Suns coach is fi red 3 games into season

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns have fired coach Earl Watson just three games in to the NBA season.

The Suns announced the firing Sunday night after hours of meetings at the team’s headquarters.

Assistant coach Jay Triano, a former head coach of the Toronto Raptors, was named interim coach. Triano was an assistant at Portland before coming to Phoenix last year.

Watson was promoted from assistant to interim coach of the Suns after Jeff Hornacek was fired Feb. 1, 2016. The interim tag was removed on April 19 of that year. With an extremely young team, the Suns struggled under Watson. He compiled a 33-85 record. Watson’s only full season was 201617, when the team went 24-58.

Irving fined $25,000 for comment to fan

Celtics guard Kyrie Irving was fined $25,000 by the NBA for his profane response to a fan in Philadelphia who was heckling him about LeBron James.

Irving was captured on video offering a lewd response walking in the visitors’ tunnel toward the locker room after someone yelled to him, “where’s LeBron?” The video went viral on social media.

Irving told reporters Saturday he did not regret what he said.

“(The fan was) man enough to record it on video, then that’s all him,” Irving said, according to ESPN. “I’m glad he got his [social media] name out there and then, kinda, 5 seconds of fame and it going viral — that’s the social media platform we live on. I take full responsibility what I said and excuse ((o) the kids at home and you move on.”

Andrew Wiggins banked in a 3-pointer from a few steps inside halfcourt as time expired to give the Minnesota Timberwolves a victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. Wiggins scored 27 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 12 rebounds for Minnesota.

Allen Crabbe scored 20 points to help Brooklyn beat Atlanta. DeMarre Carroll added 17 points and Caris LeVert and D’Angelo Russell each had 16 points. The Nets improved to 2-1 with their second straight victory. Marco Belinelli had 19 points for Atlanta. The Hawks have lost two in a row to drop to 1-2.