Knicks hire Derek Fisher as head coach

MIAMI - The San Antonio Spurs made 19 of their first 21 shots to grab control of Game 3 and regain home court advantage from the Miami Heat on Tuesday night with a 111-92 victory.

The Spurs hit 75.8 percent in the best-shooting half in NBA Finals history, paced by Kawhi Leonard, who made his first six shots and scored 29 points while limiting LeBron James to 22.

The Spurs, who grabbed a two-games-to-one series lead, finished 25 of 33 in the first half, bettering the 75 percent shooting by Orlando against the Lakers in the 2009 Finals.

Leonard finished 10 of 13 after two quiet games in San Antonio. Danny Green and Tony Parker each had 15 points, and Tim Duncan scored 14.

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade had 22 points for the Heat, who host Game 4 on Thursday.

Returning to the arena where they were oh-so-close to winning a fifth championship last year, the Spurs came out playing like they were trying to build a lead that was impossible to blow.

The New York Knicks hired Derek Fisher as their new coach on Tuesday, with Phil Jackson turning to one of his most trustworthy former players.

Just days after finishing his 18th season, Fisher was tabbed to replace Mike Woodson, whom Jackson fired after the season in his first major move as team president.

Terms of the Fisher's deal were not released, but Yahoo! Sports reported it to be for five years, $25 million - about the same deal Jackson's first choice, Steve Kerr, signed with the Golden State Warriors.

Fisher won five championships playing for Jackson with the Los Angeles Lakers and was known for hitting clutch shots while playing an NBA-record 259 playoff games.

Jackson said that "it has come clear to me" that he and Fisher can form a great partnership again, listing some of the coaches the 39-year-old Fisher had played under - though leaving out himself.

The Knicks went 37-45 and missed the playoffs, just a year after winning the Atlantic Division and advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Shelly Sterling's attorney will be in probate court Wednesday to seek an emergency order for a hearing so a judge can confirm her authority to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, according to an individual familiar with the matter.

The individual was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Shelly Sterling brokered what would be a record-breaking $2 billion deal with former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to sell the team after her husband and co-owner Donald Sterling made racist comments to a girlfriend that were recorded and publicized. The NBA moved swiftly to oust him as an owner.

But Donald Sterling has vowed not to sell and is suing the NBA for $1 billion.