G Manu Ginobili will take three to four weeks to mull retirement after the Spurs were swept by the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. Ginobili, 39, left Monday night's Game 4 loss with 2:25 remaining in the fourth quarter to a standing ovation from the San Antonio crowd and chants of "Manu! Manu!" and "One more year!" "Very hard to find the words to describe my feelings after yesterday's game. Still overwhelmed. Thank you SO very much!," Ginobili tweeted Tuesday. The four-time NBA champion and two-time All-Star got the honorary start and finished with 15 points, seven assists and three steals.

F LeBron James scored 34 points to go with six assists in Game 4 vs. Boston, even though he left the game with 6:46 remaining in the second quarter after picking up his fourth foul. He never previously had that many fouls in the first half in his 14-year career, and Cleveland trailed 46-33.James recovered from an 11-point, 4-of-13 shooting night he endured in Cleveland's stunning Game 3 loss. He shot 15 of 27 from the field Tuesday and closed the game with 15 points in the fourth, including a 3-pointer with 3:52 remaining for a 106-97 lead.James trails Michael Jordan (5,987 points) by just 28 points for first place in NBA playoff history in scoring.

G Kyrie Irving set a playoff career high with 42 points in the Cavs' 112-99 win over the Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals.Irving scored 21 during a game-turning third quarter in which Cleveland outscored the Celtics 40-23."In the back of my mind, I was like, I'm saying to myself, 'We cannot -- they cannot tie up this series,'" Irving said. "They cannot. We cannot go to Boston 2-2 and then it becomes almost an even series."

Boston Celtics forward Amir Johnson will not start in Game 4 against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night due to a right shoulder sprain, coach Brad Stevens said prior to the game.Kelly Olynyk will start in Johnson's place.Stevens said he is not sure whether Johnson will play at all Tuesday.Johnson injured his shoulder early in Sunday's Game 3 after getting tangled with up Cleveland's Tristan Thompson. Johnson later returned to that game but did not practice on Monday.Johnson is averaging 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds in 13 postseason appearances, including nine starts.This will be Olynyk's first playoff start of his career. He started six regular-season games this season. He is averaging 8.9 points and 3.0 rebounds in the postseason.The Celtics, who trail in the series 2-1, are also without guard Isaiah Thomas due to a hip injury.

The Orlando Magic revamped their organization by hiring Jeff Weltman as president of basketball operations and John Hammond as general manager, the club announced Tuesday.Weltman spent the past four seasons as the right-hand man to Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri. Hammond spent the past nine seasons as general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks.Weltman served as Milwaukee's assistant general manager under Hammond from 2008-13. The two also previously worked together in the Los Angeles Clippers and Detroit Pistons' organizations.Orlando's interim general manager Matt Lloyd is expected to remain in the organization. He filled the role after Rob Hennigan was fired in April.--Steve Kerr's status for the NBA Finals remains an uncertainty. The third-year Golden State Warriors coach has missed his team's last 10 playoff games as he deals with complications from back surgery two years ago entering the team's third straight Finals appearance."Just day-by-day," Kerr told ESPN website The Undefeated... [More]

Manu Ginobili's storied NBA career hangs in limbo after the San Antonio Spurs were swept by the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals on Monday night.Ginobili, 39, left Monday night's Game 4 with 2:25 remaining in the fourth quarter to a standing ovation from the San Antonio crowd and chants of "Manu! Manu!" and "One more year!"The four-time NBA champion and two-time All-Star thanked fans for the gesture on his Twitter account Tuesday morning."Very hard to find the words to describe my feelings after yesterday's game. Still overwhelmed. Thank you SO very much!," Ginobili tweeted.Ginobili said he has not yet made up his mind about retirement."I'm getting closer and closer (to the end of my playing career)," Ginobili told reporters after the game. "There is no secret, for sure. It's getting harder and harder. But I always said that I wanted to let it sink in for three weeks, four weeks, whatever, and then I will sit with my wife and see how it feels.The Argentinean has spent... [More]

F LaMarcus Aldridge, arguably the Spurs' most important player after F Kawhi Leonard, scored just eight points and did not play in the fourth quarter of San Antonio's season-ending loss to Golden State on Monday.

