NEW YORK — When Vince Carter’s preferred Nos. 6, 12 or 23 were not available as a freshman basketball player at Florida’s Mainland High School, he took some advice from his mother, Michelle.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Bill Laimbeer ... over the New York Liberty on Wednesday night. “I thought we played very hard and had great energy on a back-to-back,” Laimbeer said.