Basketball

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alliance are showing signs of life after a mostly bland regular season. And the timing couldn't be better for the hosts of the Canadian Elite Basketball League's Championship Weekend.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — The Niagara River Lions marked Fan Appreciation Night at the Meridian Centre on Saturday with a 109-97 win over the visiting Ottawa BlackJacks.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have signed Tyus Jones on a one-year deal, adding a point guard to play with the team's All-Star trio of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.

LILLE — RJ Barrett and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way with 23 and 21 points as Canada defeated Greece 86-79 in Olympic men's basketball action on Saturday at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

TORONTO — The Vancouver Bandits have punched their ticket to next month's Canadian Elite Basketball League's Championship Weekend in Montreal.

DENVER (AP) — Russell Westbrook has agreed to a two-year contract with the Denver Nuggets, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Wizards have re-signed forward Anthony Gill. The Wizards announced the move Thursday. Gill has appeared in 179 games in four seasons with Washington, making 15 starts. He's averaged 3.6 points and 1.

The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery’s US$1.8 billion per year offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league.

More than 100 WNBA regular-season games will be broadcast each season through an 11-year media rights deal with Disney, Amazon Prime and NBC that the league announced Wednesday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Pat Doughty, the Charlotte Hornets' public address announcer for the past 20 seasons, died on Wednesday, the team announced. He was 55. The Hornets said family members notified them of Doughty's death.