IN BRIEF
Wiggins earns NBA rookie honors
NEW YORK — Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins of Minnesota was the only unanimous selection for the NBA’s All-Rookie first team.
Wiggins received all 130 votes from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters in the U.S. and Canada. He averaged 16.9 points, tops in the class, and his 36.2 minutes per game ranked fourth in the NBA.
The rest of the first team was Chicago’s Nikola Mirotic, Philadelphia’s Nerlens Noel, Orlando’s Eldrid Payton and Lakers guard Jordan Clarkson.
Hobbling Irving will play for Cavs
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Kyrie Irving finished an animated post-practice shooting game of “Around The World” with LeBron James and then quickly removed any doubt about his playing status for Game 1.
“I’m going to go,” he said.
Cleveland plays at Atlanta Wednesday night.