... ankle sprain that he aggravated in Beijing and ultimately needed surgery to fix. Another trio of gold-medalists, Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer of the Utah Jazz and Michael Redd of the Milwaukee Bucks, all have missed time with injuries in ...

... Conference semifinal is Sunday at Utah. The win made the home teams 11-0 in the four conference semifinal series. Deron Williams had 18 points and 12 assists for Utah, which atoned for two miserable performances in Los Angeles by taking the lead ...

... Pistons' Tayshaun Prince, along with Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Michael Redd and Deron Williams. - Advertisement - "It was a very difficult selection process," Colangelo said. "When you have as many outstanding ...

... Center. Game 6 will be Friday back in Salt Lake City, where the Jazz are 4-1 in the playoffs. - Advertisement - Deron Williams had 29 points and 14 assists, while Carlos Boozer scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half and grabbed 12 rebounds ...

... percent). "We had open shots, we couldn't make them," Sloan said. "A lot of it was just their defense," said Deron Williams, who shot 5-for-18. "They pushed us outside farther than we wanted to go with our offense." Derek Fisher ...

... qualifying tournament, but Chauncey Billups and Amare Stoudemire, two top reserves, aren't back this summer. Paul and Deron Williams will begin their battle to see who gets the early lead on the backup point guard spot behind Kidd. Either Bosh or ...

... Canadians to 3-for-11 shooting and pulling away for a 61-38 lead by halftime. Krzyzewski sent Chris Paul and Deron Williams, expected to battle for the No. 2 point guard spot behind Jason Kidd, into the game together midway through the ...

... is headed back to the bench when James returns. Fellow guards Michael Redd, who also scored 20, Chris Paul and Deron Williams all showed they are worthy of playing major minutes. Krzyzewski has until Aug. 10 to sort it out, when the Americans ...

... when LeBron James charged toward them moments earlier. Nobody even seemed to fret when the teams of Chris Paul and Deron Williams, competing against Michael Redd and Tayshaun Prince, combined to make nothing from the outside besides Paul's ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Deron Williams and Dee Brown each scored 18 points and No. 1 Illinois turned back repeated threats from Iowa to remain unbeaten with a 75-65 ...