Adam Silver expects NBA owners to urge 'formal' expansion talks

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday night that the NBA will discuss expansion at next month's Board of Governors meeting in Las Vegas and believes the league's owners will recommend the topic be formally explored.

Silver, speaking at his annual news conference ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers, said he hopes to "take the temperature of the room" regarding expansion at the July meeting and believes there is enough interest among the owners to take the next steps in the process.

"There's been no lack of interest," Silver said. "I essentially have said to people from several different cities, 'We're…