.com/AP_Sports

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Lin didn't even make it through one full game this season.He plans to return next season playing a different way so he can stay on the floor and help the Brooklyn Nets keep building.Lin played in just 36 games in 2016-17 due to hamstring injuries and ruptured his right patella tendon in a loss at Indiana on opening night of this season. His plan to stay healthy focuses on ditching all the on-court motor skills that started Linsanity six years ago across the city with the New York Knicks in exchange for a new range of motion."So, like, at every level of ability to be more dynamic, I'm not just looking at whether my knee will hold up. I'm looking at whether I have done enough to completely change pre-existing movement patterns," Lin said Thursday, a day after the Nets finished 28-54, their third consecutive 50-loss season after three straight playoff appearances.The Nets won seven of their last 13 games after losing 19 of 22.The 29-year-old Lin spent a large chunk of... [More]

WASHINGTON -- Otto Porter scored 26 points and Bradley Beal had 21 as the Washington Wizards handed the Houston Rockets their fifth consecutive loss with a 121-103 win on Friday night.Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 10 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter for the Wizards (20-16), who turned a nine-point lead entering the fourth quarter into a rout. John Wall finished with 17 points.James Harden led the Rockets (25-9) with 20 points. Chris Paul started and scored eight points in 25 minutes after sitting out the previous three games with a left adductor strain.The Rockets, who average more 3-point attempts than any team, shot 5-for-25 from beyond the arc in the first half and finished 14 of 48.Porter sank 7 of 11 shots from long distance and the Wizards shot 18 of 36 on 3-pointers. Washington finished at 53.4 percent from the field compared to Houston's 42.7 percent.Hornets 111, Warriors 100OAKLAND, Calif. -- Dwight Howard totaled a season-high 29 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists to propel... [More]

G Joe Harris (illness) was available Saturday after being questionable for the game but did not play.

G Joe Harris was one point off his career high with 18 off the bench Wednesday.Harris, who shot 7 of 10 from the field with four 3s, was taken in the second round of the 2014 draft by Cleveland, and he was on the team for its first Finals match with the Golden State Warriors in 2015.The Cavs traded Harris to Orlando on Jan. 12, 2016, to clear a roster spot. He was waived and signed with the Nets the following summer."The enjoyment would've been if we won," Harris said."I think that it's always nice coming back to a place where you spent some time. We have a lot of guys in the organization who have spent time here, a lot of good people in the Cavs' organization. It's good to come back and see some familiar faces and be able to say hello to people who you otherwise would not see."

G Joe Harris led the Nets with 19 points while hitting five 3-pointers in their loss to the Celtics on Tuesday.

G Joe Harris had 18 points, one shy of his career high, for the Nets.

The Brooklyn Nets plan to sit six players on Wednesday night in a game the Chicago Bulls need to win to clinch the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Nets announced Trevor Booker, Jeremy Lin and Brook Lopez will sit out due to rest, while injuries will sideline Quincy Acy (ankle), Joe Harris (shoulder) and Sean Kilpatrick (hamstring).The Bulls (40-41) enter the NBA's regular season's final night in a three-way fight with the Indiana Pacers (41-40) and Miami Heat (40-41) for the East's final two spots. If the Bulls win, they are in the playoffs.Should either the Bulls or Pacers lose, Miami can lock up a playoff spot with a win over the Washington Wizards.Chicago can give second-year coach Fred Hoiberg his first playoff appearance by beating the Nets (20-61). Brooklyn has the worst record in the NBA but is coming off a 107-106 win over the Bulls on Saturday."The big thing is it doesn't change our approach," Hoiberg said Wednesday morning of the Nets' players sitting. "We have a game plan that we had in place for whoever takes the floor for Brooklyn. We know it's a group that's going to come out and play extremely hard. They're going to play with great pace."

G Joe Harris (shoulder), G Sean Kilpatrick (hamstring) and F Quincy Acy (ankle) did not play Monday at Boston. All three will also miss the Wednesday night season finale at Chicago.

G Joe Harris (sprained left shoulder) will be shut down for the rest of the season. Harris last played March 3 in Utah. Atkinson said the injury was not "terrible" but shutting down Harris "made sense".

G Joe Harris (sprained left shoulder) missed his 16th straight game Saturday against the Magic.

G Joe Harris (sprained left shoulder) missed his 14th straight game.

G Joe Harris missed his seventh consecutive game due to a concussion and a sprained left shoulder.

G Joe Harris (concussion/sprained left shoulder) was out for Tuesday.

G Joe Harris (concussion/sprained left shoulder) missed his fifth consecutive game Sunday, though coach Kenny Atkinson said Harris is improving.

G Joe Harris, hurt last Friday in Utah, is not with the team and remains in the NBA concussion protocol.

G Joe Harris missed his second consecutive game due to concussion symptoms and a sprained left shoulder.