La Crosse Tribune Sports News

DALLAS (AP) — The Mavericks need a starting center and figure to use free agency to find one.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Still in party mode after winning the NBA championship, the Cavaliers spent most of Thursday watching the draft before acquiring the rights to point guard Kay Felder from Atlanta in the second round.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs realized they needed to get younger and more athletic when a historic season ended in a disappointing early exit from the playoffs.

DENVER (AP) — Nick Ahmed had a two-out RBI single in the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks recovered after blowing a late lead to beat the Colorado Rockies 7-6 on Thursday night.

MIAMI (AP) — For the second time in four years, the Miami Heat had no picks in the NBA draft.

NEW YORK (AP) — The long wait to find out which NBA team would be in his future was over in a hurry for Domantas Sabonis.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Wizards sat out the NBA draft entirely, the first time in the franchise's 55-year history that the team did not make a selection.

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets added a pair of big men in the second round of the NBA draft on Thursday night in Louisville's Chinanu Onuaku and Chinese center Zhou Qi.

MINNEAPOLIS — Kris Dunn wanted Minnesota and that’s exactly what he got.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers selected North Carolina power forward Brice Johnson with the No. 25 overall pick of the NBA draft on Thursday night.

WINONA — For the first time in five years, the annual Minnesota Wild Road Tour Caravan graced Winona on Thursday afternoon.

ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Harvey keeps trying to find a happy medium for the New York Mets.

VIROQUA — With a clutch RBI hit in the bottom of the seventh inning, Zach Trautsch helped the Viroqua American Legion baseball team complete a comeback over La Crescent and earn a 5-4 win on Thursday at the Viroqua tournament.

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Reds' biggest weekend of the season started badly, thanks to another meltdown by the major leagues' worst bullpen.

Ted Knutson has held a couple of prominent roles at Aquinas High School for a number of years.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest from the NBA draft at Barclays Center in New York.(all times local):

ATLANTA (AP) — Adonis Garcia hit a go-ahead, two-run homer off Addison Reed in the eighth inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the New York Mets for the fourth straight time in a week, 4-3 Thursday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets have selected forward Malachi Richardson from Syracuse with the 22nd overall pick in the NBA draft, but he will be dealt to the Sacramento Kings.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers took Michigan forward Caris LeVert with the No. 20 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night and will send him to the Brooklyn Nets to complete a trade for forward Thaddeus Young.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have selected St. Joseph's shooting guard DeAndre Bembry with the No. 21 overall pick of the NBA draft.