C Enes Kanter, who was detained in Romania over the weekend after his passport was revoked apparently stemming from his political views regarding his native Turkey, said he wants to become an American citizen and revealed he is receiving death threats. The United States "is my home now," Kanter said Monday. He plans to take steps toward becoming a U.S. citizen.

G Manu Ginobili scored 15 points Monday in a loss to the Warriors, a game that might have been the finale of his 15-year NBA career.Ginobili left the game in the final minutes to chants of "Manu, Manu" and "one more year." He has said he will take three or four weeks off before deciding whether he wants to return to the league next season, when he will be 40 years old.Ginobili is the only player in NBA history besides LeBron James to record at least 800 rebounds, 800 assists and 300 3-pointers in the postseason.

F Kevin Durant had 29 points and 12 rebounds as the Warriors strolled to a 129-115 win over the Spurs on Monday, completing a sweep of the Western Conference finals.

G Stephen Curry scored 36 points on 14-of-24 shooting as the Warriors completed a sweep of the Spurs in the Western Conference finals."It's a great run, and we had an opportunity to get it done tonight, but more importantly, it was obviously just a closeout kind of mentality and trying to take care of our business and play a good 48-minute game," Curry said. "For the most part, we did."

F Draymond Green contributed 16 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in Golden State's series-clinching win over the Spurs on Monday.

F David Lee (partially torn left patellar tendon) did not play Monday in the Spurs' season-ending loss to the Warriors in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

F Amir Johnson was listed as questionable for Tuesday's game in Cleveland, Celtics coach Brad Stevens told the Boston Globe on Monday. Johnson sprained the AC joint in his right shoulder in Boston's stunning come-from-behind victory in Game 3. Stevens said he was scheduled for an MRI exam.

F Kawhi Leonard (sprained left ankle) did not play Monday in the Spurs' season-ending loss to the Warriors in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

The short-handed Boston Celtics could be without another player for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference final against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Power forward Amir Johnson was listed as questionable for Tuesday's game in Cleveland, Celtics coach Brad Stevens told the Boston Globe on Monday.Johnson sprained the AC joint in his right shoulder in Boston's stunning come-from-behind victory in Game 3. Stevens said he was scheduled for an MRI exam.The 6-foot-9, 250-pound Johnson drew the start in Sunday's victory, which saw the Celtics storm back from a 21-point deficit in the second half to win on Avery Bradley's 3-pointer at the buzzer.Johnson played just over nine minutes in the contest before he was hurt. He averaged 6.5 points and 4.6 rebounds during the regular season for Boston but is struggling in the playoffs with 2.7 points and 2.1 boards per game.The Celtics, who trailed the best-of-seven series 2-1, already are without leading scorer Isaiah Thomas, who was ruled out of the playoffs after aggravating a hip injury during Game 2 of the conference final.

F Amir Johnson also rejoined the Boston lineup after being replaced by Gerald Green in Game 2. Johnson scored two points in nine minutes, while Green scored five points in seven minutes.

C Tristan Thompson scored 18 points to go with 13 boards in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Sunday. He played 42 minutes which were his most in the postseason and recorded his second double-double of the playoffs.

G Isaiah Thomas (right hip injury) will travel outside of Boston to undergo further examination Monday to determine if surgery is needed.He will miss the remainder of the playoffs after aggravating a hip injury during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals on Friday. Thomas initially injured his hip in the third quarter of a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on March 15, forcing the All-Star to miss the next two regular-season contests. The 28-year-old Thomas aggravated his specific injury -- officially labeled as a right feboral-acetabular impingement with labral tear -- during Game 6 of the second-round series against the Washington Wizards on May 12.

F Kevin Love added 28 points and 10 rebounds Sunday in a 111-108 loss to Boston in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals. It was his third straight double-double and fifth of the playoffs.