National Basketball Association roundup

Bickerstaff $10,000 for criticizing league officials.

With 8:08 left in the fourth quarter of the Rockets' 123-122 loss to the Washington Wizards on Jan. 30, Howard made contact and struck the arm of one of the officials.

Bickerstaff made his comments to the media in the postgame news conference

Howard served his suspension on Tuesday night when the Rockets faced the Miami Heat.

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The Sacramento Kings nixed a promotional giveaway before Monday night's game against the Milwaukee Bucks after center DeMarcus Cousins raised concerns about insensitivity.

The Kings planned to give away T-shirts with an image of a purple monkey to commemorate the Chinese Year of the Monkey, which begins Feb. 8.

But Cousins thought the shirts could be construed as offensive, particularly on the first day of Black History Month, and the staff canceled the giveaway before fans arrived at Sleep Train Arena.

Cousins, an All-Star who is averaging 27.0 points and 11.3 rebounds per game this season, sat out Monday night with a sprained left ankle.

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Phoenix Suns guard T.J. Warren has a broken right foot and will miss the rest of the season, Yahoo Sports reported.

Warren was averaging 11.0 points and 3.1 rebounds per game and shooting 52 percent from the field and 40 percent on three-pointers this season. The 22-year-old is the Suns' third leading scorer behind injured guards Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight.

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Miami were without center Hassan Whiteside when the Heat played the Houston Rockets on Tuesday night as he missed his sixth straight game while recovering from an oblique injury.

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President Barack Obama will honor the NBA champion Golden State Warriors on Thursday at the White House.

The Warriors captured the 2014-15 NBA title with a 4-2 series victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, securing the team's fourth championship in franchise history and first in 40 years (1974-75).

This year, the Warriors, who will play at the Washington Wizards on Wednesday, own a 44-4 (.917) record. That mark equals the best record through the season's first 48 games in NBA history (1966-67 Philadelphia 76ers).

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The Golden State Warriors recalled forward Kevon Looney from Santa Cruz of the NBA Development League.

Looney was assigned to Santa Cruz on Jan. 28 and played in two games, averaging 13.0 points and 4.0 rebounds, before his return to Golden State.

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